Summary:
Coos Bay School District 9 is a nine-school district on the Oregon coast serving about 2,907 students across five elementary schools, one junior high, two high schools, and one alternative charter, spanning grades K–12. Its overall standing is 90th of 141 Oregon districts (2 stars), and it trails the state in English language arts (36.1% vs. 43.8%), math (23.2% vs. 32.9%), and science (30.2% vs. 30.6%). Enrollment is lopsided: Marshfield Senior High alone has 798 students (27.4% of the district), while Resource Link Charter has 36.
Three schools stand out. Lighthouse Charter School (203 students) posts the district's best all-grade math (32.3%) and science (34.2%), the lowest chronic absenteeism (18.2% vs. the district's 40.4%), and the smallest student-teacher ratio (13.7); its 8th-grade science (53.3%) is nearly double the state's 27.7%. Millicoma School has the highest all-grade ELA (44.8%), above the state, and improved from the 34th to the 49th percentile in state rank. Marshfield Senior High School is a science standout (39.4%, 8.8 points above the state) and earned the district's only 3-star rating in the latest year.
Families should know about the challenges too. Sunset School has 0 stars in all three recent years and the lowest ELA (23.7%), math (15.2%), and science (14.1%) of any school with data. Destinations Academy has the district's lowest math (9.1%) and highest absenteeism (77.5%), yet the highest graduation rate (87.5%). Resource Link Charter School has the lowest graduation rate (33.3%). Two schools, Madison Elementary School and Eastside School, serve K–2 and have no test scores; their rankings are roughly 15 years old.
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