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Enrollment
1,069
Middle
DISTRICT 796 · STATE 494
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BEAVERTON SD 48J·NCES 410192001431
Stoller Middle School
14141 NW Laidlaw Rd, Portland, OR 97229 · (503) 356-2680 · Washington County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,069 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
20.7:1
52 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.4:1 · STATE 19.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
51%
542 students
DISTRICT 55% · 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 | 344 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 381 | 36% |
| Grade 8 | 344 | 32% |
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · 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
71.8%
OR avg 43.0% . +0.4pp since 2023
Math
68.3%
OR avg 31.8% . +0.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 72 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 68 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Oregon schools, those numbers are about 43 and 32. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 71.8% | 68.3% |
| 2023-24 | 71.4% | 68.1% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: OSAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of OR schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
62.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.9%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+19.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 43% typical for Oregon schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 19 points, placing it in Oregon's top 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 Stoller Middle School
Stoller Middle School's state test result (62.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stoller Middle School this school | 1,069 | 50.7% | 62.0% |
| Tumwater Middle School Portland | 1,003 | 50.7% | 54.8% |
| Happy Valley Middle School Happy Valley | 1,158 | 58.1% | 41.6% |
| Rock Creek Middle School Clackamas | 889 | 58.6% | 30.4% |
| Meadow Park Middle School Beaverton | 671 | 50.7% | 22.4% |
| Five Oaks Middle School Beaverton | 807 | 50.6% | 28.4% |
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 Stoller Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Washington County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.0% | #3 of 190 | #1 of 21 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 68.3% | #1 of 200 no change | #1 of 21 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 71.8% | #2 of 201 no change | #1 of 21 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,069 | #3 of 208 | #2 of 21 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.7:1 | #147 of 180 | #16 of 21 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.1% | #49 of 180 | #17 of 21 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.7% | #158 of 194 | #13 of 21 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -29.3% | #7 of 141 | #3 of 18 |
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
1,069
-340 (-24%) vs 2020
+23% since 2000-01, when it was 872
Student : Teacher
20.7:1
was 23.5:1
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 | 1,069 | 51.7 | 20.7:1 | 51% (542) |
| 2023-24 | 1,032 | 43.6 | 23.6:1 | 16% (164) |
| 2022-23 | 924 | 42.4 | 21.8:1 | 12% (113) |
| 2020-21 | 1,409 | 60 | 23.5:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 1,513 | 64.5 | 23.5:1 | 11% (169) |
| 2015-16 | 1,441 | 63 | 22.9:1 | 7% (105) |
| 2010-11 | 1,068 | 51 | 20.9:1 | 17% (182) |
| 2000-01 | 872 | 42 | 20.8:1 | 7% (57) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Stoller Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 29% (1,513 to 1,069); teachers down 20% (64.5 to 51.7).
About Stoller Middle School
Portland, Oregon, is home to Stoller Middle School, a large middle school. The student body numbers 1,069 students, from grades 6 through 8. Average enrollment for middle schools in Oregon is about 494, so this school runs 116% bigger than that.
Beaverton SD 48J counts 37,479 students in its 56 schools, and Stoller Middle School is one of them.
Asian students are the majority at Stoller Middle School, with 58% of enrollment. The school is also 23% White, 10% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 3% Black. The Asian share of the county population is lower, at 12%. Stoller Middle School's diversity index is 59%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school employs the equivalent of 51.7 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 20.7:1. That is 1.4 students per teacher above the 19.3:1 average for middle schools in Oregon. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Stoller Middle School is 51%.
A school in Oregon with Stoller Middle School's free or reduced-price lunch share would be expected to score about 42.9%. Stoller Middle School scores 62.0%.
Census estimates describe Washington County this way: the median household income is $107,772, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 48%, and about 5% of people live in poverty. Besides Stoller Middle School, Washington County has 135 other public schools.
Jacob Wismer Elementary School is the public school closest to Stoller Middle School, about 0.2 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Stoller Middle School at 7th of 9.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 4 years, Stoller Middle School's enrollment declined 24%, to 1,069. The school's ratio fell from 23.5:1 to 20.7:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
Conversations here can range across enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Washington County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
603,947
Census ACS
Median income
$107,772
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
48%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
136
79,469 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Beaverton SD 48J
- Westview High SchoolHigh · 2,423 students
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Other schools in Portland
- David Douglas High SchoolHigh · 2,756 students
- Westview High SchoolHigh · 2,423 students
- Grant High SchoolHigh · 2,149 students
- Sunset High SchoolHigh · 1,812 students
- Franklin High SchoolHigh · 1,807 students
- Leodis V. McDaniel High SchoolHigh · 1,681 students
Nearby schools
- Jacob Wismer Elementary School0.2 mi · 592
- Findley Elementary0.8 mi · 549
- Oak Hills Elementary School1.4 mi · 484
- Sato Elementary School1.5 mi · 863
- Springville Elementary School1.6 mi · 742
- Terra Linda Elementary School1.7 mi · 268
Frequently asked questions
About Stoller Middle SchoolHow large is Stoller Middle School?
Stoller Middle School enrolls approximately 1,069 students in grades 06-08.
Is Stoller Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Stoller Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Stoller Middle School have?
Stoller Middle School employs 52 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.7:1.
How diverse is Stoller Middle School?
Stoller Middle School reports a student body of 23% White, 10% Hispanic, 3% Black, 58% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Stoller Middle School in?
Stoller Middle School is part of Beaverton SD 48J.
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