Enrollment
119
Combined
STATE 384
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JEWELL SD 8·NCES 410675000158
Jewell School
83874 Hwy 103, Seaside, OR 97138 · (503) 755-2451 · Clatsop County
GRADES PK–12COMBINED43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL119 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
8.1:1
15 FTE teachers
STATE 22.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
104 students
STATE 76%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other combined schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
OSAS 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
65.0%
OR avg 43.0% . +21.4pp since 2023
Math
33.3%
OR avg 31.8% . +9.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Oregon schools, those numbers are about 43 and 32. Reading and writing scores are up about 21 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 10 points.
Source: OSAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
44.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.7%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 29% typical for Oregon schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Oregon's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
119
-45 (-27%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
8.1:1
was 9.7:1
% White
78%
was 81%
% Hispanic
13%
was 11%
% Black
0%
was 0%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Jewell School
Jewell School is one of the rural-scale combined-grade schools in Seaside, Oregon, part of Jewell SD 8, with 119 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 12. By comparison, Oregon's public schools average about 384 students each, so Jewell School sits 69% leaner than that benchmark.
Jewell SD 8 is the operating authority for Jewell School, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.
Demographically, Jewell School lists that 78% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder comes out to 13% Hispanic, 8% multiracial.
In terms of school funding signals, Jewell School records 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 8.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.5:1, putting Jewell School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 87% of students at Jewell School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is north of Clatsop County's rate of about 73%.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Jewell School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 28.7%, the actual is 44.1%, a residual of +15.4 points.
Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Clatsop County indicate median household earnings sit near $71,822, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Clatsop County's 15 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,648 students), Jewell School is one campus in the mix.
Mist Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 12.8 miles from this campus. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Jewell School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 30.3%.
The school occupies a rural site.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Jewell School has fell 27%, going from 164 students in 2018 to 119 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 9.7:1 in 2018 to 8.1:1 in 2025.
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Clatsop County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
41,363
Census ACS
Median income
$71,822
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
15
4,648 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Seaside
- Pacific Ridge Elementary SchoolElementary · 557 students
- Seaside High SchoolHigh · 489 students
- Seaside Middle SchoolMiddle · 355 students
Nearby schools
- Mist Elementary School12.8 mi · 31
- Vernonia Elementary School16.1 mi · 206
- Vernonia Middle School16.1 mi · 139
- Vernonia High School16.1 mi · 178
- Knappa High School17.2 mi · 131
- Hilda Lahti Elementary School17.3 mi · 293
Frequently asked questions
About Jewell SchoolHow many students attend Jewell School?
Jewell School enrolls approximately 119 students in grades PK-12.
Is Jewell School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Jewell School is a combined-grade school covering grades PK-12.
How many students per teacher at Jewell School?
Approximately 8.1:1 students per teacher at Jewell School.
How diverse is Jewell School?
Jewell School reports a student body of 78% White, 13% Hispanic, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Jewell School?
Jewell School is overseen by Jewell SD 8 in Clatsop County.
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