Waldo Middle School

As a substantial middle-grades school in Salem, Oregon, Waldo Middle School educates 997 students from grades 6 through 8, one of the schools within Salem-Keizer SD 24J. Enrollment runs roughly 102% above the state mean of about 494.

Salem-Keizer SD 24J runs 65 schools in total, collectively educating 37,776 students. Waldo Middle School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Waldo Middle School shows that 72% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest consists of 12% White, 9% Pacific Islander, 3% multiracial, 3% Asian. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 29%.

In terms of school funding signals, Waldo Middle School logs 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 20.9:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 19.3:1 average. Roughly 90% of students at Waldo Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Waldo Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 27.7%, the actual is 15.4%, a residual of -12.3 points.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Marion County put median household income runs about $77,351, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Marion County runs 111 public schools (combined enrollment of about 53,799 students), of which Waldo Middle School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Washington Elementary School, around 0.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Waldo Middle School comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 26.6%.

Waldo Middle School operates from a high-density location.

Looking at the recent track record. Waldo Middle School's enrollment has contracted 3% since 2018, when it stood at 1,032 (now 997). The White share of enrollment declined from 27% to 12% over that span.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Waldo Middle School typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.