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Oregon Middle
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Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedWhat this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 62 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores are up about 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 67% typical for Wisconsin schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Wisconsin's top nor bottom 10%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Oregon Middle
Oregon Middle is a middle-grades school of heavily attended scale in Oregon, Wisconsin, run under Oregon School District, serveing 613 students in grades 7 through 8. By comparison, Wisconsin's public schools average about 381 students each, so Oregon Middle sits 61% above that benchmark.
Across the 8 schools in Oregon School District (4,186 students total), Oregon Middle accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
On demographics, Oregon Middle reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (82%). Other groups include 9% Hispanic, 6% multiracial.
Looking at school resources, Oregon Middle logs 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.6:1. The state averages about 12.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 18% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is lower than Dane County's rate of about 32%.
After controlling for student poverty, Oregon Middle performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 66.6%, the actual is 59.3%, a residual of -7.4 points.
In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Dane County indicate the typical household earns roughly $89,975 per year, 55% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, Dane County runs 169 public schools (combined enrollment of about 78,525 students), of which Oregon Middle is one.
The closest other public school is Rome Corners Intermediate, roughly 0.8 miles away. Within five miles, there are 7 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Oregon Middle comes 6th of 7 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 66.0%.
Oregon Middle operates from a small-town location.
Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Oregon Middle has edged up 8%, going from 565 students in 2018 to 613 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 89% to 82% across the same window.
On this page, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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