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Enrollment
744
Middle
DISTRICT 847 · STATE 494
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TIGARD-TUALATIN SD 23J·NCES 411224001196
Thomas R Fowler Middle School
10865 SW Walnut St, Tigard, OR 97223 · (503) 431-5000 · Washington County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL744 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 53% of Oregon public middle schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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
19.7:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.8:1 · STATE 19.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
432 students
DISTRICT 59% · 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 | 253 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 245 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 246 | 33% |
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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
41.5%
OR avg 43.0% . +0.9pp since 2023
Math
29.9%
OR avg 31.8% . -3.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 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 are down about 3 points.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 41.5% | 29.9% |
| 2023-24 | 40.6% | 32.9% |
% 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
34.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.0%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 Thomas R Fowler Middle School
Thomas R Fowler Middle School's state test result (34.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas R Fowler Middle School this school | 744 | 58.1% | 34.1% |
| Linus Pauling Middle School Corvallis | 712 | 57.9% | 44.0% |
| Alder Creek Middle School Milwaukie | 810 | 59.0% | 17.9% |
| Rowe Middle School Milwaukie | 747 | 58.8% | 23.4% |
| Hazelbrook Middle School Tualatin | 792 | 57.8% | 29.3% |
| Twality Middle School Tigard | 1,006 | 57.8% | 36.6% |
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 Thomas R Fowler Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Washington County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.1% | #68 of 190 | #11 of 21 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.9% | #81 of 200 ▼ 26 | #11 of 21 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.5% | #91 of 201 ▲ 4 | #12 of 21 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 744 | #30 of 208 | #11 of 21 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.7:1 | #121 of 180 | #13 of 21 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.8% | #38 of 180 | #13 of 21 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 58.1% | #146 of 194 | #8 of 21 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.9% | #111 of 141 | #14 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
744
-95 (-11%) vs 2020
-19% since 1990-91, when it was 914
Student : Teacher
19.7:1
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 | 744 | 37.8 | 19.7:1 | 58% (432) |
| 2023-24 | 743 | 41.5 | 17.9:1 | 43% (323) |
| 2022-23 | 775 | 44.2 | 17.5:1 | 34% (263) |
| 2020-21 | 839 | 41 | 20.5:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 799 | 39.1 | 20.4:1 | 33% (263) |
| 2015-16 | 805 | 41 | 19.6:1 | 39% (310) |
| 2010-11 | 822 | 42 | 19.6:1 | 37% (301) |
| 2000-01 | 1,002 | 52 | 19.3:1 | 16% (160) |
| 1990-91 | 914 | 53 | 17.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Thomas R Fowler Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (799 to 744); teachers down 3% (39.1 to 37.8).
About Thomas R Fowler Middle School
In Tigard, Oregon, part of Washington County, Thomas R Fowler Middle School is a middle-grades school. The school's 744 students are in grades 6 through 8. Statewide, middle schools in Oregon average about 494 students each.
The 19 schools in Tigard-Tualatin SD 23J enroll 11,342 students altogether, Thomas R Fowler Middle School among them.
White students are the majority at Thomas R Fowler Middle School, with 54% of enrollment. Other groups make up 27% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 4% Asian, and 3% Pacific Islander. Washington County as a whole is about 64% White, so the school's share is lower. The school's diversity index is 62%, meaning two students picked at random have a 62% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school employs the equivalent of 37.8 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 19.7:1. That matches the 19.3:1 average for middle schools in Oregon fairly closely. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 58%. That tracks the 57% average for public schools in Washington County.
Measured against Oregon public middle schools, Thomas R Fowler Middle School receives a B-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Thomas R Fowler Middle School is 5.9 points below its prediction. Actual: 34.1%. Predicted: 40.0%.
Across Washington County, the median household income is $107,772, roughly 48% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Washington County is home to 136 public schools and about 79,469 public school students.
Charles F Tigard Elementary School is the closest public school, about 0.5 miles away in a straight line. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, Thomas R Fowler Middle School ranks 8th on proficiency.
In the federal locale system, Thomas R Fowler Middle School is coded City: Small, for schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
2024-25 enrollment was 744, an 11% decrease from 839 in 2020-21.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss school safety, transportation, and start times at Thomas R Fowler Middle School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Tigard-Tualatin SD 23J
- Tigard High SchoolHigh · 1,771 students
- Tualatin High SchoolHigh · 1,687 students
- Twality Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,006 students
- Hazelbrook Middle SchoolMiddle · 792 students
- Metzger Elementary SchoolElementary · 566 students
- James Templeton Elementary SchoolElementary · 543 students
Other schools in Tigard
- Tigard High SchoolHigh · 1,771 students
- Twality Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,006 students
- Metzger Elementary SchoolElementary · 566 students
- James Templeton Elementary SchoolElementary · 543 students
- Deer Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 534 students
- Durham Elementary SchoolElementary · 471 students
Nearby schools
- Charles F Tigard Elementary School0.5 mi · 460
- Mary Woodward Elementary School0.7 mi · 417
- Conestoga Middle School1.2 mi · 810
- Metzger Elementary School1.3 mi · 566
- Twality Middle School1.4 mi · 1,006
- James Templeton Elementary School1.5 mi · 543
Frequently asked questions
About Thomas R Fowler Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Thomas R Fowler Middle School?
Thomas R Fowler Middle School enrolls approximately 744 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Thomas R Fowler Middle School serve?
Thomas R Fowler Middle School serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Thomas R Fowler Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Thomas R Fowler Middle School is approximately 19.7:1 (38 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Thomas R Fowler Middle School?
At Thomas R Fowler Middle School, the student body is approximately 54% White, 27% Hispanic, 2% Black, 4% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Thomas R Fowler Middle School public or private?
Thomas R Fowler Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Tigard-Tualatin SD 23J.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.