Enrollment
336
Elementary
DISTRICT 249 · STATE 321
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NESTUCCA VALLEY SD 101J·NCES 410870001077
Nestucca K8
36925 Hwy 101 S, Cloverdale, OR 97112 · (503) 392-3194 · Tillamook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL336 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.7:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.8:1 · STATE 16.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
315 students
DISTRICT 94% · STATE 76%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Nestucca K8→Nestucca High School
Based on grade levels within Nestucca Valley SD 101J. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
OSAS 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
30.8%
OR avg 43.0% . -2.8pp since 2023
Math
11.5%
OR avg 31.8% . -1.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 12 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Oregon schools, those numbers are about 43 and 32. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
Source: OSAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
19.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.2%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 20% 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%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
336
+96 (+40%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
17.7:1
was 21.8:1
% White
64%
was 70%
% Hispanic
26%
was 22%
% Black
0%
was 0%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Nestucca K8
As an average-sized K-5 school in Cloverdale, Oregon, Nestucca K8 teaches 336 students from grades pre-K through 8, operated by Nestucca Valley SD 101J.
Nestucca K8 is one of 2 schools operated by Nestucca Valley SD 101J, a district that enrolls 498 students overall.
In terms of who attends, Nestucca K8 lists that White students make up the majority at 64%. The remainder breaks down as 26% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 84% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.
Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Nestucca K8 has 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.5:1, putting Nestucca K8 higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 94% of students at Nestucca K8 qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Tillamook County (around 82%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Nestucca K8 performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 26.2%, the actual is 19.9%, a residual of -6.3 points.
Across the wider county, Tillamook County reports that the typical household earns roughly $69,105 per year, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Tillamook County runs 12 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,220 students), of which Nestucca K8 is one.
Nestucca High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.3 miles from this campus. On composite proficiency, Nestucca K8 comes 4th of 5 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 30.6%.
The campus sits in a rural setting.
Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 40%: 240 students in 2018 compared to 336 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 70% to 64%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 21.8:1 in 2018 to 17.7:1 today.
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Tillamook County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
27,496
Census ACS
Median income
$69,105
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
12
3,220 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Nearby schools
- Nestucca High School1.3 mi · 162
- Oceanlake Elementary School15.1 mi · 246
- South Prairie Elementary School15.7 mi · 287
- Lincoln City Career Technical High School16.6 mi · 38
- Trask River High School17.2 mi · 15
- Taft High School18.1 mi · 535
Frequently asked questions
About Nestucca K8How large is Nestucca K8?
Nestucca K8 enrolls approximately 336 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Nestucca K8 serve?
Nestucca K8 serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many teachers does Nestucca K8 have?
Nestucca K8 employs 19 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.7:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Nestucca K8?
At Nestucca K8, the student body is approximately 64% White, 26% Hispanic, 7% Two or more.
Is Nestucca K8 public or private?
Nestucca K8 is a public K-12 school, overseen by Nestucca Valley SD 101J.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.