Beaumont Middle School vs Mt Tabor Middle School

Beaumont Middle School and Mt Tabor Middle School sit 2.1 miles apart in Portland, Oregon, but their overall ratings diverge by 0.6 points — Beaumont at 9.6/10 versus Mt Tabor at 9.0/10. That gap becomes starker in state context: Beaumont ranks #3 of 1,226 Oregon schools, placing it among a tiny handful of the state's highest-rated public schools, while Mt Tabor ranks #51 of 1,226 — still an exceptional result, but trailing Beaumont by 48 positions in a field of over 1,200.

Academically, the two schools run close but not equal. Beaumont Middle School scores 9.6/10 on academics versus Mt Tabor Middle School's 9.4/10 — a two-tenths gap that, combined with nearly identical growth scores (Beaumont 9.8/10, Mt Tabor 9.7/10), suggests both schools are strong at advancing students year over year. Beaumont's slight lead on raw academic proficiency is consistent with its higher overall rating and its position 48 ranks above Mt Tabor statewide.

The clearest structural difference between the two schools is class size and the economic profile of their students. Beaumont Middle School's student-teacher ratio is 15.5:1 against Mt Tabor Middle School's 18.7:1 — more than three additional students per teacher at Mt Tabor. Beaumont also enrolls a significantly higher share of economically disadvantaged students: 64% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch compared to 19% at Mt Tabor. That combination — smaller classes serving a higher-need population — points to meaningful resource allocation differences worth weighing. Mt Tabor's larger enrollment of 504 versus Beaumont's 434 may also translate to a broader range of electives and extracurricular offerings.

Both schools serve grades 6 through 8, so families are comparing directly equivalent grade spans. The divergence is not in structure but in scale and socioeconomic mix: Beaumont operates as a smaller school with higher student need, while Mt Tabor draws from a lower-FRL population in a larger building. Parents prioritizing lower class sizes and elite state ranking will find Beaumont's numbers harder to match anywhere in Oregon.