Timber Ridge School

Timber Ridge School is a mid-tier 6-8 campus in Albany, Oregon, one of the schools within Greater Albany Public SD 8J. The school instructs 657 students in grades 3 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 494 students per school, that is 33% bigger than typical.

Within Greater Albany Public SD 8J, which oversees 20 schools and 8,771 students, Timber Ridge School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Timber Ridge School logs that 72% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school logs 18% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. By comparison, Linn County as a whole is about 84% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Timber Ridge School has 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 20.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 19.3:1 average. Around 77% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Timber Ridge School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 32.7%; this one delivers 39.7%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Linn County) records that median household earnings sit near $76,329, roughly 22% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across Linn County's 48 public schools (combined enrollment of about 17,916 students), Timber Ridge School is one campus in the mix.

Meadow Ridge Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Timber Ridge School comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 24.4%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 12%: 745 students in 2018 compared to 657 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 80% to 72%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 21.4:1 in 2018 to 20.1:1 in 2025.

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