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Best Public Schools in Yamhill County, OR

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Schools

15,043

Students

Districts

5-star school

Top rankedEwing Young Elementary School32^nd of 709 Oregon elementary schools

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Biggest riser

Amity Elementary School up 104 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Dundee Elementary School 13 students per teacher

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				OSAS English Language Arts (2026)								OSAS Mathematics (2026)								OSAS Science (2026)				Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	OSAS English Language Arts 3rd Grade	OSAS English Language Arts 4th Grade	OSAS English Language Arts 5th Grade	OSAS English Language Arts 6th Grade	OSAS English Language Arts 7th Grade	OSAS English Language Arts 8th Grade	OSAS English Language Arts 11th Grade	OSAS English Language Arts All Grades	OSAS Mathematics 3rd Grade	OSAS Mathematics 4th Grade	OSAS Mathematics 5th Grade	OSAS Mathematics 6th Grade	OSAS Mathematics 7th Grade	OSAS Mathematics 8th Grade	OSAS Mathematics 11th Grade	OSAS Mathematics All Grades	OSAS Science 5th Grade	OSAS Science 8th Grade	OSAS Science 11th Grade	OSAS Science All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Yamhill Carlton Elementary School	Public	K-4	420 S Third St	Carlton	97111	Yamhill County	Yamhill Carlton School District 1	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(503) 852-7161	276	16	17.5	50.4%	228 (82.6%)	1 (0.4%)	28 (10.1%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.7%)	1 (0.4%)	16 (5.8%)								(n/a)	26.9							26.9	22.8							22.8					$13,492	$878	$12,613
Yamhill Carlton High School	Public	9-12	275 N Maple St	Yamhill	97148	Yamhill County	Yamhill Carlton School District 1	No	(n/a)	No	No	(503) 852-7600	279	17	16.7	50.5%	223 (79.9%)	4 (1.4%)	30 (10.8%)	4 (1.4%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (5.0%)	40.2	158^th of 271 public high schools	41.7%		66.9	63^rd of 270 public high schools	76.7%	95							51.0	51.0							18.8	18.8			20.8	20.8	$20,849	$451	$20,398
Yamhill Carlton Intermediate School	Public	4-8	310 E Main	Yamhill	97148	Yamhill County	Yamhill Carlton School District 1	No	(n/a)	No	No	(503) 852-7660	369	23	16.3	50.4%	295 (79.9%)	2 (0.5%)	53 (14.4%)	2 (0.5%)	3 (0.8%)	1 (0.3%)	13 (3.5%)	28.1	271^st of 371 public middle schools	27.0%		33	244^th of 368 public middle schools	33.7%	27		45.1	50.8	34.6	37.5	33.9		40.2		22.5	23.7	25.0	29.2	9.7		21.9	30.5	8.1		19.0	$14,384	$197	$14,188
Amity Elementary School	Public	K-5	300 Rice Ln	Amity	97101	Yamhill County	Amity School District 4J	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(503) 835-3751	320	18	18.1	64.7%	242 (75.6%)	0 (0.0%)	60 (18.8%)	2 (0.6%)	5 (1.6%)	1 (0.3%)	10 (3.1%)	50.2	319^th of 709 public elementary schools	55.0%		37.7	423^rd of 706 public elementary schools	40.1%	104	40.0	40.0	41.3					40.4	44.0	49.1	30.4					41.7	34.8			34.8	$17,622	$815	$16,808
Amity High School	Public	9-12	503 Oak St	Amity	97101	Yamhill County	Amity School District 4J	No	(n/a)	No	No	(503) 835-2181	258	18	14.3	64.3%	198 (76.7%)	3 (1.2%)	45 (17.4%)	6 (2.3%)	6 (2.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	23.6	213^th of 271 public high schools	21.4%		9.3	258^th of 270 public high schools	4.4%	45							39.3	39.3							13.3	13.3			15.2	15.2	$20,847	$02	$20,845
