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Best Public Schools in Yamhill County, OR

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Schools

14,724

Students

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Top rankedEwing Young Elementary School52^nd of 706 Oregon elementary schools

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Biggest riser

Joan Austin Elementary School up 154 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 (2025)				Ranking (2024)				OSAS English Language Arts (2025)							OSAS Mathematics (2025)							OSAS Science (2025)			Per Pupil Expenditures (2023)
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/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	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 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 Science 5th Grade	OSAS Science 8th Grade	OSAS Science 11th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Yamhill Carlton Elementary School	Public	K-3	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)	47.0							45.5										$15,495	$1,537	$13,958
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%)	66.9	63^rd of 270 public high schools	76.7%		64.1	77^th of 268 public high schools	71.3%	14							66.0							19.2			39.6	$18,883	$635	$18,247
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%)	33	244^th of 368 public middle schools	33.7%		33.3	240^th of 371 public middle schools	35.3%	4		40.8	42.5	38.5	46.0	34.8			26.1	17.4	19.2	11.1	22.9		22.9	20.8		$16,214	$700	$15,514
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%)	37.7	423^rd of 706 public elementary schools	40.1%		22.7	565^th of 710 public elementary schools	20.4%	142	24.0	44.7	33.9					48.0	36.8	15.0					30.6			$16,211	$1,049	$15,162
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%)	9.3	258^th of 270 public high schools	4.4%		38.3	162^nd of 268 public high schools	39.6%	96							18.8							6.3			8.6	$20,499	$961	$19,538
Amity Middle School	Public	6-8	115 Church 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%)	29.5	267^th of 368 public middle schools	27.4%		30	255^th of 371 public middle schools	31.3%	12				35.6	50.0	30.4					9.1	30.4	8.2			15.7		$18,035	$634	$17,401
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	110.8%	103 (50.5%)	1 (0.5%)	85 (41.7%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (5.9%)	10.5	350^th of 368 public middle schools	4.9%		10.4	356^th of 371 public middle schools	4.0%	6				17.7	14.8	23.9					5.0	8.2	12.7			9.9		$15,283	$00	$15,283
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	117.8%	187 (58.4%)	0 (0.0%)	119 (37.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (3.8%)	32.3	471^st of 706 public elementary schools	33.3%		19.1	607^th of 710 public elementary schools	14.5%	136	28.6	20.9	39.3					40.8		30.9					20.0			$17,884	$00	$17,884
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	161.3%	173 (55.8%)	0 (0.0%)	124 (40.0%)	2 (0.6%)	3 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.6%)	20.2	227^th of 270 public high schools	15.9%		28.3	195^th of 268 public high schools	27.2%	32							33.3							9.2			15.4	$20,341	$00	$20,341
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%)	82.7	45^th of 368 public middle schools	87.8%		84.9	40^th of 371 public middle schools	89.2%	5				49.0	67.1	63.6					42.7	56.1	47.6			39.4		$16,774	$1,125	$15,649
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%)	45	355^th of 706 public elementary schools	49.7%		37.8	418^th of 710 public elementary schools	41.1%	63	35.4	39.1	50.5					39.1	33.8	31.6					26.0			$17,884	$2,131	$15,754
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%)	79.2	125^th of 706 public elementary schools	82.3%		88	67^th of 710 public elementary schools	90.6%	58	43.5	67.5	65.9					52.7	66.7	52.2					40.2			$16,320	$1,184	$15,135
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%)	34.2	454^th of 706 public elementary schools	35.7%		46.3	343^rd of 710 public elementary schools	51.7%	111	37.7	34.7	38.6					38.5	29.5	23.2					19.0			$17,877	$2,072	$15,805
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%)	51.5	155^th of 368 public middle schools	57.9%		51.5	152^nd of 371 public middle schools	59.0%	3				33.9	36.0	45.5					31.8	36.0	41.4			29.9		$16,649	$1,318	$15,331
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%)	59.5	92^nd of 270 public high schools	65.9%		62.8	82^nd of 268 public high schools	69.4%	10							51.0							23.6			34.9	$16,021	$758	$15,263
