Patton Middle School

Patton Middle School operates as a reasonably sized intermediate school in McMinnville, Oregon, operated by McMinnville SD 40. Current enrollment sits at 646 students spanning grades 6 through 8. That puts it 31% above the typical public school in Oregon, which averages around 494 students.

McMinnville SD 40 comprises 9 schools with combined enrollment of 6,293 students; Patton Middle School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Patton Middle School logs that the largest single group is White at 54%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school lists 40% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 77% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, Patton Middle School has 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 19.3:1, putting Patton Middle School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 78% of students at Patton Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, Patton Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 32.4%, the actual is 34.2%, a residual of +1.8 points.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Yamhill County) records that the typical household earns roughly $90,063 per year, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Yamhill County runs 34 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,724 students), of which Patton Middle School is one.

Nearest neighbor: McMinnville High School, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Patton Middle School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Patton Middle School at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 38.7%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Patton Middle School has decreased 20%, going from 808 students in 2018 to 646 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 59% to 54%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 19.5:1 in 2018 to 16.9:1 in 2025.

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