Whiteaker Middle School

Whiteaker Middle School is one of the medium-sized middle-grades schools in Keizer, Oregon, run under Salem-Keizer SD 24J, with 654 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. That puts it 32% larger than the typical public school in Oregon, which averages around 494 students.

Salem-Keizer SD 24J runs 65 schools in total, collectively educating 37,776 students. Whiteaker Middle School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Whiteaker Middle School records that the most-represented group is White (49%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school shows 39% Hispanic, 8% multiracial. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 66%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 23.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 19.3:1, putting Whiteaker Middle School higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 89% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Whiteaker Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 28.0%, the actual is 31.7%, a residual of +3.8 points.

In the broader community, Marion County reports that the typical household earns roughly $77,351 per year, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Marion County runs 111 public schools (combined enrollment of about 53,799 students), of which Whiteaker Middle School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Gubser Elementary School, around 0.5 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Whiteaker Middle School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 23.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Five-year trend. Whiteaker Middle School's enrollment has ticked down 17% since 2018, when it stood at 786 (now 654). White enrollment moved from 67% to 49% across the same window.

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