Enrollment
353
Elementary
DISTRICT 319 · STATE 321
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LINCOLN COUNTY SD·NCES 410750000660
Sam Case Elementary
459 NE 12th St, Newport, OR 97365 · (541) 265-8598 · Lincoln County
GRADES 03–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL353 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 42% of Oregon public elementary schools
- C+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.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.7:1 · STATE 16.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
318 students
DISTRICT 97% · 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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 119 | 34% |
| Grade 4 | 111 | 31% |
| Grade 5 | 123 | 35% |
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Sam Case Elementary→Newport Middle School
Based on grade levels within Lincoln County SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
OSAS 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
36.9%
OR avg 43.0% . -0.3pp since 2023
Math
22.3%
OR avg 31.8% . -3.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 22 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Oregon schools, those numbers are about 43 and 32. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 36.9% | 22.3% |
| 2023-24 | 37.2% | 25.9% |
% 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
29.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.6%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 28% 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 Sam Case Elementary
Sam Case Elementary's state test result (29.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Case Elementary this school | 353 | 90.1% | 29.3% |
| Cummings Elementary School Keizer | 397 | 88.9% | 18.1% |
| Oak Grove Elementary School Medford | 398 | 87.4% | 22.1% |
| Fairfield Elementary School Eugene | 381 | 87.4% | 30.8% |
| Wilson Elementary School Medford | 306 | 87.3% | 26.8% |
| Gubser Elementary School Keizer | 423 | 87.9% | 28.4% |
Matched among Oregon elementary 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 Sam Case Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Lincoln County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.3% | #375 of 591 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 22.3% | #495 of 646 ▼ 49 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.9% | #399 of 646 ▼ 17 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 353 | #304 of 710 | #2 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.1:1 | #205 of 587 | #5 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.5% | #142 of 587 | #2 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.1% | #147 of 645 | #3 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -28.1% | #101 of 493 | #3 of 6 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
353
-48 (-12%) vs 2020
-18% since 1990-91, when it was 429
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
was 18.2:1
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 | 353 | 22 | 16.1:1 | 90% (318) |
| 2023-24 | 373 | 22 | 16.9:1 | 66% (247) |
| 2022-23 | 386 | 24.7 | 15.7:1 | 70% (270) |
| 2020-21 | 401 | 22 | 18.2:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 491 | 24.6 | 20.0:1 | 55% (269) |
| 2015-16 | 428 | 19 | 22.5:1 | 55% (234) |
| 2010-11 | 339 | 17 | 19.9:1 | 66% (223) |
| 2000-01 | 311 | 15 | 20.7:1 | 54% (167) |
| 1990-91 | 429 | 23 | 18.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sam Case Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 28% (491 to 353); teachers down 10% (24.6 to 22).
About Sam Case Elementary
Sam Case Elementary is the name of a medium-sized elementary school in Newport, Oregon. The school counts 353 students across grades 3 through 5.
District-wide, Lincoln County SD has 18 schools and 4,832 students.
White students are the largest group at Sam Case Elementary, with 48% of enrollment. The remaining shares are 40% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 3% Native American. Lincoln County as a whole is about 81% White, so the school's share is lower. The chance that two students picked at random at Sam Case Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 60%.
Federal data list 22 full-time-equivalent teachers at Sam Case Elementary in 2024-25, for a ratio of 16.1:1. Elementary schools in Oregon have a similar average ratio of 16.5:1. The lunch program counts 90% of students at Sam Case Elementary as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Lincoln County is 99%.
The allk12 Grade for Sam Case Elementary is C+. Compared with Oregon public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 42% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Sam Case Elementary would score about 27.6%. It scores 29.3%, 1.7 points above that figure.
Across Lincoln County, median household income is about $63,165, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 29% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 11%. Sam Case Elementary is among the 18 public schools in Lincoln County.
Newport Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, 4 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 4 nearby schools with scores, Sam Case Elementary ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
The NCES locale for Sam Case Elementary is Town: Distant, which covers schools in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
The number of students declined from 401 to 353 over 4 years. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio fell from 18.2:1 to 16.1:1.
Conversations here can range across sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Lincoln County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
50,964
Census ACS
Median income
$63,165
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
18
4,832 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lincoln County SD
- Newport High SchoolHigh · 669 students
- Taft High SchoolHigh · 535 students
- Taft Elementary SchoolElementary · 464 students
- Newport Middle SchoolMiddle · 426 students
- Toledo Elementary SchoolElementary · 321 students
- Crestview Heights SchoolElementary · 264 students
Other schools in Newport
- Newport High SchoolHigh · 669 students
- Newport Middle SchoolMiddle · 426 students
- Yaquina View ElementaryElementary · 264 students
- Compass SchoolHigh · 19 students
Nearby schools
- Newport Middle School0.4 mi · 426
- Newport High School0.5 mi · 669
- Compass School0.5 mi · 19
- Yaquina View Elementary0.9 mi · 264
- Toledo Senior High School6.2 mi · 196
- Toledo Jr. High6.2 mi · 72
Frequently asked questions
About Sam Case ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Sam Case Elementary?
Sam Case Elementary enrolls approximately 353 students in grades 03-05.
Is Sam Case Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Sam Case Elementary is an elementary school covering grades 03-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Sam Case Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Sam Case Elementary is approximately 16.1:1 (22 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Sam Case Elementary?
At Sam Case Elementary, the student body is approximately 48% White, 40% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Sam Case Elementary public or private?
Sam Case Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Lincoln County SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.