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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Talent Middle School administration to hear?
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Enrollment
485
Middle
DISTRICT 316 · STATE 494
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PHOENIX-TALENT SD 4·NCES 410963000393
Talent Middle School
102 Christian Ave, Talent, OR 97540 · (541) 535-1552 · Jackson County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL485 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
18.3:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.8:1 · STATE 19.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
102%
496 students
DISTRICT 97% · 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 | 167 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 155 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 163 | 34% |
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · 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 Phoenix-Talent SD 4. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
OSAS 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
27.1%
OR avg 43.0% . +4.2pp since 2023
Math
19.6%
OR avg 31.8% . +4.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 20 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Oregon schools, those numbers are about 43 and 32. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 27.1% | 19.6% |
| 2023-24 | 22.9% | 14.8% |
% 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
18.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.9%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 19% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 23% 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 →
Where Talent Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Jackson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 18.5% | #169 of 190 | #8 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.6% | #147 of 200 ▲ 21 | #8 of 10 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.1% | #171 of 201 ▲ 14 | #9 of 10 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 485 | #101 of 208 | #6 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.3:1 | #87 of 180 | #2 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.5% | #52 of 180 | #1 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 102% | #6 of 194 | #1 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.3% | #72 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
485
-60 (-11%) vs 2020
-12% since 1990-91, when it was 549
Student : Teacher
18.3:1
was 21.8:1
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 | 485 | 26.5 | 18.3:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 482 | 26.5 | 18.2:1 | 78% (375) |
| 2022-23 | 473 | 28.9 | 16.3:1 | 79% (373) |
| 2020-21 | 545 | 25 | 21.8:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 553 | 25.5 | 21.7:1 | 61% (336) |
| 2015-16 | 550 | 26 | 21.1:1 | 62% (340) |
| 2010-11 | 612 | 26 | 23.5:1 | 62% (382) |
| 2000-01 | 654 | 36 | 18.2:1 | 44% (291) |
| 1990-91 | 549 | 28 | 19.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Talent Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (553 to 485); teachers up 4% (25.5 to 26.5).
About Talent Middle School
Talent Middle School is a medium-sized middle school with its address in Talent, Oregon. A total of 485 students attend the school, which covers grades 6 through 8.
Enrollment across the 7 schools in Phoenix-Talent SD 4 totals 2,215 students.
A majority of students at Talent Middle School, 51%, are White. The rest of enrollment is 39% Hispanic and 6% multiracial. Among all residents of Jackson County, the White share is about 81%. The chance that two students picked at random at Talent Middle School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 59%.
At Talent Middle School, 26.5 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 18.3:1. That ratio is under the 19.3:1 average for middle schools in Oregon.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Talent Middle School would score about 22.9%. It scores 18.5%, 4.4 points below that figure.
In Jackson County (population about 222,645), median household income is about $73,999, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 32%, and about 8% of people live in poverty. A total of 70 public schools operate in Jackson County, serving about 30,143 students.
Talent Elementary School is the closest public school, about 0.1 miles away in a straight line. There are 6 more public schools inside five miles. Of the 7 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Talent Middle School is 7th on average proficiency.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Mid-size.
The number of students dropped from 545 to 485 over 4 years. By 2024-25, the school had 18.3 students per teacher, compared with 21.8 in 2020-21.
Threads on this page can be about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Jackson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
222,645
Census ACS
Median income
$73,999
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
70
30,143 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Phoenix-Talent SD 4
- Phoenix High SchoolHigh · 687 students
- Talent Elementary SchoolElementary · 349 students
- Phoenix Elementary SchoolElementary · 320 students
- Orchard Hill Elementary SchoolElementary · 273 students
- Armadillo Community Charter SchoolHigh · 77 students
- Phoenix-Talent Rising AcademyElementary · 24 students
Nearby schools
- Talent Elementary School0.1 mi · 349
- Armadillo Community Charter School2.6 mi · 77
- Phoenix Elementary School2.6 mi · 320
- Phoenix-Talent Rising Academy2.6 mi · 24
- Phoenix High School2.9 mi · 687
- Helman Elementary School4.7 mi · 260
Frequently asked questions
About Talent Middle SchoolHow large is Talent Middle School?
Talent Middle School enrolls approximately 485 students in grades 06-08.
Is Talent Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Talent Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Talent Middle School have?
Talent Middle School employs 27 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.3:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Talent Middle School?
At Talent Middle School, the student body is approximately 51% White, 39% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Talent Middle School in?
Talent Middle School is part of Phoenix-Talent SD 4.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.