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What's something Oakland Bay Junior High School does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
544
Middle
DISTRICT 573 · STATE 577
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SHELTON SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530790002353
Oakland Bay Junior High School
3301 Shelton Springs Rd., Shelton, WA 98584 · (360) 426-7991 · Mason County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL544 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 1% of Washington public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Washington public middle schools
Student : Teacher
17.0:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.2:1 · STATE 18.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
66%
357 students
DISTRICT 63% · STATE 51%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 260 | 48% |
| Grade 8 | 284 | 52% |
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · STATE 68% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
27.0%
WA avg 58.4% . -12.0pp since 2014
Math
16.6%
WA avg 51.2% . -22.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 17 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Washington schools, those numbers are about 58 and 51. Reading and writing scores are down about 12 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 22 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 27.0% | 16.6% |
| 2023-24 | 26.7% | 17.2% |
| 2022-23 | 29.6% | 19.4% |
| 2021-22 | 33.0% | 19.0% |
| 2018-19 | 37.6% | 33.1% |
| 2017-18 | 39.6% | 39.0% |
| 2016-17 | 41.3% | 41.0% |
| 2015-16 | 46.1% | 46.8% |
| 2014-15 | 39.0% | 38.9% |
% Met or Exceeded Standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Smarter Balanced + WCAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of WA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
21.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.2%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 36% typical for Washington schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Oakland Bay Junior High School
Oakland Bay Junior High School's state test result (21.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oakland Bay Junior High School this school | 544 | 65.6% | 21.3% |
| Pioneer Middle School WALLA WALLA | 601 | 66.2% | 34.8% |
| Garrison Middle School WALLA WALLA | 546 | 66.8% | 38.0% |
| Olympic Middle School Shelton | 601 | 70.0% | 23.9% |
| Discovery Middle School VANCOUVER | 525 | 67.0% | N/A |
| Miller Junior High Aberdeen | 656 | 69.8% | 23.6% |
Matched among Washington middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Oakland Bay Junior High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Washington |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.3% | #267 of 294 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 16.6% | #314 of 357 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.0% | #322 of 357 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -4.2pp | #25 of 290 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 544 | #227 of 377 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.0:1 | #48 of 340 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.1% | #154 of 340 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 65.6% | #84 of 359 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.2% | #30 of 192 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
544
-12 (-2%) vs 2020
-30% since 1990-91, when it was 772
Student : Teacher
17.0:1
was 17.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 544 | 31.9 | 17.0:1 | 66% (357) |
| 2023-24 | 550 | 32 | 17.2:1 | 65% (359) |
| 2022-23 | 616 | 33.1 | 18.6:1 | 73% (452) |
| 2020-21 | 556 | 32 | 17.4:1 | 66% (367) |
| 2017-18 | 699 | 41.3 | 16.9:1 | 63% (443) |
| 2015-16 | 668 | 39 | 17.1:1 | 62% (412) |
| 2010-11 | 689 | 39 | 17.7:1 | 52% (356) |
| 2000-01 | 832 | 39 | 21.3:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 772 | 33 | 23.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Oakland Bay Junior High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (699 to 544); teachers down 23% (41.3 to 31.9).
About Oakland Bay Junior High School
The public middle school Oakland Bay Junior High School is located in Shelton, Washington. It reports enrollment of 544 students in grades 7 through 8.
Oakland Bay Junior High School is one school in a 10-school district, Shelton School District, which enrolls 4,517 students.
White students make up 47% of enrollment at Oakland Bay Junior High School, the largest share of any group. The remaining shares are 43% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 3% Native American. Census estimates put the White share of Mason County's population at about 77%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 59, compared with 70 nationally.
Oakland Bay Junior High School reported 31.9 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 17.0:1. Middle schools in Washington have an average ratio of 18.9:1. Roughly 66% of students at Oakland Bay Junior High School can receive free or reduced-price lunch.
Oakland Bay Junior High School holds an F allk12 Grade, placing it above 1% of Washington public middle schools.
On allk12's BeatsExpectations measure, Oakland Bay Junior High School is among the bottom 10% of schools in Washington. Predicted: 36.2%. Actual: 21.3%.
In Mason County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $83,270 a year, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of people live in poverty. Counting Oakland Bay Junior High School, Mason County has 26 public schools.
A public school about 0.3 miles away, Shelton High School, is the closest to Oakland Bay Junior High School. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Oakland Bay Junior High School. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Oakland Bay Junior High School is 5th of 6 on proficiency.
The school's locale code, Town: Distant, means it is in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment held near 544, starting from 556.
The Oakland Bay Junior High School discussion page is a place for special education services, counseling, and support programs. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Mason County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
67,982
Census ACS
Median income
$83,270
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
26
8,539 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Shelton School District
- Shelton High SchoolHigh · 1,455 students
- Mountain View ElementaryElementary · 671 students
- Olympic Middle SchoolMiddle · 601 students
- Bordeaux Elementary SchoolElementary · 528 students
- Evergreen Elementary SchoolElementary · 378 students
- Choice Middle and High SchoolHigh · 217 students
Other schools in Shelton
- Shelton High SchoolHigh · 1,455 students
- Mountain View ElementaryElementary · 671 students
- Olympic Middle SchoolMiddle · 601 students
- Bordeaux Elementary SchoolElementary · 528 students
- Pioneer Elementary SchoolElementary · 482 students
- Evergreen Elementary SchoolElementary · 378 students
Nearby schools
- Shelton High School0.3 mi · 1,455
- Olympic Middle School0.3 mi · 601
- Mountain View Elementary0.4 mi · 671
- Cedar High School0.5 mi · 100
- Choice Middle and High School1.3 mi · 217
- Evergreen Elementary School1.3 mi · 378
Frequently asked questions
About Oakland Bay Junior High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Oakland Bay Junior High School?
Oakland Bay Junior High School enrolls approximately 544 students in grades 07-08.
What grades does Oakland Bay Junior High School serve?
Oakland Bay Junior High School serves grades 07-08.
How many students per teacher at Oakland Bay Junior High School?
Approximately 17.0:1 students per teacher at Oakland Bay Junior High School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Oakland Bay Junior High School?
At Oakland Bay Junior High School, the student body is approximately 47% White, 43% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Oakland Bay Junior High School in?
Oakland Bay Junior High School is part of Shelton School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.