St Helens Middle School

St Helens Middle School is a moderately sized intermediate school in St Helens, Oregon, operated by St Helens SD 502. The school instructs 563 students in grades 6 through 8.

St Helens Middle School is one of 8 schools operated by St Helens SD 502, a district that teaches 2,856 students overall.

On the student-mix side, St Helens Middle School reports that White students make up the majority at 75%. The remainder reads as 13% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 85%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 19.3:1, putting St Helens Middle School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 73% of students at St Helens Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Columbia County (around 62%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, On a poverty-adjusted basis, St Helens Middle School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 34.2%; actual is 19.0%, a gap of -15.2 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Columbia County put median household income runs about $87,458, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Columbia County runs 23 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,932 students), of which St Helens Middle School is one.

The closest other public school is Plymouth High School, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, St Helens Middle School comes 6th of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 28.5%.

St Helens Middle School operates from a town-based location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at St Helens Middle School has ticked up 35%, going from 417 students in 2018 to 563 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, the feed for St Helens Middle School typically covers pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.