Whitford Middle School

Whitford Middle School is a big middle-grades school in Beaverton, Oregon, one of the schools within Beaverton SD 48J. The school instructs 770 students in grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 494 students per school, that is 56% bigger than typical.

Beaverton SD 48J runs 56 schools in total, collectively educating 37,479 students. Whitford Middle School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Whitford Middle School logs that the most-represented group is Hispanic (41%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school shows 41% White, 9% multiracial, 6% Asian, 2% Black. By comparison, Washington County as a whole is about 19% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.2:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 19.3:1 average. Around 51% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, Whitford Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 42.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 36.9%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Washington County) records that the typical household earns roughly $107,772 per year, about 48% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Washington County's 136 public schools (combined enrollment of about 79,469 students), Whitford Middle School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is McKay Elementary School, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Whitford Middle School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Whitford Middle School at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 39.9%.

Whitford Middle School operates from an urban location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Whitford Middle School's enrollment has ticked up 9% since 2018, when it stood at 708 (now 770).

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