Walt Morey Middle School

Walt Morey Middle School is an intermediate school of average-sized scale in Troutdale, Oregon, operated by Reynolds SD 7, instructing 519 students in grades 6 through 8.

Walt Morey Middle School is one of 20 schools operated by Reynolds SD 7, a district that teaches 9,631 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Walt Morey Middle School records that the most-represented group is Hispanic (41%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 40% White, 8% multiracial, 5% Black, 4% Asian. By comparison, Multnomah County as a whole is about 14% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Walt Morey Middle School has 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 19.3:1, putting Walt Morey Middle School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 99% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Multnomah County (around 75%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

With demographic context factored in, Walt Morey Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 24.0%; this one delivers 30.6%.

In the area at large, Multnomah County reports that median household income runs about $88,766, 49% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Multnomah County runs 169 public schools (combined enrollment of about 81,096 students), of which Walt Morey Middle School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Reynolds High School, around 0.4 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Walt Morey Middle School comes 3rd of 7 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 29.1%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Walt Morey Middle School has fell 11%, going from 586 students in 2018 to 519 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 49% to 40% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 20.2:1 in 2018 to 15.8:1 in 2025.

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