Vale Middle School

Vale Middle School is one of the very small 6-8 campuss in Vale, Oregon, overseen by Vale SD 84, with 120 students on its rolls from grades 7 through 8. That puts it 76% below the typical public school in Oregon, which averages around 494 students.

Vale Middle School is one of 4 schools operated by Vale SD 84, a district that instructs 912 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Vale Middle School lists that the largest single group is White, at 63% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school logs 34% Hispanic.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.3:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 19.3:1 average. An estimated 90% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Vale Middle School ranks in the top 10% of Oregon public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 27.6%; Vale Middle School posts 47.5%, +19.8 points above that line.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Malheur County put the typical household earns roughly $54,519 per year, about 15% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. Across Malheur County's 25 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,566 students), Vale Middle School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Vale High School, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Vale Middle School. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Vale Middle School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 36.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Five-year trend. Vale Middle School's enrollment has rose 20% since 2018, when it stood at 100 (now 120). Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged up from 28% to 34%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 15.4:1 in 2018 to 13.3:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, the feed for Vale Middle School typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.