Summary
Tillamook Junior High School is a public middle school serving 318 students in grades 7–8 in Tillamook School District 9, located in the coastal town of Tillamook, Oregon. For 2025–26, SchoolDigger ranks it 191st of 371 Oregon middle schools — the 49th percentile, with 2 stars — a slight dip from 2024–25, when it placed 172nd of 368 (53rd percentile, 3 stars). The longer view is more encouraging: the school has risen from the 20th–25th percentile range in the mid-2010s to the 37th–53rd percentile range in recent years.
Academically, results are mixed. In 2025–26, English language arts proficiency was 44.1%, essentially matching the state's 43.8%. Math was 29.5% against the state's 32.9%, and science was 21.5% against 30.6% — a 9.1-point gap and the school's clearest weakness. Eighth graders outscored the state in ELA (44.8% vs 41.5%) and math (31.7% vs 30.0%), while seventh graders trailed in both. East Elementary School, its same-district feeder 0.08 miles away, posts lower results in all three subjects but has less chronic absenteeism (32.6% vs 39.6%). Neah-Kah-Nie Middle School, 14 miles away, outperforms in ELA (57.6%), math (36.7%), and science (60.7%) and ranks 67th of 371 with 4 stars; it spends $26,666 per student with an 11.4-to-1 student–teacher ratio, versus Tillamook's $20,946 and 15.8-to-1.
Chronic absenteeism was 39.6% in 2024–25, above the district's 38.0% and the state's 33.5%, and 83.96% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch. Spending has risen to $20,946 per student, and the student–teacher ratio has improved to 15.8. Compared with other Oregon schools, the school's effectiveness rankings are strong for low-income students (70th–74th percentile recently) and gifted students (87th percentile in 2024–25), but weaker for special education students (22nd percentile in 2025–26) and female students (38th percentile, versus 57th for males). The clearest action areas are science, seventh-grade math and reading, and attendance; the strengths are eighth-grade ELA and math and steady long-term improvement.
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