Silverton Middle School

Located at 714 Schlador street, in Silverton, Oregon, Silverton Middle School is a middle-of-the-pack junior high that instructs 425 students (grades 6 through 8), part of Silver Falls SD 4J.

Across the 13 schools in Silver Falls SD 4J (3,651 students total), Silverton Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Silverton Middle School records that 74% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder breaks down as 21% Hispanic, 4% multiracial.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 21.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 19.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 51% of students at Silverton Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is below Marion County's rate of about 83%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Silverton Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 42.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 31.9%.

Around the school, Marion County reports that median household earnings sit near $77,351, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across Marion County's 111 public schools (combined enrollment of about 53,799 students), Silverton Middle School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Silverton High School, roughly 0.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Silverton Middle School. On composite proficiency, Silverton Middle School comes 7th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 48.7%.

The campus sits in a town-center setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Silverton Middle School has declined 6%, going from 452 students in 2018 to 425 in 2025. Class-load math has rose: from 19.9:1 in 2018 to 21.3:1 in 2025.

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