Middle · Oregon

Sellwood Middle School

Free meals for all

Sellwood Middle School, a public middle school in Portland, Oregon: grades 6–8, 575 students, 20.0 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Portland SD 1J.

Size and class size

Compared with middle schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students: 575
Teachers (FTE): 28.7
Students per teacher: 20.0
Grades: 6–8; Middle

More students per teacher than 70% of middle schools in Oregon

Median 18.2 · 209 schools compared

More students per teacher than 87% of middle schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared

Larger than 63% of middle schools in Oregon

Median 477 · 209 schools compared

Larger than 56% of middle schools in the US

Median 524 · 16,046 schools compared

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on Oregon's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

Oregon: 43%

71%proficient

+3.8 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 99% of middle schools in Oregon

Median 40% · 209 middle schools compared

551 students tested, grades 6, 7, 8 · Smarter Balanced Assessment; proficient means Levels 3-4

Math

Oregon: 33%

66%proficient

+4.1 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 99% of middle schools in Oregon

Median 27% · 209 middle schools compared

548 students tested, grades 6, 7, 8 · Smarter Balanced Assessment; proficient means Levels 3-4

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

What it offers

Grades: Middle · Grades 6–8
Type: District school · Regular
Instruction: Some virtual classes
Meals: Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area: Large city
Run by: Portland SD 1J

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Portland SD 1J.

Location

Address: 8300 SE 15th Ave, Portland, OR 97202
Phone: (503)916-5656
City or town: Portland
County: Multnomah County

Website Quality of life in Portland Schools in Portland

Nearby middle schools

The closest public middle schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher	Reading	Math
Rowe Middle SchoolFree meals for all	6–8	747	18.6	34%	21%	2.4 mi
Lane Middle SchoolFree meals for all	6–8	417	13.0	30%	23%	2.4 mi
Gray Middle SchoolFree meals for all	6–8	439	18.5	71%	57%	2.8 mi
Hosford Middle SchoolFree meals for all	6–8	537	18.9	66%	51%	3.1 mi
Jackson Middle SchoolFree meals for all	6–8	715	19.3	67%	56%	3.2 mi
Lake Oswego Middle SchoolFree meals for all	6–8	791	15.4	75%	66%	3.7 mi

Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.

Sources

Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

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