Summary:
Coos Bay, Oregon is home to nine schools — five elementary, one middle, two high, and one alternative — all part of Coos Bay School District 9, which enrolls 2,907 students and ranks at the 36th percentile among Oregon districts with 2 stars.
Two schools stand out academically. Lighthouse Charter School has the best attendance in the city at 18.2% chronic absenteeism, far below the district's 40.4% and the state's 33.5%, plus 44.0% ELA and 34.2% science proficiency — above the state — while serving the highest share of low-income students among regular schools (75.37%) with the lowest student/teacher ratio (13.7) and low spending ($7,092). Millicoma School leads elementary academics with 44.8% ELA, above the state, and its rank climbed to the 49th percentile. Marshfield Senior High School is the largest school (798 students) and posts 39.4% science, above the state, but spends the most per student at $27,562.
Math is the district-wide weak spot: no Coos Bay school beats the state's 32.9%, with Lighthouse closest at 32.3%. Sunset School is the lowest performer at 23.7% ELA, 15.2% math, and 14.1% science, despite $21,676 in per-student spending. Marshfield Junior High has the highest student/teacher ratio (20.9) and 44.1% chronic absenteeism. Destinations Academy graduates 87.5% of students — above district and state — yet has the city's highest absenteeism at 77.5% and low test scores. Resource Link Charter School has a 33.3% graduation rate, and its test scores are suppressed by the state. Madison Elementary School and Eastside School serve K–2 and have no current test data.
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