Enrollment
120
Middle
DISTRICT 228 · STATE 494
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·VALE SD 84·NCES 410001401026
Vale Middle School
505 Viking Dr, Vale, OR 97918 · (541) 473-0241 · Malheur County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL120 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
9 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 19.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
108 students
DISTRICT 87% · STATE 76%
Community
0
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 7 | 52 | 43% |
| Grade 8 | 68 | 57% |
Student demographics
48%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 44% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Vale Middle School→Vale High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Vale SD 84. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
OSAS 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
51.8%
OR avg 43.0% . -2.5pp since 2023
Math
43.2%
OR avg 31.8% . -5.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Oregon schools, those numbers are about 43 and 32. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 6 points.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 51.8% | 43.2% |
| 2023-24 | 54.3% | 48.9% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: OSAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of OR schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
47.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.6%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+19.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 28% typical for Oregon schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 20 points, placing it in Oregon's top 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 Vale Middle School
Vale Middle School's state test result (47.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vale Middle School this school | 120 | 90.0% | 47.5% |
| Jane Goodall Environmental Middle Charter School Salem | 95 | 96.8% | 49.6% |
| Daly Middle School Lakeview | 126 | 83.3% | 26.5% |
| Harbor Lights Middle School Bandon | 195 | 89.7% | 39.7% |
| Jefferson Middle School Jefferson | 178 | 75.3% | 17.4% |
| Hines Middle School Hines | 164 | 94.5% | 13.9% |
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 Vale Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.5% | #22 of 190 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.2% | #24 of 200 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.8% | #39 of 201 ▼ 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 120 | #200 of 208 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.0% | #39 of 194 |
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
120
+9 (+8%) vs 2020
-45% since 2000-01, when it was 220
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 12.3:1
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 | 120 | 9 | 13.3:1 | 90% (108) |
| 2023-24 | 146 | 9 | 16.2:1 | 68% (100) |
| 2022-23 | 135 | 8.8 | 15.3:1 | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 111 | 9 | 12.3:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 100 | 6.5 | 15.4:1 | 60% (60) |
| 2015-16 | 146 | 9 | 16.2:1 | 60% (88) |
| 2010-11 | 135 | 7 | 19.3:1 | 56% (76) |
| 2000-01 | 220 | 12 | 18.3:1 | 58% (128) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Vale Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 20% (100 to 120); teachers up 38% (6.5 to 9).
About Vale Middle School
Vale Middle School is a very small middle school. Its address is in Vale, Oregon. It had 120 students in 2024-25, spanning grades 7 through 8. Middle schools in Oregon have about 494 students on average; enrollment here is 76% lower.
In Vale SD 84, 4 schools enroll a combined 912 students.
The share of White students at Vale Middle School is 63%, a majority. The school is also 34% Hispanic. A diversity index of 48% means there is a 48% chance two randomly chosen students at Vale Middle School are from different groups.
Its staff includes 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 13.3 students per teacher. Across middle schools in Oregon, the average ratio is 19.3:1. Vale Middle School has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 90%. Public schools in Malheur County average a similar 89%.
Vale Middle School outperforms its prediction by 19.8 points. The model expects 27.6% for a school with its free or reduced-price lunch share in Oregon; the school's rate is 47.5%.
In Malheur County, home to about 31,954 people, the median household earns about $54,519 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 15% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 15%. Public schools in Malheur County number 25, with about 6,566 students.
Vale Middle School is less than a tenth of a mile from Vale High School, its nearest public school. Vale Middle School has 2 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 36.2% on proficiency, and Vale Middle School is above that at 47.5%.
NCES assigns Vale Middle School the locale Rural: Remote, meaning in rural territory far from an urban area.
In 2020-21, Vale Middle School enrolled 111 students. By 2024-25, that number had grown to 120. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 12.3:1 to 13.3:1.
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Malheur County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
31,954
Census ACS
Median income
$54,519
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
15%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
25
6,566 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Vale SD 84
- Vale Elementary SchoolElementary · 438 students
- Vale High SchoolHigh · 293 students
- Willowcreek Elementary SchoolElementary · 61 students
Other schools in Vale
- Vale Elementary SchoolElementary · 438 students
- Vale High SchoolHigh · 293 students
- Willowcreek Elementary SchoolElementary · 61 students
Other Vale Middle schools
One other US public school is named Vale Middle. Vale Middle School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Vale Middle SchoolSAN ANTONIO, TX · 846 students
Nearby schools
- Vale High School0.0 mi · 293
- Vale Elementary School0.5 mi · 438
- Willowcreek Elementary School10.8 mi · 61
- Cairo Elementary School11.9 mi · 124
- Four Rivers Community School13.1 mi · 367
- Alameda Intermediate School13.7 mi · 355
Frequently asked questions
About Vale Middle SchoolHow large is Vale Middle School?
Vale Middle School enrolls approximately 120 students in grades 07-08.
Is Vale Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Vale Middle School is a middle school covering grades 07-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Vale Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Vale Middle School is approximately 13.3:1 (9 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Vale Middle School?
At Vale Middle School, the student body is approximately 63% White, 34% Hispanic, 2% Two or more.
Is Vale Middle School public or private?
Vale Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Vale SD 84.
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