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
A
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Scored higher than 88% of Oregon public K-12 schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Oregon public K-12 schools
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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 11 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 5 | 4% |
| Grade 2 | 8 | 7% |
| Grade 3 | 10 | 8% |
| Grade 4 | 10 | 8% |
| Grade 5 | 9 | 8% |
| Grade 6 | 7 | 6% |
| Grade 7 | 12 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 12 | 10% |
| Grade 9 | 7 | 6% |
| Grade 10 | 7 | 6% |
| Grade 11 | 10 | 8% |
| Grade 12 | 11 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (11) is 8% smaller than its 8th grade class (12).
Student demographics
37%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
STATE 59% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). 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.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 65.0% | 33.3% |
| 2023-24 | 43.6% | 23.7% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
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 →
Schools most like Jewell School
Jewell School's state test result (44.1% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jewell School this school | 119 | 87.4% | 44.1% |
| Monument School Monument | 53 | 88.7% | 24.4% |
| Dufur School Dufur | 352 | 66.2% | 29.5% |
| Prairie City School Prairie City | 247 | 79.4% | 21.6% |
| Echo School Echo | 328 | 60.7% | 42.0% |
| Spray School Spray | 58 | 84.5% | 40.5% |
Matched among Oregon K-12 schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Jewell School ranks
Among K-12 schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.1% | #1 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.3% | #3 of 7 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.0% | #1 of 7 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 119 | #11 of 24 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.4% | #3 of 10 |
Ranked against other public K-12 schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
119
+7 (+6%) vs 2020
+63% since 1990-91, when it was 73
Student : Teacher
8.1:1
was 8.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 119 | 14.7 | 8.1:1 | 87% (104) |
| 2023-24 | 116 | 15 | 7.7:1 | 53% (61) |
| 2022-23 | 134 | 14.3 | 9.4:1 | 43% (58) |
| 2020-21 | 112 | 14 | 8.0:1 | 97% (109) |
| 2017-18 | 164 | 17 | 9.7:1 | 49% (80) |
| 2015-16 | 140 | 15 | 9.3:1 | 64% (89) |
| 2010-11 | 161 | 16 | 10.1:1 | 47% (75) |
| 2000-01 | 165 | 12 | 13.8:1 | 25% (41) |
| 1990-91 | 73 | 6 | 12.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jewell School.
Since 2017-18: students down 27% (164 to 119); teachers down 14% (17 to 14.7).
About Jewell School
Jewell School is a small combined-grade school in Seaside, Oregon, one of the schools in Jewell SD 8. The school had 119 students in pre-K through 12 in 2024-25. An average school in this group (combined schools in Oregon) has about 384 students.
Federal records list Jewell SD 8 as the district for Jewell School.
At Jewell School, White students make up 78% of the student body. Next come 13% Hispanic and 8% multiracial. The school's diversity index is 37%, meaning two students picked at random have a 37% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
With 14.7 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Jewell School was 8.1:1. On average, combined schools in Oregon have 22.5:1, compared with 8.1:1 here. Jewell School's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 87%. Across public schools in Clatsop County, the average is 73%.
Jewell School is graded A by allk12, scoring above 88% of Oregon public K-12 schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Jewell School is 15.4 points above its prediction. Actual: 44.1%. Predicted: 28.7%.
In the county around the school, Clatsop County, the median household income is $71,822, about 29% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. Clatsop County is home to 15 public schools and about 4,648 public school students.
Mist Elementary School is the closest public school, about 12.8 miles away in a straight line. Among 8 nearby schools that report test results, Jewell School ranks 2nd on proficiency.
Jewell School is in rural territory far from an urban area, a location NCES labels Rural: Remote.
Jewell School's enrollment climbed from 112 in 2020-21 to 119 in 2024-25.
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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.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.