Best Public Schools in Tillamook, OR

Tillamook, Oregon is home to six schools serving about 2,029 students across two districts: five schools — Tillamook High School, East Elementary School, Tillamook Junior High School, South Prairie Elementary School, and Liberty Elementary School — in Tillamook School District 9, plus Trask River High School in the ODE YCEP District. The area reports two elementary, two middle, and two high schools. Enrollment ranges from 729 students at Tillamook High to just 15 at Trask River High.

Tillamook High School is the academic standout: its 2025–2026 rank of 45 out of 271 places it in the 83rd percentile with 4 stars, and its English language arts (65.2%) and science (53.6%) proficiency sit well above district and state levels, with a graduation rate of 82.3% essentially matching the state's 83.0%. Its weak spot is attendance — 44.2% chronic absenteeism, the highest in the group. South Prairie Elementary School is a relative math bright spot at 39.7%, above the district's 30.1% and the state's 32.9%. Liberty Elementary School serves grades K–1, so it has no test scores, but it has the lowest chronic absenteeism (31.9%), the highest per-student spending ($22,888), and the lowest student-teacher ratio (11.4) among district schools.

Two schools are worth watching. East Elementary School and Tillamook Junior High School both show weak middle-level science — 17.6% and 21.5% — below district and state levels, and Tillamook Junior High carries a 49th percentile, 2-star rank with 39.6% chronic absenteeism. Trask River High School's test scores are suppressed by the state, so it cannot be judged academically here; its 75.0% graduation rate is above its district's 51.1% but below the state's 83.0%. Attendance generally worsens in higher grades, and free/reduced lunch rates are high everywhere (75.99% to 84.68%).