Kalmiopsis Elementary School

Kalmiopsis Elementary School is a K–5 school serving 547 students in Brookings, Oregon, the only school within 20 miles, and part of Brookings-Harbor School District 17C. Because no nearby schools were available for comparison, the figures below use district and state benchmarks. The district ranks 111th of 141 Oregon districts (21st percentile, 1 star), while Kalmiopsis reached 356th of 709 schools (50th percentile, 2 stars) in 2025–26 — its highest percentile in the available history, up from the 30th percentile in the two prior years.

Academically, Kalmiopsis outperforms its district in all three tested subjects and outperforms the state in reading and math: 44% proficient in English language arts (district 37.5%, state 43.8%) and 36.7% in math (district 25.5%, state 32.9%). Science is the weak spot at 23.5%, above the district's 18% but 7.1 points below the state's 30.6%. Grade by grade, 3rd and 4th graders are at or above state levels in reading and math, while 5th graders trail the state in reading (41.7% vs. 47.1%), math (27.4% vs. 32.4%) and science (23.5% vs. 30.8%) — a pattern worth asking about at the upper elementary level.

Chronic absenteeism has improved sharply, from 47.8% in 2022–23 to 31.9% in 2024–25, now below the state's 33.5% but above the district's 27.3%; roughly one in three students is still chronically absent. About 86.11% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch, per-pupil spending is $17,741, and the student–teacher ratio is 16.4, improved from 18.6 in 2022–23. Students from low-income families rank in the 87th percentile with 4 stars, while special education students remain an area of concern at the 21st percentile (1 star), though improved from the 8th percentile in 2023–24.