Summary:
Lincoln County School District serves Oregon's central coast with 17 schools — 6 elementary, 4 middle, 5 high, and 2 alternative — enrolling 4,794 students. Grade configurations vary widely, from K–2 schools like Yaquina View Elementary and Oceanlake Elementary to K–6, 7–8, 9–12, and K–12 campuses, and enrollment ranges from just 19 students at Compass School to 669 at Newport High School. The district overall ranks 113th of 141 in Oregon, at the 20th percentile with 1 star — a district-wide context shown on every school record — but individual school results differ dramatically.
The Waldport area is the clear bright spot. Waldport High School ranks 15th of 271 schools statewide, at the 94th percentile with 5 stars, with 86.0% ELA and 67.4% science proficiency — far above state levels. Waldport Middle School is 4 stars and 74th percentile with the district's lowest chronic absenteeism at 20.5%, and Crestview Heights School is a 3-star K–6 school that has been improving. Newport High School (3 stars) and Sam Case Elementary also beat district averages, with Sam Case notably stronger in math at 30.0%.
Math is the district's weakest area: the school-level average is 22.2% against a state rate of 32.9%, and only 2 of 15 reporting schools exceed the state math figure. Chronic absenteeism averages 39.0% versus 33.5% statewide, with Siletz Valley Schools highest at 59.5%. The Toledo schools — Toledo Elementary School, Toledo Junior High, and Toledo Senior High School — sit at or near the bottom of district and state rankings. Notably, graduation rates stay high (89.3%–93.2%) even where proficiency is low, and per-student spending does not cleanly predict outcomes.
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