Warrenton Middle School

Warrenton Middle School, a cozy junior high in Warrenton, Oregon, part of Warrenton-Hammond SD 30, hosts 228 students, covering grades 6 through 8. That puts it 54% smaller than the typical public school in Oregon, which averages around 494 students.

Across the 4 schools in Warrenton-Hammond SD 30 (925 students total), Warrenton Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Warrenton Middle School lists that White students make up the majority at 74%. The remainder comes out to 17% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Clatsop County as a whole is about 83% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 19.3:1 average. About 42% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is lower than Clatsop County's rate of about 73%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Warrenton Middle School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 46.2%; actual is 27.4%, a gap of -18.8 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Clatsop County indicate the typical household earns roughly $71,822 per year, roughly 29% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Clatsop County's 15 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,648 students), Warrenton Middle School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Warrenton High School, roughly 0.7 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 6 other public schools cluster around Warrenton Middle School. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Warrenton Middle School ranks 7th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 30.7%.

The school occupies a town-based site.

Inside the community feed, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.