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Enrollment
774
Middle
DISTRICT 575 · STATE 494
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CENTRAL POINT SD 6·NCES 410294000408
Scenic Middle School
1955 Scenic Ave, Central Point, OR 97502 · (541) 494-6400 · Jackson County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL774 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 52% 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.
- BBeats 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
18.8:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.4:1 · STATE 19.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
79%
610 students
DISTRICT 76% · 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 | 263 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 250 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 261 | 34% |
Student demographics
44%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 44% · 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
43.7%
OR avg 43.0% . +4.3pp since 2023
Math
27.8%
OR avg 31.8% . +5.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Oregon schools, those numbers are about 43 and 32. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 43.7% | 27.8% |
| 2023-24 | 39.4% | 22.7% |
% 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
30.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.0%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% 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 Scenic Middle School
Scenic Middle School's state test result (30.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scenic Middle School this school | 774 | 78.8% | 30.7% |
| Elton Gregory Middle School Redmond | 695 | 78.6% | 28.2% |
| Timber Ridge School Albany | 657 | 76.9% | 39.7% |
| North Middle School Grants Pass | 673 | 73.7% | 43.5% |
| John C Fremont Middle School Roseburg | 653 | 83.5% | 33.6% |
| Memorial Middle School Albany | 544 | 76.1% | 27.4% |
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 Scenic Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Jackson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.7% | #87 of 190 | #4 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.8% | #98 of 200 ▲ 15 | #5 of 10 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.7% | #82 of 201 ▲ 19 | #3 of 10 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 774 | #25 of 208 | #3 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.8:1 | #103 of 180 | #4 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.9% | #126 of 180 | #7 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 78.8% | #77 of 194 | #7 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.1% | #124 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
774
-41 (-5%) vs 2020
-2% since 1990-91, when it was 789
Student : Teacher
18.8:1
was 20.9:1
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 | 774 | 41.3 | 18.8:1 | 79% (610) |
| 2023-24 | 808 | 39.6 | 20.4:1 | 65% (523) |
| 2022-23 | 844 | 28 | 30.1:1 | 58% (486) |
| 2020-21 | 815 | 39 | 20.9:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 807 | 41.3 | 19.6:1 | 44% (354) |
| 2015-16 | 797 | 37 | 21.5:1 | 60% (476) |
| 2010-11 | 805 | 35 | 23.0:1 | 57% (461) |
| 2000-01 | 796 | 38 | 20.9:1 | 32% (254) |
| 1990-91 | 789 | 39 | 20.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Scenic Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (807 to 774); teachers unchanged (41.3 to 41.3).
About Scenic Middle School
Scenic Middle School is a large middle school in Oregon, with an address in Central Point. The school teaches grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 774 students. That puts enrollment 57% above the 494-student average for middle schools in Oregon.
Central Point SD 6 is the local district for Scenic Middle School. It runs 12 schools with 6,241 students.
The share of White students at Scenic Middle School is 72%, a majority. It is also 18% Hispanic and 7% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Jackson County is roughly 81% White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 44%.
Based on 41.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, Scenic Middle School has a ratio of 18.8:1. The ratio is within a point of the 19.3:1 average for middle schools in Oregon. Income data for the school show 79% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among Oregon public middle schools, Scenic Middle School outscored 52%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.
Test results at Scenic Middle School are 1.3 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (30.7% actual, 32.0% predicted).
The school's county is Jackson County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $73,999 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 32% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. Public schools in Jackson County number 70, with about 30,143 students.
Crater Renaissance Academy is the nearest public school to Scenic Middle School, about 0.4 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Scenic Middle School is 1st of 4 on proficiency.
The federal government classifies Scenic Middle School's location as Suburb: Mid-size.
From 815 students in 2020-21, enrollment decreased to 774 by 2024-25. The number of students per teacher dropped from 20.9 to 18.8 over 4 years.
This page is set up for the Scenic Middle School community to discuss open houses, carpools, and field trips. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Jackson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
222,645
Census ACS
Median income
$73,999
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
70
30,143 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Central Point SD 6
- Crater High SchoolHigh · 1,454 students
- Jewett Elementary SchoolElementary · 607 students
- Crater Academy of Health and Public ServicesHigh · 518 students
- Richardson Elementary SchoolElementary · 500 students
- Crater School of Business Innovation and ScienceHigh · 486 students
- Crater Renaissance AcademyHigh · 464 students
Other schools in Central Point
- Crater High SchoolHigh · 1,454 students
- Jewett Elementary SchoolElementary · 607 students
- Crater Academy of Health and Public ServicesHigh · 518 students
- Richardson Elementary SchoolElementary · 500 students
- Crater School of Business Innovation and ScienceHigh · 486 students
- Crater Renaissance AcademyHigh · 464 students
Nearby schools
- Crater Renaissance Academy0.4 mi · 464
- Crater Academy of Health and Public Services0.4 mi · 518
- Crater High School0.4 mi · 1,454
- Crater School of Business Innovation and Science0.5 mi · 486
- Jewett Elementary School0.8 mi · 607
- Richardson Elementary School0.9 mi · 500
Frequently asked questions
About Scenic Middle SchoolHow large is Scenic Middle School?
Scenic Middle School enrolls approximately 774 students in grades 06-08.
Is Scenic Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Scenic Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Scenic Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Scenic Middle School is approximately 18.8:1 (41 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Scenic Middle School?
At Scenic Middle School, the student body is approximately 72% White, 18% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Scenic Middle School in?
Scenic Middle School is part of Central Point SD 6.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.