Walter L Kraxberger Middle School

Walter L Kraxberger Middle School, a modestly sized intermediate school in Gladstone, Oregon, operated by Gladstone SD 115, works with 343 students, covering grades 6 through 8. That puts it 31% leaner than the typical public school in Oregon, which averages around 494 students.

Gladstone SD 115 runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 1,600 students. Walter L Kraxberger Middle School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Walter L Kraxberger Middle School shows that 69% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder breaks down as 19% Hispanic, 9% multiracial. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 79%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Walter L Kraxberger Middle School lists 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 19.3:1 average. An estimated 63% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Clackamas County (around 50%), the school's rate is north of typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Walter L Kraxberger Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 38.2%, the actual is 30.8%, a residual of -7.5 points.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Clackamas County put median household earnings sit near $103,517, roughly 41% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, Clackamas County runs 118 public schools (combined enrollment of about 57,601 students), of which Walter L Kraxberger Middle School is one.

The closest other public school is Gladstone High School, roughly 0.7 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Walter L Kraxberger Middle School. On composite proficiency, Walter L Kraxberger Middle School comes 3rd of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 28.3%.

Walter L Kraxberger Middle School operates from an outer-ring location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 28%: 477 students in 2018 compared to 343 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 19.7:1 in 2018 to 17.0:1 in 2025.

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