Ponderosa Middle School

Set in Klamath Falls, Oregon, Ponderosa Middle School is a moderately sized junior high, run under Klamath Falls City Schools. It educates 561 students across grades 6 through 8.

Across the 9 schools in Klamath Falls City Schools (2,700 students total), Ponderosa Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Ponderosa Middle School shows that 52% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 30% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 5% Native American. The wider county runs roughly 77% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 20.0:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 19.3:1 average. An estimated 101% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Ponderosa Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 23.6%; this one delivers 28.5%.

Around the school, census data for Klamath County shows median household earnings sit near $58,830, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, Klamath County runs 30 public schools (combined enrollment of about 9,474 students), of which Ponderosa Middle School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Mills Elementary School, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Ponderosa Middle School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 31.3%.

The campus sits in a town-based setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Ponderosa Middle School has ticked down 13%, going from 646 students in 2018 to 561 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 22% to 30% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 24.1:1 in 2018 to 20.0:1 in 2025.

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