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Best kept secret at Walt Morey Middle School?
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Enrollment
519
Middle
DISTRICT 653 · STATE 494
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·REYNOLDS SD 7·NCES 411052001397
Walt Morey Middle School
2801 SW Lucas Avenue, Troutdale, OR 97060 · (503) 491-1935 · Multnomah County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL519 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 68% of Oregon public middle schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
15.8:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 19.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
516 students
DISTRICT 102% · 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 | 171 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 168 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 180 | 35% |
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
Walt Morey Middle School→Reynolds High School
Based on grade levels within Reynolds SD 7. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
OSAS 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
38.6%
OR avg 43.0% . -3.6pp since 2023
Math
21.7%
OR avg 31.8% . -0.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 22 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 38.6% | 21.7% |
| 2023-24 | 42.2% | 22.0% |
% 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
30.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
24.0%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 24% 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 Walt Morey Middle School
Walt Morey Middle School's state test result (30.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walt Morey Middle School this school | 519 | 99.4% | 30.6% |
| Walker Middle School Salem | 571 | 88.6% | 34.8% |
| The Dalles Middle School The Dalles | 513 | 99.0% | 20.5% |
| Reynolds Middle School Fairview | 723 | 100.0% | 10.3% |
| Whiteaker Middle School Keizer | 654 | 89.1% | 31.7% |
| Leslie Middle School Salem | 735 | 87.9% | 27.3% |
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 Walt Morey Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Multnomah County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.6% | #88 of 190 | #11 of 26 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.7% | #133 of 200 ▼ 13 | #17 of 27 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.6% | #108 of 201 ▼ 21 | #14 of 27 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 519 | #95 of 208 | #15 of 27 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.8:1 | #30 of 180 | #10 of 27 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.3% | #23 of 180 | #18 of 27 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.4% | #18 of 194 | #8 of 27 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.4% | #80 of 141 | #14 of 23 |
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
519
-55 (-10%) vs 2020
-17% since 2000-01, when it was 626
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
was 18.5:1
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 | 519 | 32.9 | 15.8:1 | 99% (516) |
| 2023-24 | 548 | 34.1 | 16.1:1 | 71% (387) |
| 2022-23 | 565 | 32.2 | 17.6:1 | 66% (372) |
| 2020-21 | 574 | 31 | 18.5:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 586 | 29.1 | 20.2:1 | 56% (329) |
| 2015-16 | 633 | 31 | 20.4:1 | 65% (413) |
| 2010-11 | 658 | 28 | 23.5:1 | 50% (327) |
| 2000-01 | 626 | 30 | 20.9:1 | 19% (122) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Walt Morey Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (586 to 519); teachers up 13% (29.1 to 32.9).
About Walt Morey Middle School
Walt Morey Middle School is a mid-sized middle school in Troutdale, Oregon, under Reynolds SD 7. It is open to students in grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 519 students.
The district, Reynolds SD 7, operates 20 schools serving 9,631 students.
No group is above 50% at Walt Morey Middle School; the largest is Hispanic, at 41%. It is also 40% White, 8% multiracial, 5% Black, and 4% Asian. Multnomah County's residents are about 14% Hispanic, 27 points below the school's share. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 66%.
The school has 32.9 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 15.8 students per teacher. The average for middle schools in Oregon is 19.3:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. The school reported 99% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. It compares with 75% for public schools in Multnomah County.
Walt Morey Middle School holds a B+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 68% of Oregon public middle schools.
Compared with Oregon schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Walt Morey Middle School's results are 6.6 points above predicted: 30.6% against 24.0%.
In Multnomah County, the median household earns about $88,766 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 49%, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Across Multnomah County, 169 public schools serve about 81,096 students.
Measured in a straight line, Reynolds High School is about 0.4 miles from Walt Morey Middle School. The five-mile area around Walt Morey Middle School holds at least 8 other public schools. Walt Morey Middle School comes in 3rd of 7 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's enrollment decreased 10% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. Students per teacher dropped from 18.5 in 2020-21 to 15.8 in 2024-25.
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Multnomah County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
801,477
Census ACS
Median income
$88,766
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
49%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
169
81,096 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Reynolds SD 7
- Reynolds High SchoolHigh · 2,385 students
- Reynolds Middle SchoolMiddle · 723 students
- Hauton B Lee Middle SchoolMiddle · 718 students
- Multnomah Learning AcademyElementary · 550 students
- Glenfair Elementary SchoolElementary · 489 students
- Wilkes Elementary SchoolElementary · 459 students
Other schools in Troutdale
- Reynolds High SchoolHigh · 2,385 students
- Troutdale Elementary SchoolElementary · 360 students
- Sweetbriar Elementary SchoolElementary · 262 students
- Reynolds Arthur AcademyElementary · 169 students
- The CreeksCombined · 74 students
Nearby schools
- Reynolds High School0.4 mi · 2,385
- Hall Elementary School0.6 mi · 346
- The Creeks0.8 mi · 74
- Reynolds Arthur Academy0.9 mi · 169
- Gresham Arthur Academy1.0 mi · 168
- Highland Elementary School1.2 mi · 465
Frequently asked questions
About Walt Morey Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Walt Morey Middle School?
Walt Morey Middle School enrolls approximately 519 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Walt Morey Middle School serve?
Walt Morey Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Walt Morey Middle School?
Approximately 15.8:1 students per teacher at Walt Morey Middle School.
How diverse is Walt Morey Middle School?
Walt Morey Middle School reports a student body of 40% White, 41% Hispanic, 5% Black, 4% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Walt Morey Middle School public or private?
Walt Morey Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Reynolds SD 7.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.