Twality Middle School

Set in Tigard, Oregon, Twality Middle School is a sprawling junior high, one of the schools within Tigard-Tualatin SD 23J. It teaches 1,006 students across grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 104% larger than the state mean of about 494.

Across the 19 schools in Tigard-Tualatin SD 23J (11,342 students total), Twality Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Twality Middle School lists that the most-represented group is White (50%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder reads as 27% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 6% Asian, 4% Black. By comparison, Washington County as a whole is about 64% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Twality Middle School lists 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 20.9:1. The state averages around 19.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 58% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Twality Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 40.1%; this one delivers 36.6%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Washington County indicate median household earnings sit near $107,772, 48% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Washington County's 136 public schools (combined enrollment of about 79,469 students), Twality Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: James Templeton Elementary School, around 0.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Twality Middle School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 35.5%.

Twality Middle School operates from a city-core location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Twality Middle School has contracted 6%, going from 1,067 students in 2018 to 1,006 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 55% to 50% over that span.

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