Ocean Crest Elementary School

Ocean Crest Elementary School is one of the close-knit elementary schools in Bandon, Oregon, part of Bandon SD 54, with 240 students on its rolls from grades K through 4. By comparison, Oregon's public schools average about 321 students each, so Ocean Crest Elementary School sits 25% below that benchmark.

Bandon SD 54 comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 647 students; Ocean Crest Elementary School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Ocean Crest Elementary School reports that the largest single group is White, at 76% of enrollment. Other groups include 15% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 84%.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.5:1 average. Around 88% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is above Coos County's rate of about 72%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Ocean Crest Elementary School ranks in the top 10% of Oregon public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 28.3%; Ocean Crest Elementary School posts 48.9%, +20.6 points above that line.

Zooming out to the county, Coos County reports that median household earnings sit near $62,143, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. Across Coos County's 28 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,218 students), Ocean Crest Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Harbor Lights Middle School, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Ocean Crest Elementary School. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Ocean Crest Elementary School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 33.0%.

Ocean Crest Elementary School operates from a town-center location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Ocean Crest Elementary School has stayed largely flat, going from 243 students in 2018 to 240 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked up from 70% to 76% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 18.7:1 in 2018 to 15.1:1 in 2025.

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