Myrtle Crest School
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 36 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 45 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 50 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 53 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 46 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 41 | 15% |
School pathway
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.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 35.3% | 26.3% |
| 2023-24 | 31.4% | 21.8% |
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%.
Where Myrtle Crest School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Coos County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.5% | #404 of 591 | #6 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.3% | #430 of 646 | #7 of 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.3% | #425 of 646 | #7 of 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 271 | #462 of 710 | #8 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.9:1 | #293 of 587 | #5 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 24.8% | #569 of 587 | #10 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.3% | #319 of 493 | #5 of 10 |
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free or reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 271 | 16 | 16.9:1 | 95% (258) |
| 2023-24 | 321 | 17.1 | 18.7:1 | 72% (230) |
| 2022-23 | 302 | 17.1 | 17.6:1 | 71% (213) |
| 2017-18 | 320 | 18 | 17.8:1 | 72% (230) |
About Myrtle Crest School
Myrtle Crest School is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in Myrtle Point, Oregon. The school's enrollment of 271 students covers kindergarten through 5.
Myrtle Point SD 41 has 573 students in 3 schools, and Myrtle Crest School is one of those schools.
About 86% of the student body at Myrtle Crest School is White. Beyond that, enrollment is 6% multiracial, 4% Hispanic, and 2% Native American. The White share in Coos County as a whole is similar, at about 84%. Myrtle Crest School's diversity index is 25%, against a US figure of 70%.
At Myrtle Crest School, 16 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 16.9:1. That is close to the 16.5:1 average for elementary schools in Oregon. Roughly 95% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 72% average for public schools in Coos County is 23 points.
Myrtle Crest School scores 27.5% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 25.6%.
In Coos County (population about 64,827), the median household income is $62,143, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 23% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 12%. There are 28 public schools in Coos County, enrolling about 8,218 students in all.
The closest public school, Maple Middle School, is about 0.4 miles from Myrtle Crest School. There are 2 other public schools within five miles. On state test proficiency, Myrtle Crest School ranks 2nd in a group of 5 nearby schools.
Federal data place Myrtle Crest School in the Rural: Distant locale, which means it is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
2024-25 enrollment was 271, a 15% decrease from 320 in 2017-18. Over the same years, the White share increased from 70% to 86%.
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