Harbor Lights Middle School

Harbor Lights Middle School operates as a minimally staffed 6-8 campus in Bandon, Oregon, run under Bandon SD 54. Current enrollment sits at 195 students spanning grades 5 through 8. By comparison, Oregon's public schools average about 494 students each, so Harbor Lights Middle School sits 61% leaner than that benchmark.

Harbor Lights Middle School is one of 3 schools operated by Bandon SD 54, a district that works with 647 students overall.

On demographics, Harbor Lights Middle School shows that White students make up the majority at 73%. The remainder comes out to 14% Hispanic, 8% multiracial. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 84%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Harbor Lights Middle School shows 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 19.3:1 average. About 90% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Coos County runs at roughly 72%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Harbor Lights Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 27.8%, the actual is 39.7%, a residual of +11.9 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Coos County indicate median household earnings sit near $62,143, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. Across Coos County's 28 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,218 students), Harbor Lights Middle School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Bandon Senior High School, roughly 0.1 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Harbor Lights Middle School at 3rd of 5; the average score across the group is 35.3%.

The school occupies a town-based site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 18%: 239 students in 2018 compared to 195 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 77% to 73% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 21.5:1 in 2018 to 17.7:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.