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Enrollment
449
High
DISTRICT 387 · STATE 630
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MILTON-FREEWATER UNIFIED SD 7·NCES 410816001123
McLoughlin High School
120 S Main St, Milton-Freewater, OR 97862 · (541) 938-5591 · Umatilla County
GRADES 09–12HIGH31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL449 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 9% of Oregon public high schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
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
18.5:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.7:1 · STATE 19.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
73%
329 students
DISTRICT 76% · 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 | 108 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 127 | 28% |
| Grade 11 | 117 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 97 | 22% |
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · 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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Milton-Freewater Unified SD 7. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
OSAS 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
27.8%
OR avg 43.0% . +0.9pp since 2023
Math
12.2%
OR avg 31.8% . +3.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 12 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Oregon schools, those numbers are about 43 and 32. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 27.8% | 12.2% |
| 2023-24 | 26.9% | 8.6% |
% 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
17.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.1%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 18% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 34% 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 McLoughlin High School
McLoughlin High School's state test result (17.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| McLoughlin High School this school | 449 | 73.3% | 17.9% |
| Stanfield Secondary School Stanfield | 264 | 75.4% | 16.2% |
| Irrigon Junior/Senior High School Irrigon | 345 | 67.5% | 16.6% |
| John F Kennedy High School Mt Angel | 223 | 70.4% | 45.5% |
| Riverside Junior/Senior High School Boardman | 520 | 67.7% | 20.7% |
| North Marion High School Aurora | 564 | 87.4% | 21.8% |
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 McLoughlin High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Umatilla County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 17.9% | #158 of 177 | #5 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 12.2% | #133 of 194 ▲ 25 | #4 of 6 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.8% | #161 of 201 no change | #5 of 6 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 449 | #121 of 257 | #3 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.5:1 | #68 of 171 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.7% | #77 of 171 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 73.3% | #99 of 207 | #5 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.5% | #28 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
449
-38 (-8%) vs 2020
+3% since 1990-91, when it was 435
Student : Teacher
18.5:1
was 17.4:1
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 | 449 | 24.3 | 18.5:1 | 73% (329) |
| 2023-24 | 460 | 25.2 | 18.3:1 | 75% (343) |
| 2022-23 | 491 | 28.5 | 17.2:1 | 76% (373) |
| 2020-21 | 487 | 28 | 17.4:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 519 | 27.9 | 18.6:1 | 67% (348) |
| 2015-16 | 517 | 24 | 21.5:1 | 73% (377) |
| 2010-11 | 517 | 25 | 20.7:1 | 72% (374) |
| 2000-01 | 507 | 30 | 16.9:1 | 47% (236) |
| 1990-91 | 435 | 28 | 15.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for McLoughlin High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (519 to 449); teachers down 13% (27.9 to 24.3).
About McLoughlin High School
McLoughlin High School is a public high school in Milton-Freewater, Oregon. Enrollment totals 449 students across grades 9 through 12. The school is 29% below the average for high schools in Oregon.
Milton-Freewater Unified SD 7 has a total of 4 schools and 1,547 students, McLoughlin High School among them.
The largest group at McLoughlin High School is Hispanic students, at 62%. Other students are 35% White. By comparison, Umatilla County residents are about 30% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, McLoughlin High School scores 50%.
Its ratio of 18.5:1 is based on 24.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, high schools in Oregon average 19.8:1. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 73%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Umatilla County is 89%.
McLoughlin High School earns a D on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 9% of Oregon public high schools.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. McLoughlin High School posts 17.9% against a 34.1% prediction, a bottom-10% result in Oregon.
For the population of Umatilla County, median household income comes to about $67,728, roughly 18% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Umatilla County's 35 public schools enroll about 13,143 students and include McLoughlin High School.
About 0.2 miles separate McLoughlin High School from the closest public school, Central Middle School. The five-mile area around McLoughlin High School holds 3 other public schools. McLoughlin High School's average proficiency of 17.9% compares with 37.1% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Federal data place McLoughlin High School in the Town: Fringe locale, which means it is in a town close to an urbanized area.
An 8% decrease took enrollment from 487 in 2020-21 to 449 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 17.4:1 to 18.5:1.
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Umatilla County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
79,940
Census ACS
Median income
$67,728
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
35
13,143 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Milton-Freewater Unified SD 7
- Gib Olinger Elementary SchoolElementary · 498 students
- Central Middle SchoolMiddle · 360 students
- Ferndale Elementary SchoolElementary · 240 students
Other schools in Milton-Freewater
- Gib Olinger Elementary SchoolElementary · 498 students
- Central Middle SchoolMiddle · 360 students
- Ferndale Elementary SchoolElementary · 240 students
Nearby schools
- Central Middle School0.2 mi · 360
- Gib Olinger Elementary School0.8 mi · 498
- Ferndale Elementary School3.2 mi · 240
- John Sager Middle School6.6 mi · 334
- College Place Open Doors Program6.6 mi · 13
- College Place High School6.6 mi · 486
Frequently asked questions
About McLoughlin High SchoolHow large is McLoughlin High School?
McLoughlin High School enrolls approximately 449 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does McLoughlin High School serve?
McLoughlin High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many teachers does McLoughlin High School have?
McLoughlin High School employs 24 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.5:1.
What is the student diversity at McLoughlin High School?
Student demographics at McLoughlin High School are roughly 35% White, 62% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is McLoughlin High School in?
McLoughlin High School is part of Milton-Freewater Unified SD 7.
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