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Alumni: what's one memory from Newberg Senior High School that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
1,244
High
DISTRICT 709 · STATE 630
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEWBERG SD 29J·NCES 410872001274
Newberg Senior High School
2400 Douglas Rd, Newberg, OR 97132 · (503) 554-4400 · Yamhill County
GRADES 09–12HIGH31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,244 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 66% of Oregon public high schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Oregon public high schools
Student : Teacher
20.6:1
60 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 35.0:1 · STATE 19.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
594 students
DISTRICT 61% · STATE 76%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 302 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 333 | 27% |
| Grade 11 | 305 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 304 | 24% |
Student demographics
47%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 59% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
OSAS 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
56.4%
OR avg 43.0% . +2.8pp since 2023
Math
27.2%
OR avg 31.8% . +4.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 27 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 56.4% | 27.2% |
| 2023-24 | 53.6% | 22.5% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
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
38.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.0%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 →
Schools most like Newberg Senior High School
Newberg Senior High School's state test result (38.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newberg Senior High School this school | 1,244 | 47.7% | 38.7% |
| Bend Senior High School Bend | 1,204 | 48.3% | 21.4% |
| Silverton High School Silverton | 1,262 | 50.2% | 35.0% |
| Mountain View Senior High School Bend | 1,161 | 48.9% | 36.0% |
| Wilsonville High School Wilsonville | 1,258 | 42.9% | 40.1% |
| Estacada High School Estacada | 558 | 47.7% | 29.4% |
Matched among Oregon high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Newberg Senior High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Yamhill County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.7% | #40 of 177 | #2 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.2% | #46 of 194 ▲ 15 | #1 of 8 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.4% | #38 of 201 ▲ 12 | #2 of 8 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,244 | #57 of 257 | #2 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.6:1 | #108 of 171 | #5 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.7% | #87 of 171 | #4 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 47.7% | #185 of 207 | #8 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.2% | #10 of 102 | #1 of 6 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,244
-209 (-14%) vs 2020
+10% since 1990-91, when it was 1,131
Student : Teacher
20.6:1
was 21.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,244 | 60.3 | 20.6:1 | 48% (594) |
| 2023-24 | 1,221 | 59.4 | 20.6:1 | 37% (457) |
| 2022-23 | 1,389 | 59.1 | 23.5:1 | 31% (433) |
| 2020-21 | 1,453 | 68 | 21.4:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 1,619 | 76.8 | 21.1:1 | 26% (418) |
| 2015-16 | 1,593 | 76 | 21.0:1 | 34% (543) |
| 2010-11 | 1,642 | 76 | 21.6:1 | 36% (598) |
| 2000-01 | 1,551 | 68 | 22.8:1 | 15% (233) |
| 1990-91 | 1,131 | 56 | 20.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Newberg Senior High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 23% (1,619 to 1,244); teachers down 21% (76.8 to 60.3).
About Newberg Senior High School
Students in Newberg, Oregon, attend Newberg Senior High School, a large high school. The school serves 1,244 students in grades 9 through 12 in 2024-25. For comparison, high schools in Oregon average about 630 students.
Newberg SD 29J has 10 schools; together they serve 4,028 students.
Roughly 68% of students at Newberg Senior High School are White. Other reported shares: 25% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. Yamhill County's residents are about 77% White, 9 points above the school's share. The school's diversity index is 47%, meaning two students picked at random have a 47% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Newberg Senior High School operates with 60.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 20.6:1. That is higher than the 19.8:1 average for high schools in Oregon. About 48% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. The gap from the 77% average for public schools in Yamhill County is 29 points.
Measured against Oregon public high schools, Newberg Senior High School receives a B+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 44.0% for Newberg Senior High School. The school posts 38.7%, 5.4 points below the prediction.
Newberg Senior High School is located in Yamhill County, where the median household income is $90,063, about 30% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Besides Newberg Senior High School, Yamhill County has 33 other public schools.
Mabel Rush Elementary School is the closest public school, about 0.2 miles away in a straight line. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Nearby schools with test data average 38.6% proficiency; Newberg Senior High School posts 38.7%.
NCES lists the school's locale as Town: Fringe. That means it sits in a town close to an urbanized area.
2024-25 enrollment was 1,244, a 14% decrease from 1,453 in 2020-21.
Discussions about Newberg Senior High School may include science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Yamhill County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
108,734
Census ACS
Median income
$90,063
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
34
14,724 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Newberg SD 29J
- Mountain View Middle SchoolMiddle · 507 students
- Edwards Elementary SchoolElementary · 426 students
- Chehalem Valley Middle SchoolMiddle · 422 students
- Mabel Rush Elementary SchoolElementary · 378 students
- Antonia Crater Elementary SchoolElementary · 295 students
- Dundee Elementary SchoolElementary · 216 students
Other schools in Newberg
- Mountain View Middle SchoolMiddle · 507 students
- Edwards Elementary SchoolElementary · 426 students
- Chehalem Valley Middle SchoolMiddle · 422 students
- Mabel Rush Elementary SchoolElementary · 378 students
- Antonia Crater Elementary SchoolElementary · 295 students
- Joan Austin Elementary SchoolElementary · 195 students
Nearby schools
- Mabel Rush Elementary School0.2 mi · 378
- Catalyst High School0.2 mi · 173
- Mountain View Middle School0.3 mi · 507
- Joan Austin Elementary School0.7 mi · 195
- Edwards Elementary School1.4 mi · 426
- Antonia Crater Elementary School1.5 mi · 295
Frequently asked questions
About Newberg Senior High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Newberg Senior High School?
Newberg Senior High School enrolls approximately 1,244 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Newberg Senior High School serve?
Newberg Senior High School serves grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Newberg Senior High School have?
Newberg Senior High School employs 60 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.6:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Newberg Senior High School?
At Newberg Senior High School, the student body is approximately 68% White, 25% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Newberg Senior High School in?
Newberg Senior High School is part of Newberg SD 29J.
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