Millicoma School

Millicoma School is a grades 3–6 elementary school with 473 students in Coos Bay, Oregon, on the state's southern coast, and it belongs to Coos Bay School District 9, a district that ranks 90th of 141 Oregon districts. Just over half of Millicoma's students (53.91%) qualified for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024–2025.

In 2025–2026, Millicoma ranked 362nd of 709 Oregon elementary schools — the 49th percentile and a 2-star rating — its strongest recent showing after sitting in the mid-30s percentiles the two prior years. English language arts is a relative strength: 44.8% of students met proficiency, above the district's 36.1% and slightly above the state's 43.8%. Math is the clearest weakness at 30.4%, above the district's 23.2% but below the state's 32.9%, and proficiency falls sharply by grade, from 42.5% in 3rd grade to 18.4% in 6th — 11.3 points below the state. Fifth-grade science came in at 28.3%, above the district's 22.5% but below the state's 30.8%. Chronic absenteeism was 34.6%, better than the district's 40.4% but slightly above the state's 33.5%.

Compared with Sunset School, which serves the same grades in the same district, Millicoma is far stronger: Sunset ranks 661st of 709 with 23.7% ELA and 15.2% math proficiency, even though it spends more per student ($21,676 versus $18,160). Lighthouse Charter School sits at a nearly identical overall rank (372nd) but has much lower chronic absenteeism (18.2%); Millicoma's 5th grade outperforms it, while Lighthouse's 6th grade is stronger. Meanwhile, higher-poverty neighbors such as Coquille Valley Elementary and Hillcrest Elementary School reach much higher proficiency. Within Millicoma, effectiveness rankings are notably strong for low-income students and students in special education, though the gifted-and-talented ranking is very low — an area worth asking about, along with math in grades 5 and 6.