Neil Armstrong Middle School

Set in Forest Grove, Oregon, Neil Armstrong Middle School is a sizable middle-grades school, overseen by Forest Grove SD 15. It teaches 838 students across grades 7 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 494 students per school, that is 70% bigger than typical.

Forest Grove SD 15 runs 11 schools in total, collectively educating 5,692 students. Neil Armstrong Middle School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Neil Armstrong Middle School records that 63% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school shows 31% White, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Washington County as a whole is about 19% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.2:1. The state averages about 19.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 82% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Washington County runs at roughly 57%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Neil Armstrong Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 30.8%, the actual is 22.2%, a residual of -8.5 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Washington County put the typical household earns roughly $107,772 per year, 48% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Washington County's 136 public schools (combined enrollment of about 79,469 students), Neil Armstrong Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Fern Hill Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Neil Armstrong Middle School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 25.0%.

Neil Armstrong Middle School operates from a commuter-belt location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Neil Armstrong Middle School has remained close to its prior level, going from 844 students in 2018 to 838 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 37% to 31% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 22.6:1 in 2018 to 19.2:1 in 2025.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.