Amity Middle School	Public	6-8	503A Oak St	Amity	97101	Yamhill County	Amity School District 4J	No	(n/a)	No	No	(503) 835-0518	168	12	13.6	64.9%	115 (68.5%)	0 (0.0%)	44 (26.2%)	4 (2.4%)	4 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)	37.7	230^th of 371 public middle schools	38.0%		29.5	267^th of 368 public middle schools	27.4%	37				36.0	29.2	49.1		38.1				20.3	23.9	26.9		23.3		28.3		28.3	$19,028	$00	$19,028
Dayton Junior High School	Public	6-8	801 Ferry St	Dayton	97114	Yamhill County	Dayton School District 8	No	(n/a)	No	No	(503) 864-2246	204	11	18.8	—	103 (50.5%)	1 (0.5%)	85 (41.7%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (5.9%)	15.3	335^th of 371 public middle schools	9.7%		10.5	350^th of 368 public middle schools	4.9%	15				37.8	9.7	13.8		21.6				16.4	9.5	8.9		12.0		11.5		11.5	$18,990	$256	$18,734
Dayton Grade School	Public	K-5	526 Ferry St	Dayton	97114	Yamhill County	Dayton School District 8	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(503) 864-2217	320	21	15.3	—	187 (58.4%)	0 (0.0%)	119 (37.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (3.8%)	26.3	531^st of 709 public elementary schools	25.1%		32.3	471^st of 706 public elementary schools	33.3%	60	27.3	32.1	40.0					32.5	28.8	22.6	18.0					23.7	30.0			30.0	$23,129	$1,429	$21,700
Dayton High School	Public	9-12	801 Ferry St	Dayton	97114	Yamhill County	Dayton School District 8	No	(n/a)	No	No	(503) 864-2273	310	21	14.7	—	173 (55.8%)	0 (0.0%)	124 (40.0%)	2 (0.6%)	3 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.6%)	43.1	142^nd of 271 public high schools	47.6%		20.2	227^th of 270 public high schools	15.9%	85							47.4	47.4							18.2	18.2			29.9	29.9	$22,418	$682	$21,736
Duniway Middle School	Public	6-8	575 NW Michelbook Ln	McMinnville	97128	Yamhill County	McMinnville School District 40	No	(n/a)	No	No	(503) 565-4400	761	41	18.4	77.7%	435 (57.2%)	8 (1.1%)	274 (36.0%)	8 (1.1%)	2 (0.3%)	4 (0.5%)	29 (3.8%)	79	56^th of 371 public middle schools	84.9%		82.7	45^th of 368 public middle schools	87.8%	11				44.5	64.1	62.2		56.1				40.7	48.3	57.8		48.8		44.0		44.0	$18,737	$302	$18,435
Willamette Elementary School	Public	K-5	1600 SW Fellows St	McMinnville	97128	Yamhill County	McMinnville School District 40	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(503) 565-4600	443	30	14.7	79.9%	229 (51.7%)	0 (0.0%)	199 (44.9%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.7%)	1 (0.2%)	11 (2.5%)	53.5	297^th of 709 public elementary schools	58.1%		45	355^th of 706 public elementary schools	49.7%	58	46.8	31.5	55.6					45.3	46.8	25.9	47.6					40.8	31.7			31.7	$20,057	$647	$19,410
Memorial Elementary School	Public	K-5	501 NW 14th St	McMinnville	97128	Yamhill County	McMinnville School District 40	No	(n/a)	No	No	(503) 565-4800	557	29	18.8	77.2%	386 (69.3%)	7 (1.3%)	116 (20.8%)	5 (0.9%)	6 (1.1%)	3 (0.5%)	34 (6.1%)	82.4	103^rd of 709 public elementary schools	85.5%		79.2	125^th of 706 public elementary schools	82.3%	22	57.7	58.6	71.6					62.6	56.4	63.3	58.0					59.5	37.8			37.8	$18,841	$607	$18,234
Newby Elementary School	Public	K-5	1125 NW 2nd St	McMinnville	97128	Yamhill County	McMinnville School District 40	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(503) 565-4900	443	28	16.0	81.9%	231 (52.1%)	3 (0.7%)	177 (40.0%)	3 (0.7%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	26 (5.9%)	39.6	407^th of 709 public elementary schools	42.6%		34.2	454^th of 706 public elementary schools	35.7%	47	44.1	41.0	41.5					42.1	41.2	34.6	23.2					32.5	22.2			22.2	$18,805	$989	$17,816
