High Schools in Coos Bay School District 9

There are 2 high schools in Coos Bay School District 9 — Marshfield Senior High School and Destinations Academy — both serving grades 9–12 and enrolling 844 students combined. The district as a whole is rated 90th of 141, in the 36th percentile, with 2 stars, but that average hides a wide gap: Marshfield Senior High School enrolls 798 students (about 94.5% of the two-school total) and sits at the 50th percentile with 3 stars, while Destinations Academy enrolls 46 students and sits at the 10th percentile with 1 star.

Marshfield Senior High School is the larger, higher-ranked and improving school: its percentile rose from 40 to 49 to 50 over three years, and its star rating went from 2 to 3. Science is a real strength at 39.4% proficiency, above the district's 30.2% and the state's 30.6%. Math is the weak spot at 18.1%, well below the state's 32.9%. Graduation is 75.3%, slightly under the district and below the state's 83.0%, and chronic absenteeism is 48.1% — nearly half of students — versus the state's 33.5%.

Destinations Academy has a striking mix: the highest graduation rate of the two at 87.5%, above the state, and the lower student-teacher ratio of 15.3. But it has the lowest proficiency in every subject and grade grouping, 1-star ratings in all three years, and chronic absenteeism of 77.5%, more than double the state rate. Its reported free/reduced lunch figure of 113.04% is not interpretable as a normal percentage, and its per-student spending of $7,092 is far below Marshfield's $27,562. Note that All Grades and 11th-grade test results are identical here, so they effectively reflect 11th-grade performance.