West Sylvan Middle School

Located at 8111 SW West Slope Dr, in Portland, Oregon, West Sylvan Middle School is a moderately sized intermediate school that serves 670 students (grades 6 through 8), operated by Portland SD 1J. That puts it 36% larger than the typical public school in Oregon, which averages around 494 students.

West Sylvan Middle School is one of 86 schools operated by Portland SD 1J, a district that teaches 41,894 students overall.

Demographically, West Sylvan Middle School lists that the largest single group is White, at 59% of enrollment; the rest consists of 14% multiracial, 12% Hispanic, 10% Asian, 4% Black.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.7:1. The state averages about 19.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 42% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably below Washington County's rate of about 57%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, West Sylvan Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 46.4%, the actual is 59.1%, a residual of +12.7 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Washington County put the typical household earns roughly $107,772 per year, roughly 48% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Washington County runs 136 public schools (combined enrollment of about 79,469 students), of which West Sylvan Middle School is one.

West Tualatin View Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around West Sylvan Middle School. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), West Sylvan Middle School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 50.9%.

West Sylvan Middle School operates from a high-density location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 24%: 876 students in 2018 compared to 670 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 68% to 59% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 19.8:1 in 2018 to 18.7:1 in 2025.

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