WyEast Middle School

As a small junior high in Hood River, Oregon, WyEast Middle School serves 411 students from grades 6 through 8, overseen by Hood River County SD.

Hood River County SD comprises 8 schools with combined enrollment of 3,602 students; WyEast Middle School is among them.

On the student-mix side, WyEast Middle School logs that Hispanic students make up the majority at 67%; the rest looks like 28% White, 4% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 31%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 19.3:1, putting WyEast Middle School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 71% of students at WyEast Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, WyEast Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 35.1%, the actual is 21.0%, a residual of -14.1 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Hood River County put median household earnings sit near $88,947, about 41% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Hood River County runs 8 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,602 students), of which WyEast Middle School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Mid Valley Elementary School, around 1.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 5 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts WyEast Middle School at 9th of 9; the average score across the group is 42.9%.

WyEast Middle School operates from a rural location.

Looking at the recent track record. WyEast Middle School's enrollment has showed little movement since 2018, when it stood at 404 (now 411). The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 19.2:1 in 2018 to 15.2:1 today.

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