Summary:
ZIP code 97457, covering the Myrtle Creek area of southern Oregon, has exactly one middle school: Coffenberry Middle School. It serves grades 6–8 and enrolls 267 students as part of South Umpqua School District 19. Because there are no other middle schools in the ZIP code to compare against, the most useful benchmarks for families are the district and the state as a whole.
Coffenberry is ranked 340 of 371 Oregon schools in 2025–2026, placing it in the 8th percentile with 0 stars. The two prior years were similarly low: 357 of 368 (3rd percentile) in 2024–2025 and 358 of 371 (4th percentile) in 2023–2024. Its own district, South Umpqua School District 19, ranks 96 of 141 districts (32nd percentile, 2 stars), and the school trails the district in every reported OSAS subject. All-grades ELA proficiency is 21.0%, versus 34.4% in the district and 43.8% statewide; math is 13.1%, versus 22.3% and 32.9%; science is 16.3%, versus 23.3% and 30.6%. By grade, ELA is 21.3% in 6th, 26.2% in 7th, and 15.2% in 8th; math is 9.3%, 17.9%, and 11.5%; 8th-grade science is 16.3%. Math is the weakest subject, and 6th-grade math—at 9.3%—is the lowest reported figure. Eighth-grade ELA shows the biggest single gap to the state, 26.3 percentage points below Oregon's 41.5%. Seventh grade is the relative bright spot in both ELA and math, though still below district and state.
Context matters here as well. Chronic absenteeism was 42.9% in 2024–2025, above the district's 40.2% and the state's 33.5%, and 83.9% of students were eligible for free/reduced-price lunch. Per-student spending was $17,952, with a student-teacher ratio of 16.6. Overall, the school remains in the bottom decile with wide proficiency gaps, though the move from the 3rd–4th percentile to the 8th percentile is a positive directional sign.
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