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How has Marshfield Senior High School changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
798
High
DISTRICT 422 · STATE 630
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COOS BAY SD 9·NCES 410366000216
Marshfield Senior High School
10th & Ingersoll, Coos Bay, OR 97420 · (541) 267-1400 · Coos County
GRADES 09–12HIGH33-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL798 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 30% of Oregon public high schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
20.5:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.9:1 · STATE 19.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
29%
230 students
DISTRICT 61% · STATE 76%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 232 | 29% |
| Grade 10 | 191 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 193 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 182 | 23% |
Student demographics
48%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · 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
39.4%
OR avg 43.0% . -6.4pp since 2023
Math
17.5%
OR avg 31.8% . +3.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 18 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Oregon schools, those numbers are about 43 and 32. Reading and writing scores are down about 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 39.4% | 17.5% |
| 2023-24 | 45.8% | 13.9% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: OSAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of OR schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
29.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.4%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-21.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 51% typical for Oregon schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Marshfield Senior High School
Marshfield Senior High School's state test result (29.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marshfield Senior High School this school | 798 | 28.8% | 29.6% |
| Scappoose High School Scappoose | 709 | 28.3% | 37.7% |
| Banks High School Banks | 397 | 30.2% | 26.7% |
| Warrenton High School Warrenton | 279 | 36.6% | 29.0% |
| Sherwood High School Sherwood | 1,668 | 19.2% | 42.7% |
| New Urban High School Milwaukie | 320 | 22.5% | 13.3% |
Matched among Oregon high 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 Marshfield Senior High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Coos County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.6% | #91 of 177 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 17.5% | #98 of 194 ▲ 15 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.4% | #110 of 201 ▼ 24 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 798 | #83 of 257 | #1 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.5:1 | #106 of 171 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.1% | #81 of 171 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 28.8% | #201 of 207 | N/A |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.7% | #14 of 102 | N/A |
Ranked against other public high 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
798
-188 (-19%) vs 2020
-35% since 1990-91, when it was 1,237
Student : Teacher
20.5:1
was 21.9:1
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 | 798 | 39 | 20.5:1 | 29% (230) |
| 2023-24 | 835 | 39.5 | 21.1:1 | 69% (578) |
| 2022-23 | 835 | 42.5 | 19.6:1 | 31% (262) |
| 2020-21 | 986 | 45 | 21.9:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 981 | 43.2 | 22.7:1 | 55% (537) |
| 2015-16 | 1,021 | 43 | 23.7:1 | 57% (580) |
| 2010-11 | 936 | 41 | 22.8:1 | 60% (559) |
| 2000-01 | 1,207 | 55 | 21.9:1 | 40% (477) |
| 1990-91 | 1,237 | 58 | 21.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Marshfield Senior High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (981 to 798); teachers down 10% (43.2 to 39).
About Marshfield Senior High School
Marshfield Senior High School is a medium-sized high school in Coos Bay, Oregon, under Coos Bay SD 9. The school reports 798 students in grades 9 through 12. The school's enrollment is 27% above the 630 average for high schools in Oregon.
Marshfield Senior High School falls under Coos Bay SD 9, which has 9 schools enrolling 2,907 students.
White students make up a majority at Marshfield Senior High School, at 69%. Other students are 17% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, and 3% Native American. That is lower than the 84% White share among all Coos County residents. The school's diversity index is 48%, meaning two students picked at random have a 48% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.5:1 at Marshfield Senior High School, with 39 full-time-equivalent teachers. For comparison, high schools in Oregon average 19.8:1. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 29% of enrollment. Public schools in Coos County average 72%.
allk12 grades Marshfield Senior High School a C. The grade compares the school only with Oregon public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
Compared with Oregon schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Marshfield Senior High School scores 21.7 points lower than predicted. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 29.6%; the prediction is 51.4%.
Coos County has these Census figures: the median household income is $62,143, about 23% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 12% of residents are in poverty. In all, Coos County has 28 public schools and roughly 8,218 students.
Of nearby public schools, Marshfield Junior High is the closest, at about 0.1 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Marshfield Senior High School. Its average proficiency rate of 29.6% is below the 32.6% average for nearby schools.
Marshfield Senior High School is in a town far from an urbanized area, a location NCES labels Town: Remote.
Enrollment is down 19% from 2020-21, when Marshfield Senior High School had 986 students, to 2024-25, when it had 798. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 20.5:1, from 21.9:1.
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Coos County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
64,827
Census ACS
Median income
$62,143
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
28
8,218 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Coos Bay SD 9
- Millicoma SchoolElementary · 473 students
- Marshfield Junior HighMiddle · 418 students
- Sunset SchoolElementary · 380 students
- Madison Elementary SchoolElementary · 279 students
- Eastside SchoolElementary · 274 students
- Lighthouse Charter SchoolElementary · 203 students
Other schools in Coos Bay
- Millicoma SchoolElementary · 473 students
- Marshfield Junior HighMiddle · 418 students
- Sunset SchoolElementary · 380 students
- Madison Elementary SchoolElementary · 279 students
- Eastside SchoolElementary · 274 students
- Lighthouse Charter SchoolElementary · 203 students
Nearby schools
- Marshfield Junior High0.1 mi · 418
- Destinations Academy0.4 mi · 46
- Resource Link Charter School1.1 mi · 36
- Lighthouse Charter School1.2 mi · 203
- Eastside School1.3 mi · 274
- Millicoma School1.3 mi · 473
Frequently asked questions
About Marshfield Senior High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Marshfield Senior High School?
Marshfield Senior High School enrolls approximately 798 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Marshfield Senior High School serve?
Marshfield Senior High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many teachers does Marshfield Senior High School have?
Marshfield Senior High School employs 39 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.5:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Marshfield Senior High School?
At Marshfield Senior High School, the student body is approximately 69% White, 17% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees Marshfield Senior High School?
Marshfield Senior High School is overseen by Coos Bay SD 9 in Coos County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.