Myrtle Point High School

Myrtle Point High School is a very small high school for students in Myrtle Point, Oregon. Enrollment stands at 154 students, covering grades 9 through 12. That is 76% below the average of about 630 students for high schools in Oregon.

Myrtle Point SD 41 has 3 schools and 573 students, and Myrtle Point High School is one of those schools.

Of every 100 students at Myrtle Point High School, about 84 are White. It is also 8% multiracial and 4% Native American. Census estimates put Coos County at about 84% White, close to the school's figure. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 27, compared with 70 nationally.

On staff are 10 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 15.5:1. The average for high schools in Oregon is 19.8:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. About 88% of students at Myrtle Point High School are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Coos County report 72%.

Test results at Myrtle Point High School are 7.1 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (21.4% actual, 28.6% predicted).

In the surrounding county, Coos County, the median household earns about $62,143 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 23%, and roughly 12% of residents are in poverty. Coos County has 28 public schools with about 8,218 students, including Myrtle Point High School.

Myrtle Point High School's nearest public school is Maple Middle School (about 0.3 miles). Inside a five-mile radius, there are 2 other public schools. Myrtle Point High School is 4th of 5 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.

The school's federal locale classification is Rural: Distant.

Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 30%, from 221 to 154.

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