Patton Middle School	Public	6-8	1175 NE 19th St	McMinnville	97128	Yamhill County	McMinnville School District 40	No	(n/a)	No	No	(503) 565-4500	646	38	16.8	77.9%	346 (53.6%)	3 (0.5%)	260 (40.2%)	5 (0.8%)	7 (1.1%)	2 (0.3%)	18 (2.8%)	39.9	215^th of 371 public middle schools	42.0%		51.5	155^th of 368 public middle schools	57.9%	60				33.6	33.3	42.0		36.2				25.8	29.2	33.2		29.3		25.0		25.0	$18,404	$302	$18,103
McMinnville High School	Public	9-12	615 NE 15th St	McMinnville	97128	Yamhill County	McMinnville School District 40	No	(n/a)	No	No	(503) 565-4200	2,228	111	20.1	78.1%	1,167 (52.4%)	24 (1.1%)	874 (39.2%)	26 (1.2%)	30 (1.3%)	13 (0.6%)	64 (2.9%)	69.6	72^nd of 271 public high schools	73.4%		59.5	92^nd of 270 public high schools	65.9%	20							53.0	53.0							34.5	34.5			40.3	40.3	$17,531	$302	$17,229
Wascher Elementary School	Public	K-5	986 7th St	Lafayette	97127	Yamhill County	McMinnville School District 40	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(503) 565-5400	371	23	16.2	82.2%	220 (59.3%)	1 (0.3%)	125 (33.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	2 (0.5%)	20 (5.4%)	64.9	211^th of 709 public elementary schools	70.2%		52.1	288^th of 706 public elementary schools	59.2%	77	41.7	50.8	66.7					53.2	35.0	47.6	47.6					43.5	41.3			41.3	$18,472	$806	$17,666
Grandhaven Elementary School	Public	K-5	3200 NE McDonald Ln	McMinnville	97128	Yamhill County	McMinnville School District 40	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(503) 565-4700	446	29	15.4	84.3%	255 (57.2%)	5 (1.1%)	156 (35.0%)	9 (2.0%)	2 (0.4%)	3 (0.7%)	15 (3.4%)	57.7	262^nd of 709 public elementary schools	63.0%		58.5	248^th of 706 public elementary schools	64.9%	14	41.5	49.3	52.9					48.4	44.6	47.9	36.1					42.5	31.7			31.7	$17,962	$1,135	$16,828
Sue Buel Elementary	Public	K-5	1985 SE Davis St	McMinnville	97128	Yamhill County	McMinnville School District 40	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(503) 565-5500	398	25	15.7	83.7%	192 (48.2%)	1 (0.3%)	179 (45.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.5%)	23 (5.8%)	30	501^st of 709 public elementary schools	29.3%		29.3	501^st of 706 public elementary schools	29.0%		35.6	22.7	46.5					35.2	38.6	25.8	18.3					26.8	22.5			22.5	$19,847	$1,225	$18,622
Dundee Elementary School	Public	K-5	140 SW 5th	Dundee	97115	Yamhill County	Newberg School District 29J	No	(n/a)	No	No	(503) 554-4850	216	17	13.0	69.0%	163 (75.5%)	0 (0.0%)	37 (17.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	15 (6.9%)	67.8	189^th of 709 public elementary schools	73.3%		68.3	183^rd of 706 public elementary schools	74.1%	6	44.1	44.4	64.1					51.4	47.1	50.0	51.3					49.5	38.5			38.5	$21,732	$399	$21,333
Edwards Elementary School	Public	K-5	715 E 8th	Newberg	97132	Yamhill County	Newberg School District 29J	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(503) 554-5050	426	24	17.4	75.1%	187 (43.9%)	3 (0.7%)	217 (50.9%)	6 (1.4%)	3 (0.7%)	1 (0.2%)	9 (2.1%)	53.5	298^th of 709 public elementary schools	58.0%		47.9	327^th of 706 public elementary schools	53.7%	29	43.6	43.5	50.8					45.7	34.6	42.0	49.2					41.3	31.1			31.1	$19,336	$1,845	$17,491
Ewing Young Elementary School	Public	K-5	17600 NE North Valley Rd	Newberg	97132	Yamhill County	Newberg School District 29J	No	(n/a)	No	No	(503) 554-4750	172	9	19.7	50.0%	133 (77.3%)	1 (0.6%)	29 (16.9%)	2 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (4.1%)	95.1	32^nd of 709 public elementary schools	95.5%		90.9	52^nd of 706 public elementary schools	92.6%	20	70.6	81.5	70.4					74.6	70.6	76.9	63.0					70.0	59.3			59.3	$18,819	$276	$18,542
