Summary
Nestucca High School is a small public high school serving grades 9–12 in the rural community of Cloverdale, Oregon, with about 162 students in the Nestucca Valley School District 101J. A key fact for families is the contrast between school and district: the district ranks 123rd of 141 statewide (13th percentile, 1 star), while the high school ranks 135th of 271 (50th percentile, 3 stars) in 2025–2026 — roughly the state middle. That reflects a recovery from a post-pandemic dip (1–2 stars, 14th–34th percentiles from 2021–2022 through 2023–2024), though still below its 2017–2018 peak of 83rd percentile, 4 stars.
Compared with nearby schools, Nestucca sits in the middle academically. Tillamook High School leads the comparable comprehensive high schools (45th of 271, 83rd percentile, 4 stars, with the highest proficiency in all three subjects), while Taft High School is lower (192nd of 271, 29th percentile, 1 star). Nestucca's English language arts proficiency of 59.1% is above the state's 43.8% and well above Taft's 38.2%, but its math (15.9%) and science (24.4%) rates trail the state. Where Nestucca stands out is completion: its 97.1% graduation rate in 2024–2025 beats the state's 83.0%, Taft's 93.2%, Tillamook's 82.3%, and Trask River's 75.0%. Chronic absenteeism, at 42.8%, is the lowest of the three comprehensive high schools but still above the state's 33.5%.
Nestucca spends $33,012 per student and has a student–teacher ratio of 11.9, both more favorable than Taft and Tillamook — largely a result of small rural fixed costs — though this has not yet produced above-state math or science results. The school serves a high-poverty population: 95.06% of students were eligible for free/reduced lunch in 2024–2025, up sharply from 68.52% the year before. Subgroup results show clear improvement for low-income students (59th percentile, 3 stars) and consistent relative strength among Hispanic students, while other groups swing widely — likely because small cohorts make year-to-year numbers volatile, so multi-year trends matter more. Trask River High School, a 15-student school with state-suppressed test scores, is not a direct peer.
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