Summary:
McMinnville School District 40 serves roughly 6,293 students across nine schools — six elementary, two middle, and one high school — in the McMinnville area of Oregon. The district ranks 31st of 141 in Oregon (78th percentile, 4 stars) and performs above the state average in every tested subject: 48.4% ELA versus 43.8%, 39.8% math versus 32.9%, and 35.5% science versus 30.6%. It also graduates more students (88.1% vs 83.0%) and has lower chronic absenteeism (29.9% vs 33.5%). Poverty is high everywhere, with free/reduced lunch between 77.2% and 84.3% at every school.
Four schools stand out. Memorial Elementary School is the top elementary (85th percentile, 4 stars), with 62.6% ELA, 59.5% math, and the district's lowest absenteeism at 16.6%. Duniway Middle School is a 4-star, 85th-percentile middle school with 56.1% ELA and 48.8% math. Wascher Elementary School has climbed from the 56th to the 70th percentile in three years, and McMinnville High School earned 4 stars with above-state scores and an 88.1% graduation rate.
Three schools lag. Sue Buel Elementary is the lowest-ranked (29th percentile, 1 star), with 35.2% ELA and 26.8% math. Newby Elementary (43rd percentile, 2 stars) and Patton Middle School (42nd percentile, 2 stars, down from 59th) both trail district and state norms. Notably, Duniway and Patton have nearly identical poverty rates yet differ by about 20 points in ELA, math, and science, and the high school's 40.6% chronic absenteeism is far above the district and state.
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