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%)	52.1	288^th of 706 public elementary schools	59.2%		49.8	311^th of 710 public elementary schools	56.2%	23	41.2	45.8	43.1					48.5	41.7	34.7					26.4			$17,777	$2,797	$14,980
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%)	58.5	248^th of 706 public elementary schools	64.9%		60	239^th of 710 public elementary schools	66.3%	9	53.5	44.7	52.0					49.3	45.2	28.8					27.8			$17,720	$1,739	$15,982
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%)	29.3	501^st of 706 public elementary schools	29.0%		31.6	476^th of 710 public elementary schools	33.0%	25	37.9	31.2	29.1					43.9	26.9	16.7					17.5			$18,489	$2,703	$15,786
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%)	68.3	183^rd of 706 public elementary schools	74.1%		72.7	157^th of 710 public elementary schools	77.9%	26	31.4	48.7	63.4					40.0	46.2	50.0					57.1			$20,628	$00	$20,628
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%)	47.9	327^th of 706 public elementary schools	53.7%		53.2	287^th of 710 public elementary schools	59.6%	40	44.4	44.1	46.8					49.2	35.6	29.5					19.2			$18,395	$00	$18,395
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%)	90.9	52^nd of 706 public elementary schools	92.6%		92.5	44^th of 710 public elementary schools	93.8%	8	65.4	71.9	63.6					57.7	62.5	77.3					59.1			$17,901	$00	$17,901
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%)	65.2	206^th of 706 public elementary schools	70.8%		57.4	259^th of 710 public elementary schools	63.5%	53	50.0	47.1	51.7					43.8	45.6	40.7					43.9			$18,196	$00	$18,196
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%)	50.8	158^th of 368 public middle schools	57.1%		54.6	143^rd of 371 public middle schools	61.5%	15				34.2	43.7	37.1					33.3	41.1	32.7			29.3		$15,728	$00	$15,728
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%)	62.3	80^th of 270 public high schools	70.4%		64.7	74^th of 268 public high schools	72.4%	6							56.4							27.2			30.1	$16,004	$00	$16,004
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%)	69.5	172^nd of 706 public elementary schools	75.6%		80.8	111^th of 710 public elementary schools	84.4%	61	49.1	45.5	70.0					42.1	45.5	45.7					40.0			$18,956	$00	$18,956
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%)	72.9	72^nd of 368 public middle schools	80.4%		68.3	86^th of 371 public middle schools	76.8%	14				52.8	47.0	50.0					37.6	40.8	49.2			50.4		$16,554	$00	$16,554
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%)	65.8	201^st of 706 public elementary schools	71.5%		45.1	355^th of 710 public elementary schools	50.0%	154	64.1	35.5	57.7					66.7	29.0	38.5					36.0			$21,541	$00	$21,541
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%)	12.8	250^th of 270 public high schools	7.4%		14.8	243^rd of 268 public high schools	9.3%	7							12.5							13.6			5.9
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%)	14.5	640^th of 706 public elementary schools	9.3%		12	665^th of 710 public elementary schools	6.3%	25	28.4	13.6	30.4	10.2	27.1	33.9		31.3	10.2	13.0	8.6	19.1	8.9		15.2	8.9		$17,420	$00	$17,420
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%)	14.6	241^st of 270 public high schools	10.7%		5.9	263^rd of 268 public high schools	1.9%	22							22.7							6.7			17.8	$21,022	$00	$21,022
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)	50.0	45.5	57.7	53.8	36.4	35.7	65.5	45.0		40.0	38.5	34.8	28.6	48.3	52.0	35.7	55.6	$4,978	$00	$4,978
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	103.4%	214 (59.9%)	0 (0.0%)	46 (12.9%)	2 (0.6%)	53 (14.8%)	1 (0.3%)	41 (11.5%)	17.5	608^th of 706 public elementary schools	13.9%		10.4	676^th of 710 public elementary schools	4.8%	68	28.3	22.0	27.3					26.7	16.9	10.9					19.6			$18,498	$00	$18,498
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	167.9%	150 (54.7%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (8.8%)	0 (0.0%)	76 (27.7%)	2 (0.7%)	20 (7.3%)	4	269^th of 270 public high schools	0.4%		17.1	234^th of 268 public high schools	12.7%	35							10.5										5.9	$17,154	$00	$17,154
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%)	16.3	323^rd of 368 public middle schools	12.2%		17.2	325^th of 371 public middle schools	12.4%	2				23.5	29.3	22.9					18.9	15.4	8.3			10.4		$18,164	$00	$18,164

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