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Enrollment
838
Middle
DISTRICT 756 · STATE 494
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FOREST GROVE SD 15·NCES 410516001188
Neil Armstrong Middle School
1777 Mt View Ln, Forest Grove, OR 97116 · (503) 359-2465 · Washington County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL838 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 24% of Oregon public middle schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Oregon public middle schools
Student : Teacher
19.2:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.4:1 · STATE 19.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
82%
687 students
DISTRICT 77% · STATE 76%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 422 | 50% |
| Grade 8 | 416 | 50% |
Student demographics
51%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · STATE 59% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Based on grade levels within Forest Grove SD 15. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
OSAS 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
29.0%
OR avg 43.0% . -3.5pp since 2023
Math
15.3%
OR avg 31.8% . -0.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 15 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Oregon schools, those numbers are about 43 and 32. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 29.0% | 15.3% |
| 2023-24 | 32.5% | 16.1% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: OSAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
22.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.8%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 31% typical for Oregon schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Oregon's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Neil Armstrong Middle School
Neil Armstrong Middle School's state test result (22.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neil Armstrong Middle School this school | 838 | 82.0% | 22.2% |
| Tom McCall Upper Elementary Forest Grove | 673 | 81.1% | 21.5% |
| Parrish Middle School Salem | 691 | 88.6% | 19.4% |
| Claggett Creek Middle School Keizer | 798 | 88.2% | 22.2% |
| Armand Larive Middle School Hermiston | 722 | 91.7% | 32.1% |
| Houck Middle School Salem | 830 | 89.0% | 12.1% |
Matched among Oregon middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Neil Armstrong Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Washington County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.2% | #150 of 190 | #19 of 21 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 15.3% | #171 of 200 ▼ 14 | #21 of 21 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.0% | #164 of 201 ▼ 22 | #19 of 21 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 838 | #12 of 208 | #5 of 21 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.2:1 | #115 of 180 | #12 of 21 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.7% | #97 of 180 | #19 of 21 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 82.0% | #71 of 194 | #1 of 21 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.7% | #137 of 141 | #17 of 18 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
838
-21 (-2%) vs 2020
+72% since 1990-91, when it was 486
Student : Teacher
19.2:1
was 20.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 838 | 43.6 | 19.2:1 | 82% (687) |
| 2023-24 | 821 | 43.4 | 18.9:1 | 64% (523) |
| 2022-23 | 826 | 43.5 | 19.0:1 | 48% (397) |
| 2020-21 | 859 | 42 | 20.4:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 844 | 37.3 | 22.6:1 | 58% (486) |
| 2015-16 | 837 | 34 | 24.6:1 | 59% (496) |
| 2010-11 | 877 | 45 | 19.5:1 | 62% (545) |
| 2000-01 | 770 | 40 | 19.3:1 | 36% (278) |
| 1990-91 | 486 | 24 | 20.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Neil Armstrong Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (844 to 838); teachers up 17% (37.3 to 43.6).
About Neil Armstrong Middle School
Neil Armstrong Middle School is a high-enrollment middle school located in Forest Grove, Oregon. A federal count lists 838 students at the school, in grades 7 through 8. An average school in this group (middle schools in Oregon) has about 494 students.
Federal data list 11 schools in Forest Grove SD 15, with 5,692 students enrolled.
Hispanic students account for 63% of enrollment at Neil Armstrong Middle School. Enrollment also includes 31% White and 3% multiracial. The school's Hispanic share is 44 points above the 19% share among Washington County residents. By the diversity index, Neil Armstrong Middle School comes in at 51%.
Staffing totals 43.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 19.2:1. Middle schools in Oregon have a similar average ratio of 19.3:1. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 82%. The gap from the 57% average for public schools in Washington County is 25 points.
allk12 grades Neil Armstrong Middle School a C-. The grade compares the school only with Oregon public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
Neil Armstrong Middle School's average proficiency rate on state tests of 22.2% is 8.5 points below the 30.8% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Census Bureau estimates for Washington County show that median household income is about $107,772, roughly 48% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Neil Armstrong Middle School is one of 136 public schools in Washington County, which together enroll about 79,469 students.
The closest other public school is Fern Hill Elementary School, about 0.2 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 25.0% on proficiency, and Neil Armstrong Middle School is below that at 22.2%.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
Enrollment was essentially flat over 4 years: 859 in 2020-21, 838 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 20.4:1 in 2020-21 to 19.2:1 in 2024-25.
The discussion area below is open to posts about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Washington County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
603,947
Census ACS
Median income
$107,772
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
48%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
136
79,469 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Forest Grove SD 15
- Forest Grove High SchoolHigh · 1,849 students
- Tom McCall Upper ElementaryMiddle · 673 students
- Harvey Clarke Elementary SchoolElementary · 390 students
- Echo Shaw Elementary SchoolElementary · 389 students
- Joseph Gale Elementary SchoolElementary · 388 students
- Cornelius Elementary SchoolElementary · 372 students
Other schools in Forest Grove
- Forest Grove High SchoolHigh · 1,849 students
- Tom McCall Upper ElementaryMiddle · 673 students
- Harvey Clarke Elementary SchoolElementary · 390 students
- Joseph Gale Elementary SchoolElementary · 388 students
- Fern Hill Elementary SchoolElementary · 249 students
- Forest Grove Community SchoolElementary · 202 students
Nearby schools
- Fern Hill Elementary School0.2 mi · 249
- Echo Shaw Elementary School0.7 mi · 389
- Joseph Gale Elementary School0.9 mi · 388
- Cornelius Elementary School1.1 mi · 372
- Community Alternative Learning Center1.3 mi · 141
- Free Orchards Elementary School1.6 mi · 385
Frequently asked questions
About Neil Armstrong Middle SchoolHow many students attend Neil Armstrong Middle School?
Neil Armstrong Middle School enrolls approximately 838 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does Neil Armstrong Middle School serve?
Neil Armstrong Middle School serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Neil Armstrong Middle School have?
Neil Armstrong Middle School employs 44 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.2:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Neil Armstrong Middle School?
At Neil Armstrong Middle School, the student body is approximately 31% White, 63% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Neil Armstrong Middle School in?
Neil Armstrong Middle School is part of Forest Grove SD 15.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.