Summary:
Zip code 97394 is served by a single middle school, Waldport Middle School, which enrolls 85 students in grades 7–8 as part of Lincoln County School District. Because there is only one middle school in this area, there are no local schools to compare against, so the most useful benchmarks are the district and the state. The free/reduced lunch field is not reported for this school, so family income context is unavailable and should not be assumed to be zero.
Academically, English Language Arts is the school's standout strength: all-grade ELA proficiency is 65.2%, compared with 34.4% in the district and 43.8% statewide. Both grade levels follow that pattern, with 7th grade ELA at 66.7% and 8th grade ELA at 63.4%. Science is also solidly above both benchmarks at 34.1%, including 8th grade science at 34.1%. Math is more uneven. Eighth grade math is strong at 42.5%, above the district's 20.4% and the state's 30.0%, but 7th grade math is 21.6% — above the district's 17.8% yet below the state's 33.3%. Attendance is a clear positive: chronic absenteeism is 20.5%, well below the district's 39.1% and the state's 33.5%.
The school's ranking trajectory is dramatic. Waldport moved from 266 of 371 schools (28th percentile, 1 star) in 2023–2024, to 116 of 368 (68th percentile, 3 stars) in 2024–2025, to 96 of 371 (74th percentile, 4 stars) in 2025–2026 — a 170-position improvement in two years. That makes it a notable outlier in a district ranked 113 of 141 at the 20th percentile with 1 star. With only 85 students, percentages can swing noticeably from year to year, so families should read the trend as encouraging but volatile.
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