Weston Middle School, Weston OR - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Weston Middle School

Weston Middle School is a regular public school serving grades four through eight in the small town of Weston in northeastern Oregon’s Umatilla County. It is part of the Athena-Weston School District. The school’s enrollment is small, and the student body is predominantly white, with a modest share of Hispanic students and small numbers of American Indian or Alaska Native and multiracial students. A substantial share of students qualify for free or reduced price lunch, which indicates that a significant portion of families in the community face economic constraints. State testing data for English language arts and mathematics is available for all five grade levels the school serves. In English language arts, the share of students meeting proficiency varies noticeably by grade. Fourth graders and sixth graders score in the mid range, while fifth graders score lowest, with just over a quarter of that grade proficient. Seventh and eighth graders post the highest results, with more than half proficient. In mathematics, the pattern is more uneven. Fourth graders and eighth graders score well above the school’s own average, with about half and two fifths proficient respectively. Fifth graders score lowest, and sixth and seventh graders fall in between. In science, which the state tests in fifth and eighth grade, the share of students scoring proficient is low in both grades, with the eighth graders somewhat higher than the fifth. Across all tested subjects and grades, the school’s overall proficiency index sits just above the midpoint among school districts in Umatilla County, placing it solidly in the middle of the field locally. Because the data covers only one year, there is no basis yet for observing a trend. This is a school that produces a mixed picture on state assessments, with some grades performing relatively well in English and others showing clear soft spots, particularly in math for certain grade levels and in science across the board. A parent exploring this school should look into how those grade-to-grade differences are addressed in the classroom and what supports are in place for students who are falling behind. The school does not serve high school grades, so there is no graduation rate to report. Civil rights data, including discipline and staffing ratios, was not available. Weston itself is a small community in a rural part of the state, and publicly reported information about housing development, growth, or new construction in the area was not found, which may reflect a stable or slowly changing population. No recent district-level changes of lasting impact were identified from publicly available sources, so there is no indication of major shifts in programming, leadership, or facilities that would affect a family’s decision in the near term.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 452%

School 52% · District 52%

▲ 17 pts above state median · ▲ 17 pts above county median

Grade 516%

School 16% · District 16%

▼ 13 pts below state median · ▼ 9 pts below county median

Grade 628%

School 28% · District 28%

▲ 1 pts above state median

Grade 731%

School 31% · District 31%

▲ 2 pts above state median · even with county median

Grade 842%

School 42% · District 42%

▲ 14 pts above state median

English language arts

Grade 446%

School 46% · District 46%

▲ 5 pts above state median · ▲ 5 pts above county median

Grade 529%

School 29% · District 29%

▼ 17 pts below state median · ▼ 13 pts below county median

Grade 645%

School 45% · District 45%

▲ 5 pts above state median · ▲ 5 pts above county median

Grade 755%

School 55% · District 55%

▲ 10 pts above state median · ▲ 10 pts above county median

Grade 856%

School 56% · District 56%

▲ 15 pts above state median

Science

Grade 521%

School 21% · District 21%

▼ 7 pts below state median · ▲ 1 pts above county median

Grade 828%

School 28% · District 28%

▲ 1 pts above state median

This schoolAthena-Weston SD 29RJ, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.