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Enrollment
646
Middle
DISTRICT 704 · STATE 494
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MCMINNVILLE SD 40·NCES 410801001283
Patton Middle School
1175 NE 19th St, McMinnville, OR 97128 · (503) 565-4500 · Yamhill County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL646 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 71% of Oregon public middle schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats 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
16.9:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.7:1 · STATE 19.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
78%
503 students
DISTRICT 80% · 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 | 225 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 215 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 206 | 32% |
Student demographics
54%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
Patton Middle School→McMinnville High School
Based on grade levels within McMinnville SD 40. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
OSAS 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
38.3%
OR avg 43.0% . -0.3pp since 2023
Math
36.2%
OR avg 31.8% . +1.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 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 1 points.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 38.3% | 36.2% |
| 2023-24 | 38.6% | 35.1% |
% 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
34.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.4%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% 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 Patton Middle School
Patton Middle School's state test result (34.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Patton Middle School this school | 646 | 77.9% | 34.2% |
| Calapooia Middle School Albany | 585 | 76.1% | 25.9% |
| Duniway Middle School McMinnville | 761 | 77.7% | 49.7% |
| Obsidian Middle School Redmond | 568 | 79.8% | 32.1% |
| Oakdale Middle School Medford | 745 | 86.7% | 23.8% |
| McLoughlin Middle School Medford | 826 | 87.7% | 24.4% |
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 Patton Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Yamhill County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.2% | #67 of 190 | #4 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.2% | #41 of 200 ▲ 2 | #3 of 8 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.3% | #110 of 201 ▼ 3 | #4 of 8 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 646 | #60 of 208 | #2 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.9:1 | #52 of 180 | #2 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.3% | #79 of 180 | #2 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 77.9% | #82 of 194 | #2 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.0% | #28 of 141 | N/A |
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
646
-167 (-21%) vs 2020
-37% since 1990-91, when it was 1,032
Student : Teacher
16.9:1
was 19.4:1
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 | 646 | 38.2 | 16.9:1 | 78% (503) |
| 2023-24 | 668 | 41.8 | 16.0:1 | 61% (409) |
| 2022-23 | 699 | 50.1 | 13.9:1 | 66% (462) |
| 2020-21 | 813 | 42 | 19.4:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 808 | 41.5 | 19.5:1 | 63% (511) |
| 2015-16 | 759 | 38 | 20.0:1 | 63% (479) |
| 2010-11 | 799 | 41 | 19.5:1 | 61% (490) |
| 2000-01 | 709 | 34 | 20.9:1 | 45% (317) |
| 1990-91 | 1,032 | 48 | 21.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Patton Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (808 to 646); teachers down 8% (41.5 to 38.2).
About Patton Middle School
Patton Middle School is one of the public schools in McMinnville, Oregon. It is a medium-sized middle school. Its 646 students are spread across grades 6 through 8. The school's enrollment is 31% bigger than the 494 average for middle schools in Oregon.
McMinnville SD 40 counts 6,293 students in its 9 schools, and Patton Middle School is one of them.
White students make up a majority at Patton Middle School, at 54%. The next largest groups are 40% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. In Yamhill County overall, about 77% of residents are White. Pick two students at random and there is a 54% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Dividing enrollment by its 38.2 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 16.9:1. That is lower than the 19.3:1 average for middle schools in Oregon. Eligible students account for 78% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. For comparison, public schools in Yamhill County average 77%.
The allk12 Grade for Patton Middle School is B+. Compared with Oregon public middle schools, the school scored higher than 71% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Patton Middle School scores 34.2% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 32.4%.
County data help place the school in context: in Yamhill County, the median household income is $90,063, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 30% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Yamhill County is home to 34 public schools and about 14,724 public school students.
Nearest public school: McMinnville High School, about 0.4 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Patton Middle School at 6th of 9.
NCES assigns Patton Middle School the locale Town: Distant, meaning in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
Over 4 years, Patton Middle School's enrollment declined 21%, to 646. Students per teacher fell from 19.4 in 2020-21 to 16.9 in 2024-25.
Questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news can be posted here. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Yamhill County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
108,734
Census ACS
Median income
$90,063
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
34
14,724 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in McMinnville SD 40
- McMinnville High SchoolHigh · 2,228 students
- Duniway Middle SchoolMiddle · 761 students
- Memorial Elementary SchoolElementary · 557 students
- Grandhaven Elementary SchoolElementary · 446 students
- Newby Elementary SchoolElementary · 443 students
- Willamette Elementary SchoolElementary · 443 students
Other schools in McMinnville
- McMinnville High SchoolHigh · 2,228 students
- Duniway Middle SchoolMiddle · 761 students
- Memorial Elementary SchoolElementary · 557 students
- Grandhaven Elementary SchoolElementary · 446 students
- Newby Elementary SchoolElementary · 443 students
- Willamette Elementary SchoolElementary · 443 students
Nearby schools
- McMinnville High School0.4 mi · 2,228
- Grandhaven Elementary School0.7 mi · 446
- Memorial Elementary School0.9 mi · 557
- Duniway Middle School1.4 mi · 761
- Newby Elementary School1.4 mi · 443
- Sue Buel Elementary2.0 mi · 398
Frequently asked questions
About Patton Middle SchoolHow many students attend Patton Middle School?
Patton Middle School enrolls approximately 646 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Patton Middle School serve?
Patton Middle School serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Patton Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Patton Middle School is approximately 16.9:1 (38 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Patton Middle School?
At Patton Middle School, the student body is approximately 54% White, 40% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Patton Middle School?
Patton Middle School is overseen by McMinnville SD 40 in Yamhill County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.