Mabel Rush Elementary School	Public	K-5	1441 Deborah Rd	Newberg	97132	Yamhill County	Newberg School District 29J	No	(n/a)	No	No	(503) 554-4450	378	23	16.5	67.7%	255 (67.5%)	6 (1.6%)	73 (19.3%)	9 (2.4%)	3 (0.8%)	5 (1.3%)	27 (7.1%)	69.1	183^rd of 709 public elementary schools	74.2%		65.2	206^th of 706 public elementary schools	70.8%	23	55.0	46.4	61.0					54.4	54.2	44.9	51.3					50.0	32.9			32.9	$19,302	$258	$19,043
Mountain View Middle School	Public	6-8	2015 Emery Dr	Newberg	97132	Yamhill County	Newberg School District 29J	No	(n/a)	No	No	(503) 554-4500	507	24	21.3	69.4%	314 (61.9%)	2 (0.4%)	160 (31.6%)	2 (0.4%)	4 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (4.9%)	47.9	171^st of 371 public middle schools	53.9%		50.8	158^th of 368 public middle schools	57.1%	13				30.1	46.1	32.7		36.4				29.5	41.4	33.8		35.0		31.4		31.4	$15,402	$279	$15,123
Newberg Senior High School	Public	9-12	2400 Douglas Rd	Newberg	97132	Yamhill County	Newberg School District 29J	No	(n/a)	No	No	(503) 554-4400	1,244	60	20.6	47.7%	846 (68.0%)	16 (1.3%)	314 (25.2%)	15 (1.2%)	5 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	41 (3.3%)	56	102^nd of 271 public high schools	62.4%		62.3	80^th of 270 public high schools	70.4%	22							50.5	50.5							26.8	26.8			33.3	33.3	$17,497	$251	$17,246
Antonia Crater Elementary School	Public	K-5	203 W Foothills Dr	Newberg	97132	Yamhill County	Newberg School District 29J	No	(n/a)	No	No	(503) 554-4650	295	18	16.4	48.8%	219 (74.2%)	6 (2.0%)	37 (12.5%)	4 (1.4%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	26 (8.8%)	74.8	144^th of 709 public elementary schools	79.7%		69.5	172^nd of 706 public elementary schools	75.6%	28	50.0	45.6	68.0					54.3	54.5	51.8	56.0					54.0	44.0			44.0	$20,464	$241	$20,223
Chehalem Valley Middle School	Public	6-8	403 W Foothills Dr	Newberg	97132	Yamhill County	Newberg School District 29J	No	(n/a)	No	No	(503) 554-4600	422	20	21.4	49.8%	321 (76.1%)	4 (0.9%)	58 (13.7%)	7 (1.7%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	30 (7.1%)	72.4	72^nd of 371 public middle schools	80.6%		72.9	72^nd of 368 public middle schools	80.4%					52.5	44.0	49.2		48.7				49.3	54.8	39.8		48.0		39.8		39.8	$16,695	$253	$16,442
Joan Austin Elementary School	Public	K-5	2200 N Center St	Newberg	97132	Yamhill County	Newberg School District 29J	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(503) 554-4550	195	15	13.4	70.3%	121 (62.1%)	1 (0.5%)	51 (26.2%)	2 (1.0%)	3 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (8.7%)	58.4	256^th of 709 public elementary schools	63.9%		65.8	201^st of 706 public elementary schools	71.5%	55	56.8	52.6	44.4					51.4	55.3	43.2	25.0					41.4	30.6			30.6	$23,085	$1,039	$22,045
Catalyst High School	Public	9-12	1421 Deborah Rd	Newberg	97132	Yamhill County	Newberg School District 29J	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(503) 554-4492	173	4	49.4	67.1%	126 (72.8%)	2 (1.2%)	34 (19.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)	1 (0.6%)	7 (4.0%)	24.7	208^th of 271 public high schools	23.2%		12.8	250^th of 270 public high schools	7.4%	42							28.6	28.6							15.4	15.4			24.1	24.1	$5,185	$222	$4,963
