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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