Summary:
Gold Beach, Oregon has two public schools serving roughly 400 students, both in Central Curry School District 1: Riley Creek Elementary School, which covers prekindergarten through grade 6 with 212 students, and Gold Beach Junior/Senior High School, which serves grades 7 through 12 with 188 students. There is no standalone middle school or alternative school in the city. The district overall ranks 26th of 141 in Oregon — the 82nd percentile, at 4 stars.
Academically, the two schools look quite different. Gold Beach Junior/Senior High School is the stronger performer: its all-grade English language arts proficiency of 59.2% is 15.4 points above the state, and science at 48.3% is 17.7 points above state. Its 7th-grade results are especially striking — 77.8% proficient in ELA and 61.1% in math, far above state averages. Riley Creek Elementary School, by contrast, trails the state in all-grade ELA (37.5%) and math (27.2%), though its 3rd-grade math (50%) and science results are at or slightly above state levels.
Math is the clearest citywide weakness, with 11th-grade math at Gold Beach Junior/Senior High School at 10% and 6th-grade math at Riley Creek Elementary School at 10.7%, both far below state. The high school's graduation rate of 67.5% is 15.5 points below the state's 83.0%, and its state rank fell from 4th of 258 in 2022–2023 to 86th of 271 in 2025–2026. About one-third of students are chronically absent at both schools, and roughly 92% qualify for free or reduced lunch. With small enrollment, single-grade results can swing widely, so families should treat them as signals rather than stable measures.
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