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Enrollment
568
Middle
DISTRICT 632 · STATE 494
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·REDMOND SD 2J·NCES 411035000281
Obsidian Middle School
1335 SW Obsidian Ave, Redmond, OR 97756 · (541) 923-4900 · Deschutes County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL568 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
21.9:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.5:1 · STATE 19.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
453 students
DISTRICT 78% · 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 6 | 213 | 38% |
| Grade 7 | 179 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 176 | 31% |
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 46% · 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
Test scores
OSAS 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
45.9%
OR avg 43.0% . +0.9pp since 2023
Math
27.1%
OR avg 31.8% . +3.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 27 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Oregon schools, those numbers are about 43 and 32. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 45.9% | 27.1% |
| 2023-24 | 45.0% | 24.0% |
% 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
32.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.6%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% 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 Obsidian Middle School
Obsidian Middle School's state test result (32.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obsidian Middle School this school | 568 | 79.8% | 32.1% |
| Calapooia Middle School Albany | 585 | 76.1% | 25.9% |
| East Elementary School Tillamook | 445 | 84.0% | 30.4% |
| Duniway Middle School McMinnville | 761 | 77.7% | 49.7% |
| North Albany Middle School Albany | 479 | 75.6% | 47.9% |
| Patton Middle School McMinnville | 646 | 77.9% | 34.2% |
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 Obsidian Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Deschutes County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.1% | #76 of 190 | #6 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.1% | #102 of 200 ▲ 3 | #8 of 10 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.9% | #69 of 201 ▼ 3 | #6 of 10 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 568 | #81 of 208 | #7 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.9:1 | #163 of 180 | #6 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.0% | #90 of 180 | #1 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 79.8% | #76 of 194 | #2 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.2% | #107 of 141 | #7 of 7 |
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
568
-69 (-11%) vs 2020
-10% since 1990-91, when it was 632
Student : Teacher
21.9:1
was 21.2:1
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 | 568 | 25.9 | 21.9:1 | 80% (453) |
| 2023-24 | 554 | 30.2 | 18.4:1 | 68% (376) |
| 2022-23 | 591 | 28.8 | 20.5:1 | 48% (282) |
| 2020-21 | 637 | 30 | 21.2:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 612 | 29 | 21.1:1 | 57% (346) |
| 2015-16 | 613 | 29 | 21.1:1 | 64% (391) |
| 2010-11 | 693 | 32 | 21.7:1 | 81% (559) |
| 2000-01 | 775 | 39 | 19.9:1 | 32% (246) |
| 1990-91 | 632 | 32 | 19.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Obsidian Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (612 to 568); teachers down 11% (29 to 25.9).
About Obsidian Middle School
Obsidian Middle School is a medium-sized middle-grades school in Redmond, Oregon, under Redmond SD 2J. The school reports 568 students in grades 6 through 8.
Across its 13 schools, Redmond SD 2J enrolls 6,889 students. Obsidian Middle School is one of those schools.
White students are the majority at Obsidian Middle School, with 62% of enrollment. It is also 31% Hispanic and 6% multiracial. Deschutes County's residents are about 87% White, 26 points above the school's share. Obsidian Middle School's diversity index is 52%, against a US figure of 70%.
Staffing totals 25.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 21.9:1. That is higher than the 19.3:1 average for middle schools in Oregon. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 80%. The 60% average for public schools in Deschutes County is 20 points lower.
Obsidian Middle School's average proficiency rate on state tests of 32.1% is within a point of the 31.6% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
According to the American Community Survey, in Deschutes County, the median household income is $92,758, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 45% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. There are 53 public schools in Deschutes County, enrolling about 25,823 students in all.
M A Lynch Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles away. Within five miles of Obsidian Middle School, there are at least 8 other public schools. On proficiency, Obsidian Middle School is behind the 33.7% nearby average, ranking 5th of 9.
Obsidian Middle School has an NCES locale of Town: Distant.
The school enrolled 568 students in 2024-25, 69 fewer than the 637 it had in 2020-21.
Conversations here can range across school safety, transportation, and start times. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Deschutes County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
206,334
Census ACS
Median income
$92,758
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
45%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
53
25,823 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Redmond SD 2J
- Redmond Proficiency AcademyHigh · 906 students
- Redmond High SchoolHigh · 896 students
- Ridgeview High SchoolHigh · 844 students
- Elton Gregory Middle SchoolMiddle · 695 students
- Sage Elementary SchoolElementary · 493 students
- Tom McCall Elementary SchoolElementary · 463 students
Other schools in Redmond
- Redmond Proficiency AcademyHigh · 906 students
- Redmond High SchoolHigh · 896 students
- Ridgeview High SchoolHigh · 844 students
- Elton Gregory Middle SchoolMiddle · 695 students
- Sage Elementary SchoolElementary · 493 students
- Tom McCall Elementary SchoolElementary · 463 students
Other Obsidian Middle schools
One other US public school is named Obsidian Middle. Obsidian Middle School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Obsidian MiddleClearlake, CA · 590 students
Nearby schools
- M A Lynch Elementary School0.2 mi · 352
- Redmond Proficiency Academy0.6 mi · 906
- Redmond High School0.7 mi · 896
- John Tuck Elementary School1.0 mi · 382
- Vern Patrick Elementary School1.0 mi · 333
- Hugh Hartman Elementary1.1 mi · 376
Frequently asked questions
About Obsidian Middle SchoolHow large is Obsidian Middle School?
Obsidian Middle School enrolls approximately 568 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Obsidian Middle School serve?
Obsidian Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Obsidian Middle School?
Approximately 21.9:1 students per teacher at Obsidian Middle School.
How diverse is Obsidian Middle School?
Obsidian Middle School reports a student body of 62% White, 31% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Obsidian Middle School in?
Obsidian Middle School is part of Redmond SD 2J.
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