Neah-Kah-Nie Middle School

Located at 25111 Hwy 101N, in Rockaway Beach, Oregon, Neah-Kah-Nie Middle School is a tiny 6-8 campus that enrolls 163 students (grades 6 through 8), part of Neah-Kah-Nie SD 56. That puts it 67% smaller than the typical public school in Oregon, which averages around 494 students.

Within Neah-Kah-Nie SD 56, which oversees 4 schools and 693 students, Neah-Kah-Nie Middle School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Neah-Kah-Nie Middle School lists that nearly all students (85%) are White. Beyond that, the school logs 10% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 19.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 77% of students at Neah-Kah-Nie Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Neah-Kah-Nie Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 32.8%; this one delivers 48.5%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Tillamook County indicate median household earnings sit near $69,105, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Tillamook County runs 12 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,220 students), of which Neah-Kah-Nie Middle School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Neah-Kah-Nie High School, around 0.1 miles off. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Neah-Kah-Nie Middle School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 36.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 16%: 193 students in 2018 compared to 163 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 80% to 85% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 16.8:1 in 2018 to 11.4:1 today.

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