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Enrollment
672
Middle
DISTRICT 363 · STATE 494
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PENDLETON SD 16·NCES 410951001327
Sunridge Middle School
700 SW Runnion Ave, Pendleton, OR 97801 · (541) 966-3416 · Umatilla County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL672 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 49% of Oregon public middle schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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
20.0:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.5:1 · STATE 19.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
561 students
DISTRICT 91% · 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 | 234 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 239 | 36% |
| Grade 8 | 199 | 30% |
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Pendleton SD 16. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
OSAS 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
37.8%
OR avg 43.0% . -5.4pp since 2023
Math
22.9%
OR avg 31.8% . -0.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 37.8% | 22.9% |
| 2023-24 | 43.2% | 23.5% |
% 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
27.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.2%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 30% 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 Sunridge Middle School
Sunridge Middle School's state test result (27.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunridge Middle School this school | 672 | 83.5% | 27.9% |
| Elton Gregory Middle School Redmond | 695 | 78.6% | 28.2% |
| Scenic Middle School Central Point | 774 | 78.8% | 30.7% |
| Joseph Lane Middle School Roseburg | 581 | 83.5% | 37.6% |
| Crossler Middle School Salem | 804 | 88.8% | 29.5% |
| Timber Ridge School Albany | 657 | 76.9% | 39.7% |
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 Sunridge Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Umatilla County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.9% | #116 of 190 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 22.9% | #125 of 200 ▼ 16 | #4 of 6 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.8% | #114 of 201 ▼ 38 | #4 of 6 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 672 | #51 of 208 | #2 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.0:1 | #127 of 180 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.2% | #59 of 180 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 83.5% | #64 of 194 | #4 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.9% | #75 of 141 | N/A |
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
672
-5 (-1%) vs 2020
-12% since 1990-91, when it was 763
Student : Teacher
20.0:1
was 20.5:1
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 | 672 | 33.7 | 20.0:1 | 83% (561) |
| 2023-24 | 648 | 33.6 | 19.3:1 | 65% (423) |
| 2022-23 | 637 | 33.6 | 19.0:1 | 65% (415) |
| 2020-21 | 677 | 33 | 20.5:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 763 | 33.6 | 22.7:1 | 47% (356) |
| 2015-16 | 732 | 33 | 22.2:1 | 46% (340) |
| 2010-11 | 741 | 32 | 23.2:1 | 54% (400) |
| 2000-01 | 854 | 41 | 20.8:1 | 32% (273) |
| 1990-91 | 763 | 47 | 16.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sunridge Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (763 to 672); teachers unchanged (33.6 to 33.7).
About Sunridge Middle School
Sunridge Middle School is a mid-sized middle school in Pendleton, Oregon, (ZIP code 97801). It is open to students in grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 672 students. It has 36% more students than the average for middle schools in Oregon (about 494).
Pendleton SD 16 operates 8 schools. Combined enrollment is 2,901 students.
At Sunridge Middle School, 62% of students are White. After that, the student body is 16% Hispanic, 11% Native American, and 10% multiracial. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Sunridge Middle School scores 57%.
Sunridge Middle School lists 33.7 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 20.0 students per teacher. The average for middle schools in Oregon is about 19.3:1. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 83% of the student body.
Sunridge Middle School earns a B- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 49% of Oregon public middle schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Sunridge Middle School would score about 30.2%. It scores 27.9%, 2.2 points below that figure.
Umatilla County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $67,728 a year, roughly 18% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Sunridge Middle School shares Umatilla County with 34 other public schools.
Among nearby public schools, InterMountain Virtual Learning Academy is closest at about 0.8 miles. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Among the 5 closest schools with test data, this one included, Sunridge Middle School ranks 4th on average proficiency.
The school's locale code, Town: Distant, means it is in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (677) to 2024-25 (672).
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at Sunridge Middle School. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Umatilla County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
79,940
Census ACS
Median income
$67,728
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
35
13,143 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Pendleton SD 16
- Pendleton High SchoolHigh · 763 students
- Sherwood Heights Elementary SchoolElementary · 439 students
- Washington Elementary SchoolElementary · 420 students
- McKay Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 265 students
- Pendleton Early Learning CenterElementary · 197 students
- Nixyaawii Community SchoolHigh · 89 students
Other schools in Pendleton
- Pendleton High SchoolHigh · 763 students
- Sherwood Heights Elementary SchoolElementary · 439 students
- Washington Elementary SchoolElementary · 420 students
- McKay Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 265 students
- Pendleton Early Learning CenterElementary · 197 students
- InterMountain Virtual Learning AcademyCombined · 107 students
Other Sunridge Middle schools
One other US public school is named Sunridge Middle. Sunridge Middle School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- SUNRIDGE MIDDLEWINTER GARDEN, FL · 1,108 students
Nearby schools
- InterMountain Virtual Learning Academy0.8 mi · 107
- Pendleton Early Learning Center1.2 mi · 197
- Sherwood Heights Elementary School1.4 mi · 439
- McKay Creek Elementary School1.9 mi · 265
- Pendleton High School1.9 mi · 763
- Washington Elementary School1.9 mi · 420
Frequently asked questions
About Sunridge Middle SchoolHow large is Sunridge Middle School?
Sunridge Middle School enrolls approximately 672 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Sunridge Middle School serve?
Sunridge Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Sunridge Middle School?
Approximately 20.0:1 students per teacher at Sunridge Middle School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Sunridge Middle School?
At Sunridge Middle School, the student body is approximately 62% White, 16% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is Sunridge Middle School public or private?
Sunridge Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Pendleton SD 16.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.