Spencer Butte Middle School

As a cozy middle school in Eugene, Oregon, Spencer Butte Middle School instructs 328 students from grades 6 through 8, part of Eugene SD 4J. Compared to the state average of about 494 students per school, that is 34% leaner than typical.

Eugene SD 4J comprises 36 schools with combined enrollment of 15,712 students; Spencer Butte Middle School is among them.

Looking at the student body, Spencer Butte Middle School lists that 77% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder breaks down as 9% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 3% Asian. Compared to Lane County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.6:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 19.3:1 average. About 67% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Lane County (around 76%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

With demographic context factored in, Spencer Butte Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 36.5%; this one delivers 35.7%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Lane County) records that median household earnings sit near $71,544, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Spencer Butte Middle School is one of 117 public schools in Lane County (combined enrollment of about 42,240 students).

The closest other public school is Edgewood Community Elementary School, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Spencer Butte Middle School comes 7th of 7 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 58.5%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Spencer Butte Middle School has fell 25%, going from 440 students in 2018 to 328 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share grew from 73% to 77%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 24.7:1 in 2018 to 15.6:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.