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Enrollment
653
Middle
DISTRICT 695 · STATE 494
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HILLSBORO SD 1J·NCES 410002301250
R A Brown Middle School
1505 SW Cornelius Pass Rd, Hillsboro, OR 97123 · (503) 844-1070 · Washington County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL653 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 74% of Oregon public middle schools
- B+Test 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
20.7:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.0:1 · STATE 19.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
68%
442 students
DISTRICT 69% · 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 7 | 335 | 51% |
| Grade 8 | 318 | 49% |
Student demographics
72%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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
44.5%
OR avg 43.0% . -0.6pp since 2023
Math
34.7%
OR avg 31.8% . +1.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 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 2 points.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 44.5% | 34.7% |
| 2023-24 | 45.1% | 33.2% |
% 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
37.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.3%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 R A Brown Middle School
R A Brown Middle School's state test result (37.1% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| R A Brown Middle School this school | 653 | 67.7% | 37.1% |
| Evergreen Jr High School Hillsboro | 728 | 67.4% | 28.1% |
| J W Poynter Middle School Hillsboro | 703 | 69.1% | 28.2% |
| South Meadows Middle School Hillsboro | 696 | 70.7% | 24.1% |
| Twality Middle School Tigard | 1,006 | 57.8% | 36.6% |
| Five Oaks Middle School Beaverton | 807 | 50.6% | 28.4% |
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 R A Brown Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Washington County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.1% | #52 of 190 | #6 of 21 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.7% | #50 of 200 no change | #7 of 21 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.5% | #77 of 201 ▼ 13 | #10 of 21 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 653 | #57 of 208 | #18 of 21 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.7:1 | #148 of 180 | #17 of 21 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.6% | #12 of 180 | #1 of 21 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 67.7% | #114 of 194 | #6 of 21 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.0% | #68 of 141 | #10 of 18 |
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
653
-40 (-6%) vs 2020
-15% since 2000-01, when it was 765
Student : Teacher
20.7:1
was 23.9:1
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 | 653 | 31.6 | 20.7:1 | 68% (442) |
| 2023-24 | 679 | 33.2 | 20.5:1 | 52% (351) |
| 2022-23 | 722 | 37.1 | 19.4:1 | 47% (336) |
| 2020-21 | 693 | 29 | 23.9:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 751 | 29.6 | 25.4:1 | 40% (297) |
| 2015-16 | 715 | 29 | 24.7:1 | 37% (267) |
| 2010-11 | 837 | 35 | 23.9:1 | 44% (366) |
| 2000-01 | 765 | 35 | 21.9:1 | 24% (184) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for R A Brown Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (751 to 653); teachers up 7% (29.6 to 31.6).
About R A Brown Middle School
R A Brown Middle School is a medium-sized middle school serving families in Hillsboro, Oregon. The school enrolls 653 students, from grades 7 through 8. An average school in this group (middle schools in Oregon) has about 494 students.
The Hillsboro SD 1J system has 37 schools and 18,465 students.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at R A Brown Middle School. The largest is White students, at 37%. Smaller groups are 34% Hispanic, 12% Asian, 11% multiracial, and 3% Black. For comparison, the population of Washington County is roughly 64% White. R A Brown Middle School's diversity index is 72%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school reports 31.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 20.7 students per teacher. That is 1.4 students per teacher above the 19.3:1 average for middle schools in Oregon. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 68% of students. That is 11 points above the 57% average for public schools in Washington County.
The allk12 Grade for R A Brown Middle School is B+. Compared with Oregon public middle schools, the school scored higher than 74% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The model predicts 36.3% for a school in Oregon with R A Brown Middle School's free or reduced-price lunch share. R A Brown Middle School posts 37.1%.
County data help place the school in context: in Washington County, the median household income is $107,772, about 48% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. In all, Washington County has 136 public schools and roughly 79,469 students.
Nearest public school: Indian Hills Elementary School, about 0.4 miles away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, R A Brown Middle School is 5th of 9 nearby schools with test data.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Mid-size. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment is down 6% from 2020-21, when R A Brown Middle School had 693 students, to 2024-25, when it had 653. Students per teacher fell from 23.9 in 2020-21 to 20.7 in 2024-25.
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Washington County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
603,947
Census ACS
Median income
$107,772
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
48%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
136
79,469 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Hillsboro SD 1J
- Century High SchoolHigh · 1,563 students
- Glencoe High SchoolHigh · 1,492 students
- Liberty High SchoolHigh · 1,459 students
- Hillsboro High SchoolHigh · 1,327 students
- Evergreen Jr High SchoolMiddle · 728 students
- J W Poynter Middle SchoolMiddle · 703 students
Other schools in Hillsboro
- Century High SchoolHigh · 1,563 students
- Glencoe High SchoolHigh · 1,492 students
- Liberty High SchoolHigh · 1,459 students
- Hillsboro High SchoolHigh · 1,327 students
- Beaverton Academy of Science and EngineeringHigh · 852 students
- Evergreen Jr High SchoolMiddle · 728 students
Nearby schools
- Indian Hills Elementary School0.4 mi · 372
- Ladd Acres Elementary School0.5 mi · 369
- Tobias Elementary School0.6 mi · 378
- Century High School0.7 mi · 1,563
- Reedville Elementary School0.8 mi · 197
- Imlay Elementary School0.9 mi · 409
Frequently asked questions
About R A Brown Middle SchoolHow large is R A Brown Middle School?
R A Brown Middle School enrolls approximately 653 students in grades 07-08.
Is R A Brown Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
R A Brown Middle School is a middle school covering grades 07-08.
How many teachers does R A Brown Middle School have?
R A Brown Middle School employs 32 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.7:1.
What is the student diversity at R A Brown Middle School?
Student demographics at R A Brown Middle School are roughly 37% White, 34% Hispanic, 3% Black, 12% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Is R A Brown Middle School public or private?
R A Brown Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Hillsboro SD 1J.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.