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Enrollment
1,003
Middle
DISTRICT 796 · STATE 494
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BEAVERTON SD 48J·NCES 410192001921
Tumwater Middle School
650 NW 118th Ave, Portland, OR 97229 · (503) 356-3686 · Washington County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,003 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 95% of Oregon public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
22.7:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.4:1 · STATE 19.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
51%
509 students
DISTRICT 55% · 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 | 356 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 326 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 321 | 32% |
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · 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
67.6%
OR avg 43.0% . +8.8pp since 2023
Math
59.0%
OR avg 31.8% . +2.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 67.6% | 59.0% |
| 2023-24 | 58.8% | 56.9% |
% 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
54.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.9%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 Tumwater Middle School
Tumwater Middle School's state test result (54.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tumwater Middle School this school | 1,003 | 50.7% | 54.8% |
| Happy Valley Middle School Happy Valley | 1,158 | 58.1% | 41.6% |
| Rock Creek Middle School Clackamas | 889 | 58.6% | 30.4% |
| Conestoga Middle School Beaverton | 810 | 51.0% | 36.4% |
| Five Oaks Middle School Beaverton | 807 | 50.6% | 28.4% |
| Highland Park Middle School Beaverton | 600 | 50.7% | 39.1% |
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 Tumwater Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Washington County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.8% | #12 of 190 | #3 of 21 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.0% | #8 of 200 no change | #3 of 21 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.6% | #9 of 201 ▲ 12 | #3 of 21 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,003 | #6 of 208 | #4 of 21 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.7:1 | #171 of 180 | #21 of 21 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.3% | #27 of 180 | #7 of 21 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.7% | #157 of 194 | #12 of 21 |
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.
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,003 | 44.1 | 22.7:1 | 51% (509) |
| 2023-24 | 976 | 42.8 | 22.8:1 | 17% (163) |
| 2022-23 | 998 | 43.4 | 23.0:1 | 15% (149) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Tumwater Middle School.
About Tumwater Middle School
Students in Portland, Oregon, attend Tumwater Middle School, a large middle school. The school counted 1,003 students in 2024-25, covering grades 6 through 8. The school is 103% above the average for middle schools in Oregon.
Beaverton SD 48J oversees Tumwater Middle School and 55 other schools, with 37,479 students in total.
The student body at Tumwater Middle School is 50% White. The school is also 26% Asian, 13% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 2% Black. The White share of the county population is higher, at 64%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 65%.
Tumwater Middle School has 44.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 22.7:1. Middle schools in Oregon average 19.3:1, 3.5 fewer students per teacher than here. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 51% at Tumwater Middle School.
On the allk12 Grade, Tumwater Middle School lands at A+, ahead of 95% of Oregon public middle schools.
Schools in Oregon with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 42.9%. Tumwater Middle School scores 54.8%.
For Washington County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $107,772, roughly 48% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Public schools in Washington County number 136, with about 79,469 students.
Of the public schools around it, Tumwater Middle School is closest to Cedar Mill Elementary School, about 0.8 miles away. Tumwater Middle School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Tumwater Middle School at 4th of 9.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Small: inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Anyone can start a thread about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at Tumwater Middle School. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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 Beaverton SD 48J
- Westview High SchoolHigh · 2,423 students
- Sunset High SchoolHigh · 1,812 students
- Mountainside High SchoolHigh · 1,741 students
- Aloha High SchoolHigh · 1,658 students
- Beaverton High SchoolHigh · 1,436 students
- Southridge High SchoolHigh · 1,430 students
Other schools in Portland
- David Douglas High SchoolHigh · 2,756 students
- Westview High SchoolHigh · 2,423 students
- Grant High SchoolHigh · 2,149 students
- Sunset High SchoolHigh · 1,812 students
- Franklin High SchoolHigh · 1,807 students
- Leodis V. McDaniel High SchoolHigh · 1,681 students
Other Tumwater Middle schools
One other US public school is named Tumwater Middle. Tumwater Middle School is the largest of the 2.
- Tumwater Middle SchoolTumwater, WA · 665 students
Nearby schools
- Cedar Mill Elementary School0.8 mi · 350
- Sunset High School1.1 mi · 1,812
- Bonny Slope Elementary School1.1 mi · 602
- Terra Linda Elementary School1.2 mi · 268
- Cedar Park Middle School1.3 mi · 644
- Meadow Park Middle School1.4 mi · 671
Frequently asked questions
About Tumwater Middle SchoolHow many students attend Tumwater Middle School?
Tumwater Middle School enrolls approximately 1,003 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Tumwater Middle School serve?
Tumwater Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Tumwater Middle School?
Approximately 22.7:1 students per teacher at Tumwater Middle School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Tumwater Middle School?
At Tumwater Middle School, the student body is approximately 50% White, 13% Hispanic, 2% Black, 26% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Tumwater Middle School?
Tumwater Middle School is overseen by Beaverton SD 48J in Washington County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.