Summary:
Zip code 97367 is served by a single high school: Taft High School in Lincoln City, Oregon. It serves grades 9–12 with 535 students and belongs to Lincoln County School District. The district overall ranks 113th of 141 districts, at the 20th percentile with 1 star, so the area's context is relatively weak compared with the rest of the state.
Taft's strongest outcome is its graduation rate of 93.2%, which is above the district's 88.1% and the state's 83.0%. However, chronic absenteeism is 47.9% — well above the district's 39.1% and the state's 33.5% — meaning nearly half of students miss substantial instructional time. Academically, results are mixed. All-grades ELA proficiency is 38.2%, above the district's 34.4% but below the state's 43.8%. At the 11th-grade level, Taft trails the district by 10.1 points in ELA (38.2% versus 48.3%). Math is the clearest weakness at 15.1% proficient, below the district's 20.2% and far below the state's 32.9% — less than half the state rate. Science is 22.6%, below both the district (24.1%) and state (30.6%), with the 11th-grade science gap especially wide.
Taft's rank moved from 245th of 268 schools in 2023–2024 (9th percentile, 0 stars) to 192nd of 271 in 2025–2026 (29th percentile, 1 star) — real improvement, but still in the bottom third of Oregon high schools. Taft spends $25,355 per student with a student-teacher ratio of 22.6, yet math and science proficiency remain low. Note that the reported free/reduced-lunch figure of 129.72 is not a usable percentage and should be verified. For parents, the priorities to watch are attendance, 11th-grade math and science achievement, and confirmation of the lunch data.
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