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Enrollment
997
Middle
DISTRICT 673 · STATE 494
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SALEM-KEIZER SD 24J·NCES 411082000814
Waldo Middle School
2805 Lansing Ave NE, Salem, OR 97301 · (503) 399-3215 · Marion County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL997 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 8% of Oregon public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats 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
20.9:1
48 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 34.6:1 · STATE 19.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
896 students
DISTRICT 89% · 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 | 321 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 325 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 351 | 35% |
Student demographics
46%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · 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
24.2%
OR avg 43.0% . +7.2pp since 2023
Math
14.7%
OR avg 31.8% . +5.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 24 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 15 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 24.2% | 14.7% |
| 2023-24 | 17.0% | 9.1% |
% 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
15.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.7%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 15% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 28% 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 Waldo Middle School
Waldo Middle School's state test result (15.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waldo Middle School this school | 997 | 89.9% | 15.4% |
| Stephens Middle School Salem | 1,014 | 88.8% | 15.9% |
| Houck Middle School Salem | 830 | 89.0% | 12.1% |
| Armand Larive Middle School Hermiston | 722 | 91.7% | 32.1% |
| Parrish Middle School Salem | 691 | 88.6% | 19.4% |
| Neil Armstrong Middle School Forest Grove | 838 | 82.0% | 22.2% |
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 Waldo Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Marion County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 15.4% | #180 of 190 | #15 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 14.7% | #176 of 200 ▲ 15 | #13 of 17 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 24.2% | #180 of 201 ▲ 14 | #14 of 18 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 997 | #7 of 208 | #2 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.9:1 | #151 of 180 | #7 of 15 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 45.8% | #115 of 180 | #10 of 15 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.9% | #40 of 194 | #2 of 18 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.4% | #129 of 141 | #16 of 16 |
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
997
-233 (-19%) vs 2020
+14% since 1990-91, when it was 872
Student : Teacher
20.9:1
was 22.8:1
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 | 997 | 47.7 | 20.9:1 | 90% (896) |
| 2023-24 | 1,035 | 56.6 | 18.3:1 | 68% (703) |
| 2022-23 | 1,166 | 62.3 | 18.7:1 | 73% (848) |
| 2020-21 | 1,230 | 54 | 22.8:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 1,032 | 50.7 | 20.4:1 | 87% (898) |
| 2015-16 | 993 | 49 | 20.3:1 | 87% (864) |
| 2010-11 | 784 | 48 | 16.3:1 | 84% (659) |
| 2000-01 | 717 | 40 | 17.9:1 | 73% (524) |
| 1990-91 | 872 | 40 | 21.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Waldo Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (1,032 to 997); teachers down 6% (50.7 to 47.7).
About Waldo Middle School
Waldo Middle School is a large middle school located in Salem, Oregon. It is open to students in grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 997 students. That is 102% above the average of about 494 students for middle schools in Oregon.
Salem-Keizer SD 24J has 65 schools; together they serve 37,776 students.
The largest group at Waldo Middle School is Hispanic students, at 72%. Other groups include 12% White, 9% Pacific Islander, 3% multiracial, and 3% Asian. By comparison, Marion County residents are about 29% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Waldo Middle School scores 46%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 20.9:1. The school has 47.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. The gap from the 19.3:1 average for middle schools in Oregon is 1.6 students per teacher. In all, 90% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among Oregon public middle schools, Waldo Middle School outscored 8%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Waldo Middle School is 12.3 points below the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 15.4% actual, 27.7% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Oregon.
In Marion County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $77,351, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 26%, and about 9% of people live in poverty. There are 111 public schools in the county, enrolling about 53,799, Waldo Middle School among them.
Waldo Middle School's closest public school neighbor is Washington Elementary School, about 0.2 miles away. Within five miles of Waldo Middle School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Waldo Middle School is 5th of 8 on proficiency.
Federal records code the school's setting as City: Mid-size.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased 19%. The number of students per teacher dropped from 22.8 to 20.9 over 4 years.
People who know Waldo Middle School can post here about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Marion County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
349,244
Census ACS
Median income
$77,351
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
111
53,799 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Salem-Keizer SD 24J
- McKay High SchoolHigh · 2,380 students
- South Salem High SchoolHigh · 2,195 students
- North Salem High SchoolHigh · 2,107 students
- McNary High SchoolHigh · 1,995 students
- Sprague High SchoolHigh · 1,712 students
- West Salem High SchoolHigh · 1,606 students
Other schools in Salem
- McKay High SchoolHigh · 2,380 students
- South Salem High SchoolHigh · 2,195 students
- North Salem High SchoolHigh · 2,107 students
- Sprague High SchoolHigh · 1,712 students
- West Salem High SchoolHigh · 1,606 students
- Stephens Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,014 students
Nearby schools
- Washington Elementary School0.2 mi · 365
- McKay High School1.0 mi · 2,380
- Hallman Elementary School1.1 mi · 339
- Eagle Charter School1.2 mi · 150
- Jane Goodall Environmental Middle Charter School1.2 mi · 95
- Hoover Elementary School1.2 mi · 402
Frequently asked questions
About Waldo Middle SchoolHow many students attend Waldo Middle School?
Waldo Middle School enrolls approximately 997 students in grades 06-08.
Is Waldo Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Waldo Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Waldo Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Waldo Middle School is approximately 20.9:1 (48 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Waldo Middle School?
Student demographics at Waldo Middle School are roughly 12% White, 72% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Waldo Middle School?
Waldo Middle School is overseen by Salem-Keizer SD 24J in Marion County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.