Enrollment
291
Middle
DISTRICT 529 · STATE 494
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NYSSA SD 26·NCES 410900000751
Nyssa Middle School
101 S 11th St, Nyssa, OR 97913 · (541) 372-3891 · Malheur County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL291 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 84.2:1 · STATE 19.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
271 students
DISTRICT 92% · STATE 76%
Community
0
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 6 | 98 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 93 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 100 | 34% |
Student demographics
43%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · 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
Students here typically continue to
Nyssa Middle School→Nyssa High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Nyssa SD 26. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
OSAS 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
40.4%
OR avg 43.0% . +4.8pp since 2023
Math
21.5%
OR avg 31.8% . -1.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 22 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Oregon schools, those numbers are about 43 and 32. Reading and writing scores are up about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 40.4% | 21.5% |
| 2023-24 | 35.6% | 23.3% |
% 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
27.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.4%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% 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 Nyssa Middle School
Nyssa Middle School's state test result (27.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nyssa Middle School this school | 291 | 93.1% | 27.1% |
| White Mountain Middle School White City | 377 | 97.3% | 16.2% |
| North Marion Middle School Aurora | 410 | 88.0% | 21.9% |
| Sandstone Middle School Hermiston | 609 | 92.0% | 31.7% |
| Armand Larive Middle School Hermiston | 722 | 91.7% | 32.1% |
| The Dalles Middle School The Dalles | 513 | 99.0% | 20.5% |
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 Nyssa Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.1% | #121 of 190 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.5% | #135 of 200 ▼ 25 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.4% | #99 of 201 ▲ 28 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 291 | #166 of 208 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.8:1 | #31 of 180 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.9% | #129 of 180 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.1% | #30 of 194 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +8.2% | #18 of 38 |
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
291
+6 (+2%) vs 2020
+25% since 1990-91, when it was 232
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
was 15.0:1
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 | 291 | 18.4 | 15.8:1 | 93% (271) |
| 2023-24 | 268 | 19.8 | 13.5:1 | 94% (253) |
| 2022-23 | 289 | 19.9 | 14.6:1 | 93% (270) |
| 2020-21 | 285 | 19 | 15.0:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 269 | 15.9 | 16.9:1 | 72% (193) |
| 2015-16 | 267 | 17 | 15.7:1 | 72% (192) |
| 2010-11 | 273 | 18 | 15.2:1 | 64% (176) |
| 2000-01 | 263 | 20 | 13.2:1 | 75% (197) |
| 1990-91 | 232 | 13 | 17.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Nyssa Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 8% (269 to 291); teachers up 16% (15.9 to 18.4).
About Nyssa Middle School
Nyssa Middle School is a small middle school in Nyssa, Oregon, one of the schools in Nyssa SD 26. Enrollment stands at 291 students, covering grades 6 through 8. It has 41% fewer students than the average for middle schools in Oregon (about 494).
Nyssa Middle School is among 4 schools run by Nyssa SD 26, which serves 2,115 students.
The student body at Nyssa Middle School is 69% Hispanic. It is also 30% White. Malheur County's residents are about 34% Hispanic, 35 points below the school's share. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 43, compared with 70 nationally.
With 18.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 15.8:1. Statewide, middle schools in Oregon average 19.3:1. Roughly 93% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Nyssa Middle School falls in the middle 80% of Oregon schools: 27.1% actual against 26.4% predicted.
The county, Malheur County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $54,519, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 15% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 15%. Public schools in Malheur County number 25, with about 6,566 students.
Nyssa High School is about 0.1 miles from Nyssa Middle School, the shortest distance to any other public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes 3 other public schools. Nyssa Middle School places 4th of 4 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
In the federal locale system, Nyssa Middle School is coded Rural: Distant, for schools in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment at Nyssa Middle School was 285 in 2020-21 and 291 in 2024-25, a change of less than 3%.
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Malheur County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
31,954
Census ACS
Median income
$54,519
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
15%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
25
6,566 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Nyssa SD 26
- Nyssa Virtual SchoolCombined · 987 students
- Nyssa Elementary SchoolElementary · 502 students
- Nyssa High SchoolHigh · 335 students
Other schools in Nyssa
- Nyssa Virtual SchoolCombined · 987 students
- Nyssa Elementary SchoolElementary · 502 students
- Nyssa High SchoolHigh · 335 students
Nearby schools
- Nyssa High School0.1 mi · 335
- Nyssa Virtual School0.2 mi · 987
- Nyssa Elementary School0.2 mi · 502
- MAXINE JOHNSON ELEMENTARY6.9 mi · 377
- PARMA HIGH SCHOOL6.9 mi · 305
- PARMA MIDDLE SCHOOL6.9 mi · 321
Frequently asked questions
About Nyssa Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Nyssa Middle School?
Nyssa Middle School enrolls approximately 291 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Nyssa Middle School serve?
Nyssa Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Nyssa Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Nyssa Middle School is approximately 15.8:1 (18 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Nyssa Middle School?
Student demographics at Nyssa Middle School are roughly 30% White, 69% Hispanic, 1% Two or more.
What district is Nyssa Middle School in?
Nyssa Middle School is part of Nyssa SD 26.
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