Talent Middle School

Located at 102 Christian Ave, in Talent, Oregon, Talent Middle School is an average-sized intermediate school that hosts 485 students (grades 6 through 8), part of Phoenix-Talent SD 4.

Phoenix-Talent SD 4 runs 7 schools in total, collectively educating 2,215 students. Talent Middle School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Talent Middle School records that the most-represented group is White (51%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder looks like 39% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 81% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Talent Middle School reports 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 19.3:1 average. Around 102% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Jackson County runs at roughly 84%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Talent Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 22.9%, the actual is 18.5%, a residual of -4.4 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Jackson County put the typical household earns roughly $73,999 per year, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Jackson County runs 70 public schools (combined enrollment of about 30,143 students), of which Talent Middle School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Talent Elementary School, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 6 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Talent Middle School comes 7th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 33.0%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 12%: 553 students in 2018 compared to 485 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 21.7:1 in 2018 to 18.3:1 in 2025.

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