Mt Tabor Middle School

Set in Portland, Oregon, Mt Tabor Middle School is a mid-tier 6-8 campus, one of the schools within Portland SD 1J. It caters to 466 students across grades 6 through 8.

Mt Tabor Middle School is one of 86 schools operated by Portland SD 1J, a district that instructs 41,894 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Mt Tabor Middle School logs that White students make up the majority at 57%. Other groups include 26% multiracial, 8% Hispanic, 5% Asian. By comparison, Multnomah County as a whole is about 68% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 19.3:1, putting Mt Tabor Middle School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 42% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Multnomah County (around 75%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Mt Tabor Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 46.4%; this one delivers 63.3%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Multnomah County) reports that median household income runs about $88,766, 49% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Multnomah County's 169 public schools (combined enrollment of about 81,096 students), Mt Tabor Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Glencoe Elementary School, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Mt Tabor Middle School. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Mt Tabor Middle School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 56.6%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Five-year trend. Mt Tabor Middle School's enrollment has declined 35% since 2018, when it stood at 718 (now 466). Over the same period, the White share contracted from 62% to 57%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 22.3:1 in 2018 to 18.3:1 today.

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