Enrollment
260
Middle
DISTRICT 390 · STATE 494
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SISTERS SD 6·NCES 411149000943
Sisters Middle School
15200 McKenzie Hwy, Sisters, OR 97759 · (541) 549-2099 · Deschutes County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL260 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 83% of Oregon public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
13.4:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 19.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
137 students
DISTRICT 52% · STATE 76%
Community
0
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 | 79 | 30% |
| Grade 7 | 100 | 38% |
| Grade 8 | 81 | 31% |
Student demographics
25%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 28% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Sisters Middle School→Sisters High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Sisters SD 6. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
OSAS 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
51.0%
OR avg 43.0% . -1.7pp since 2023
Math
39.8%
OR avg 31.8% . +1.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Oregon schools, those numbers are about 43 and 32. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 51.0% | 39.8% |
| 2023-24 | 52.7% | 38.4% |
% 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
45.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.1%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 Sisters Middle School
Sisters Middle School's state test result (45.6% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sisters Middle School this school | 260 | 52.7% | 45.6% |
| Philomath Middle School Philomath | 351 | 49.3% | 37.1% |
| Yamhill Carlton Intermediate School Yamhill | 369 | 50.4% | 26.8% |
| Chehalem Valley Middle School Newberg | 422 | 49.8% | 44.6% |
| Sutherlin Middle School Sutherlin | 297 | 64.6% | 24.0% |
| Warrenton Middle School Warrenton | 228 | 42.1% | 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 Sisters Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Deschutes County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.6% | #24 of 190 | #3 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.8% | #34 of 200 ▼ 2 | #5 of 10 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.0% | #42 of 201 ▼ 9 | #5 of 10 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 260 | #173 of 208 | #9 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.4:1 | #3 of 180 | #1 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 25.1% | #176 of 180 | #7 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 52.7% | #153 of 194 | #4 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.5% | #33 of 141 | #2 of 7 |
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
260
-99 (-28%) vs 2020
-10% since 2000-01, when it was 290
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
was 17.9:1
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 | 260 | 19.4 | 13.4:1 | 53% (137) |
| 2023-24 | 373 | 21.8 | 17.1:1 | 40% (150) |
| 2022-23 | 354 | 23.3 | 15.2:1 | 30% (105) |
| 2020-21 | 359 | 20 | 17.9:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 319 | 16.3 | 19.5:1 | 30% (95) |
| 2015-16 | 331 | 17 | 19.5:1 | 30% (98) |
| 2010-11 | 417 | 18 | 23.2:1 | 36% (149) |
| 2000-01 | 290 | 15 | 19.3:1 | 23% (68) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sisters Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (319 to 260); teachers up 19% (16.3 to 19.4).
About Sisters Middle School
Sisters Middle School is the name of a small middle school in Sisters, Oregon. The school's enrollment of 260 students covers grades 6 through 8. Enrollment is 47% lower than the average for middle schools in Oregon, which is about 494.
District-wide, Sisters SD 6 has 3 schools and 1,170 students.
White students make up 86% of enrollment at Sisters Middle School. The remaining students are 7% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. For comparison, Deschutes County is about 87% White. Pick two students at random and there is a 25% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The ratio of students to teachers is 13.4:1, with 19.4 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 19.3:1 average for middle schools in Oregon. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Sisters Middle School is 53%.
The allk12 Grade for Sisters Middle School is A-. Compared with Oregon public middle schools, the school scored higher than 83% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Sisters Middle School is +3.5 points: 45.6% actual, 42.1% predicted.
Deschutes County census figures show that the median household income is $92,758, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 45% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Deschutes County is home to 53 public schools and about 25,823 public school students.
The closest public school, Sisters Elementary School, is about 0.2 miles from Sisters Middle School. Other public schools within five miles: 2. On average proficiency, Sisters Middle School is 4th of 8 nearby schools with test data.
NCES assigns Sisters Middle School the locale Rural: Distant, meaning in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Federal data show a 28% enrollment decrease, from 359 in 2020-21 to 260 in 2024-25. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio fell from 17.9:1 to 13.4:1.
Community posts for Sisters Middle School can cover enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Deschutes County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
206,334
Census ACS
Median income
$92,758
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
45%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
53
25,823 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Sisters SD 6
- Sisters Elementary SchoolElementary · 491 students
- Sisters High SchoolHigh · 419 students
Other schools in Sisters
- Sisters Elementary SchoolElementary · 491 students
- Sisters High SchoolHigh · 419 students
Nearby schools
- Sisters Elementary School0.2 mi · 491
- Sisters High School0.3 mi · 419
- Black Butte Elementary School12.2 mi · 24
- Tumalo Community School15.3 mi · 266
- Ridgeview High School18.0 mi · 844
- North Star Elementary18.0 mi · 319
Frequently asked questions
About Sisters Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Sisters Middle School?
Sisters Middle School enrolls approximately 260 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Sisters Middle School serve?
Sisters Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Sisters Middle School?
Approximately 13.4:1 students per teacher at Sisters Middle School.
What is the student diversity at Sisters Middle School?
Student demographics at Sisters Middle School are roughly 86% White, 7% Hispanic, 0% Black, 4% Two or more.
Is Sisters Middle School public or private?
Sisters Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Sisters SD 6.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.