22 public K-12 schools in Medford from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.
National city placement
According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Medford has more public-school enrollment than 85% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Medford sits in the broad middle of the national city distribution rather than at a single obvious extreme. Its scale, average Resource Investment Index, and staffing position need to be read together: a middle placement on one measure does not cancel a stronger or weaker result on another. The percentile panel makes those dimensions explicit, and the school table shows where the city aggregate breaks into materially different campus profiles.
14 of Medford's 22 listed schools are elementary campuses. That composition means citywide enrollment and staffing averages are influenced more by early-grade operating patterns than by the city's 3 middle and 3 high-school records. Families comparing later grades should rely on those individual rows rather than the all-school mean.
The 43-point gap between Medford Online Academy and Hedrick Middle School shows the range hidden by Medford's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.
Medford school enrollment ranges from 69 students (lowest) to 1,856 students (highest), a spread of 1,787 students. That spread is wider than typical and predicts noticeable gaps in service quality between the highest and lowest areas. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
The reported share is at least 75%, indicating a high concentration of measured economic need. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Variation between sub-units within Medford is typically wider than the Medford-aggregate figure suggests.
14% of the city's listed public-school campuses are reported as charter schools in NCES CCD. Charter status identifies a different governance arrangement; it does not establish admissions availability, academic quality, or the share of city students enrolled in those campuses. Open each school record to compare enrollment and staffing directly.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
| # | School | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Medford Online Academy | 65 |
| 2. | Central Medford High School | 61 |
| 3. | Logos Charter School | 54 |
| 4. | Lone Pine Elementary School | 44 |
| 5. | Washington Elementary School | 42 |
| 6. | Kids Unlimited Academy | 41 |
| 7. | Griffin Creek Elementary School | 41 |
| 8. | Abraham Lincoln Elementary | 41 |
| 9. | Hoover Elementary School | 39 |
| 10. | Howard Elementary School | 39 |
| 11. | North Medford High School | 37 |
| 12. | Wilson Elementary School | 37 |
| 13. | Orchard Hill Elementary School | 37 |
| 14. | Jackson Elementary School | 36 |
| 15. | Roosevelt Elementary School | 36 |
| 16. | Kennedy Elementary School | 35 |
| 17. | Oak Grove Elementary School | 34 |
| 18. | Jefferson Elementary School | 34 |
| 19. | South Medford High School | 33 |
| 20. | Mcloughlin Middle School | 25 |
| 21. | The Valley School of Southern Oregon | 23 |
| 22. | Hedrick Middle School | 22 |
Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.
Medford Online Academy has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Medford schools in this federal-data comparison at 65/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.
Medford has 22 public schools with a total enrollment of 12,489 students. 3 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 17.3:1.
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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.
