Obsidian Middle School

Set in Redmond, Oregon, Obsidian Middle School is a mid-tier intermediate school, part of Redmond SD 2J. It educates 568 students across grades 6 through 8.

Obsidian Middle School is one of 13 schools operated by Redmond SD 2J, a district that serves 6,889 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Obsidian Middle School logs that White students make up the majority at 62%; the rest looks like 31% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 87% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 21.9:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 19.3:1 average. About 80% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is north of Deschutes County's rate of about 60%.

With demographic context factored in, Obsidian Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 31.6%, the actual is 32.1%, a residual of +0.5 points.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Deschutes County) logs that median household income runs about $92,758, 45% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Deschutes County runs 53 public schools (combined enrollment of about 25,823 students), of which Obsidian Middle School is one.

The closest other public school is M A Lynch Elementary School, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Obsidian Middle School comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 33.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Obsidian Middle School has declined 7%, going from 612 students in 2018 to 568 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 68% to 62%.

On allk12, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.