Perrydale School	Public, Alternative	K-12	7445 Perrydale Rd	Amity	97101	Yamhill County	Perrydale School District 21	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(503) 835-7575	319	18	17.7	47.3%	283 (88.7%)	2 (0.6%)	20 (6.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (4.1%)								(n/a)	29.2	37.5	54.5	43.5	57.1	50.0	75.0	49.4	< 5%	33.3	22.7	21.7	38.1	13.6	37.5	24.4	37.5	27.3	65.4	44.4	$20,570	$04	$20,566
Faulconer-Chapman School	Public	K-8	332 SW Cornwall St	Sheridan	97378	Yamhill County	Sheridan School District 48J	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(971) 261-6960	515	22	23.4	83.1%	342 (66.4%)	1 (0.2%)	80 (15.5%)	2 (0.4%)	35 (6.8%)	1 (0.2%)	54 (10.5%)	17.3	618^th of 709 public elementary schools	12.8%		14.5	640^th of 706 public elementary schools	9.3%	22	27.1	30.2	21.8	17.0	24.6	22.7		24.2	45.8	19.0	5.5	6.4	21.5	< 5%		17.3	14.5	13.3		14.0	$17,961	$00	$17,961
Sheridan High School	Public	9-12	433 S Bridge St	Sheridan	97378	Yamhill County	Sheridan School District 48J	No	(n/a)	No	No	(971) 261-6970	211	10	21.1	87.7%	156 (73.9%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (12.8%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (6.2%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (7.1%)	27.1	200^th of 271 public high schools	26.2%		14.6	241^st of 270 public high schools	10.7%	41							36.7	36.7							6.5	6.5			29.0	29.0	$22,849	$00	$22,849
Sheridan AllPrep Academy	Public, Virtual, Charter, Alternative	K-12	339 NW Sherman St	Sheridan	97378	Yamhill County	Sheridan School District 48J	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	No	(503) 843-9330	356	15	24.0	—	275 (77.2%)	9 (2.5%)	25 (7.0%)	9 (2.5%)	10 (2.8%)	4 (1.1%)	24 (6.7%)								(n/a)	52.9	59.1		60.9	64.7	39.4	67.5	56.3	52.9	54.5		36.4	47.1	38.7	51.4	44.7		44.8	56.4	48.0	$4,994	$00	$4,994
Willamina Elementary School	Public	K-5	1100 Oaken Hills Dr	Willamina	97396	Yamhill County	Willamina School District 30J	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(503) 876-2374	357	22	15.9	—	214 (59.9%)	0 (0.0%)	46 (12.9%)	2 (0.6%)	53 (14.8%)	1 (0.3%)	41 (11.5%)	16	632^nd of 709 public elementary schools	10.9%		17.5	608^th of 706 public elementary schools	13.9%	24	30.2	23.0	26.7					26.6	25.4	23.3	8.3					19.1	15.0			15.0	$24,313	$1,396	$22,917
Willamina High School	Public	9-12	1100 Oaken Hills Dr	Willamina	97396	Yamhill County	Willamina School District 30J	No	(n/a)	No	No	(503) 876-2545	274	11	25.5	—	150 (54.7%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (8.8%)	0 (0.0%)	76 (27.7%)	2 (0.7%)	20 (7.3%)	10.9	256^th of 271 public high schools	5.5%		4	269^th of 270 public high schools	0.4%	13							26.5	26.5							8.2	8.2			5.6	5.6	$21,889	$471	$21,418
Willamina Middle School	Public	6-8	1100 Oaken Hills Dr	Willamina	97396	Yamhill County	Willamina School District 30J	No	(n/a)	No	No	(503) 876-2545	186	11	16.4	—	108 (58.1%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (11.8%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (17.2%)	2 (1.1%)	22 (11.8%)	25.2	286^th of 371 public middle schools	22.9%		16.3	323^rd of 368 public middle schools	12.2%	37				30.9	41.5	35.0		35.3				10.9	29.3	15.0		17.6		7.5		7.5	$24,422	$731	$23,691

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Oregon Department of Education.

IMPORTANT DISCLAIMERS: Not all boundaries are included. We make every effort to ensure that boundaries are up-to-date. But it's important to note that these are approximations and are for general informational purposes only. To verify legal descriptions of boundaries or school locations, contact your local tax assessor's office and/or school district.