Myrtle Crest School
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Test scores
OSAS 2024-25 . % ProficientWhat this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 26 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Myrtle Crest School
As a close-knit elementary-level community in Myrtle Point, Oregon, Myrtle Crest School educates 271 students from grades K through 5, part of Myrtle Point SD 41.
Within Myrtle Point SD 41, which oversees 3 schools and 573 students, Myrtle Crest School is one campus in the system.
Looking at the student body, Myrtle Crest School reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (86%); the rest consists of 6% multiracial, 4% Hispanic, 2% Native American. That composition is broadly in line with Coos County as a whole.
In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.9:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 95% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Coos County (around 72%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.
After controlling for student poverty, Myrtle Crest School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 25.6%; this one delivers 27.5%.
In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Coos County) reports that median household income runs about $62,143, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. Myrtle Crest School is one of 28 public schools in Coos County (combined enrollment of about 8,218 students).
Maple Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Myrtle Crest School. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Myrtle Crest School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 27.3%.
The school occupies a rural site.
Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Myrtle Crest School has contracted 15%, going from 320 students in 2018 to 271 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 70% to 86% across the same window.
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