Rowe Middle School

As a substantial middle-grades school in Milwaukie, Oregon, Rowe Middle School hosts 747 students from grades 6 through 8, run under North Clackamas SD 12. Enrollment runs roughly 51% bigger than the state mean of about 494.

North Clackamas SD 12 runs 31 schools in total, collectively educating 16,837 students. Rowe Middle School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Rowe Middle School shows that 54% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 26% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 4% Black, 3% Asian. By comparison, Clackamas County as a whole is about 79% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 19.3:1, putting Rowe Middle School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 59% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Clackamas County (around 50%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

With demographic context factored in, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Rowe Middle School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 39.8%; actual is 23.4%, a gap of -16.4 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Clackamas County put median household earnings sit near $103,517, 41% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Rowe Middle School is one of 118 public schools in Clackamas County (combined enrollment of about 57,601 students).

Nearest neighbor: Milwaukie El Puente Elementary School, around 0.7 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Rowe Middle School comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 34.9%.

Rowe Middle School operates from an outer-ring location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Rowe Middle School has fell 4%, going from 782 students in 2018 to 747 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment fell from 30% to 26% over that span. Class-load math has grew: from 16.9:1 in 2018 to 18.6:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.