Taft Middle School

Taft Middle School is a public middle school located in Lincoln City, Oregon, serving grades 7-8 with a total enrollment of 259 students. The school is part of the Lincoln County School District, which is ranked 119 out of 140 districts in Oregon and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Taft Middle School's academic performance, as measured by the percentage of students proficient or better in OSAS (Oregon Statewide Assessment System) tests, is consistently lower than the state and district averages across all subjects and grade levels. For example, in 2024-2025, only 29.5% of 7th-grade students at Taft Middle School were proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to 44.2% at the state level and 29.7% in the Lincoln County School District. The performance gap is even more pronounced in mathematics and science, where Taft Middle School students significantly underperformed compared to their peers at the state and district levels.

Additionally, Taft Middle School has consistently high rates of chronic absenteeism, ranging from 34.3% to 45.0% over the past few years, which is significantly higher than the state and district averages. The school's performance also varies across different student subgroups, with Hispanic and Multi-racial students generally performing better than their White and Special Education peers. While the school's spending per student has increased and the student-teacher ratio has fluctuated, these changes do not appear to have had a significant impact on the school's overall academic performance, suggesting that additional factors may need to be addressed.