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McMinnville High School
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OSAS 2024-25 . % ProficientBeatsExpectations
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About McMinnville High School
McMinnville High School operates as a large secondary school in McMinnville, Oregon, overseen by McMinnville SD 40. Current enrollment sits at 2,228 students spanning grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Oregon's public schools average about 630 students each, so McMinnville High School sits 254% larger than that benchmark.
McMinnville SD 40 comprises 9 schools with combined enrollment of 6,293 students; McMinnville High School is among them.
Looking at the student body, McMinnville High School lists that 52% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest comes out to 39% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Yamhill County as a whole is about 77% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.
On the income-and-resources front, On paper, McMinnville High School has 111 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 20.1:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 78% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), McMinnville High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 32.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 37.5%.
Around the school, community-level numbers for Yamhill County indicate median household earnings sit near $90,063, roughly 30% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Yamhill County runs 34 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,724 students), of which McMinnville High School is one.
The closest other public school is Patton Middle School, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts McMinnville High School at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 38.2%.
The campus sits in a small-town setting.
Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count remained close to its prior level: 2,176 students in 2018 compared to 2,228 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 62% to 52%.
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