Sam Case Elementary

Sam Case Elementary is a primary school of mid-sized scale in Newport, Oregon, run under Lincoln County SD, teacheing 353 students in grades 3 through 5.

Lincoln County SD comprises 18 schools with combined enrollment of 4,832 students; Sam Case Elementary is among them.

Demographically, Sam Case Elementary shows that the largest single group is White at 48%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder breaks down as 40% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 3% Native American. By comparison, Lincoln County as a whole is about 81% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 16.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 90% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Lincoln County runs at roughly 99%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Sam Case Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 27.6%, the actual is 29.3%, a residual of +1.7 points.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Lincoln County indicate the typical household earns roughly $63,165 per year, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Sam Case Elementary is one of 18 public schools in Lincoln County (combined enrollment of about 4,832 students).

The closest other public school is Newport Middle School, roughly 0.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Sam Case Elementary comes 2nd of 4 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 29.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Sam Case Elementary has shrank 28%, going from 491 students in 2018 to 353 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 58% to 48% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 20.0:1 in 2018 to 16.1:1 today.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.