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Enrollment
464
Elementary
DISTRICT 319 · STATE 321
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LINCOLN COUNTY SD·NCES 410750000655
Taft Elementary School
4040 High School Dr, Lincoln City, OR 97367 · (541) 996-2136 · Lincoln County
GRADES 03–06ELEMENTARY33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL464 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 15% of Oregon public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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
19.8:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.7:1 · STATE 16.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
422 students
DISTRICT 97% · STATE 76%
Community
1
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 | 114 | 25% |
| Grade 4 | 115 | 25% |
| Grade 5 | 104 | 22% |
| Grade 6 | 131 | 28% |
Student demographics
58%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
Test scores
OSAS 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
27.0%
OR avg 43.0% . -1.7pp since 2023
Math
18.7%
OR avg 31.8% . +0.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 27.0% | 18.7% |
| 2023-24 | 28.7% | 17.8% |
% 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
19.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.3%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 20% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 27% 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 Taft Elementary School
Taft Elementary School's state test result (19.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taft Elementary School this school | 464 | 90.9% | 19.6% |
| Monmouth Elementary School Monmouth | 468 | 92.9% | 31.3% |
| Ferguson Elementary School Klamath Falls | 524 | 93.7% | 41.6% |
| Shasta Elementary School Klamath Falls | 505 | 93.3% | 31.6% |
| Battle Creek Elementary School Salem | 426 | 89.2% | 23.1% |
| Peterson Elementary School Klamath Falls | 573 | 92.3% | 25.9% |
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 Taft Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Lincoln County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 19.6% | #519 of 591 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.7% | #545 of 646 ▲ 12 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.0% | #534 of 646 ▼ 26 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 464 | #104 of 710 | #1 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.8:1 | #520 of 587 | #6 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.6% | #193 of 587 | #4 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.9% | #137 of 645 | #1 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.3% | #356 of 493 | #6 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
464
-19 (-4%) vs 2020
+60% since 1990-91, when it was 290
Student : Teacher
19.8:1
was 18.6:1
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 | 464 | 23.5 | 19.8:1 | 91% (422) |
| 2023-24 | 458 | 25 | 18.3:1 | 67% (305) |
| 2022-23 | 453 | 27.7 | 16.4:1 | 71% (320) |
| 2020-21 | 483 | 26 | 18.6:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 535 | 28.8 | 18.6:1 | 75% (400) |
| 2015-16 | 550 | 28 | 19.6:1 | 75% (412) |
| 2010-11 | 416 | 19 | 21.9:1 | 78% (325) |
| 2000-01 | 354 | 24 | 14.8:1 | 78% (275) |
| 1990-91 | 290 | 15 | 19.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Taft Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (535 to 464); teachers down 19% (28.8 to 23.5).
About Taft Elementary School
Taft Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school with its address in Lincoln City, Oregon. The school counted 464 students in 2024-25, covering grades 3 through 6. That puts enrollment 45% bigger than the 321-student average for elementary schools in Oregon.
Lincoln County SD runs Taft Elementary School along with 17 other schools, enrolling 4,832 students in total.
More than half of the students at Taft Elementary School are White (58%). The rest of enrollment is 27% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, and 3% Native American. Census estimates put the White share of Lincoln County's population at about 81%. The diversity index for Taft Elementary School is 58%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Taft Elementary School has a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.8:1, with 23.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Oregon, 16.5:1, is lower. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 91% at Taft Elementary School.
Among Oregon public elementary schools, Taft Elementary School outscored 15%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
Taft Elementary School's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (19.6%) and its predicted rate (27.3%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Oregon schools.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Lincoln County show that the median household earns about $63,165 a year, about 29% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 11%. Across Lincoln County, 18 public schools serve about 4,832 students.
Taft Middle School is the nearest public school to Taft Elementary School, less than a tenth of a mile away. Taft Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with 4 others within five miles. Taft Elementary School comes in 4th of 4 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Under the NCES locale system, Taft Elementary School is Town: Remote.
Over 4 years, enrollment decreased by 19 students, from 483 to 464. Federal data show the ratio rising from 18.6:1 to 19.8:1.
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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
- Newport Middle SchoolMiddle · 426 students
- Sam Case ElementaryElementary · 353 students
- Toledo Elementary SchoolElementary · 321 students
- Crestview Heights SchoolElementary · 264 students
Other schools in Lincoln City
- Taft High SchoolHigh · 535 students
- Oceanlake Elementary SchoolElementary · 246 students
- Taft Middle SchoolMiddle · 235 students
- Lincoln City Career Technical High SchoolHigh · 38 students
Other Taft Elementary schools
12 other US public schools in 10 states are named Taft Elementary. Taft Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 13.
- TAFT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWASHINGTONVILLE, NY · 522 students
- Taft Elementary SchoolMESA, AZ · 491 students
- Taft ElementaryStockton, CA · 449 students
- Taft Elementary SchoolJoliet, IL · 424 students
- Taft ElementarySanta Ana, CA · 408 students
Nearby schools
- Taft Middle School0.0 mi · 235
- Taft High School0.2 mi · 535
- Lincoln City Career Technical High School1.8 mi · 38
- Oceanlake Elementary School3.2 mi · 246
- Siletz Valley Schools15.4 mi · 235
- Nestucca K818.3 mi · 336
Frequently asked questions
About Taft Elementary SchoolHow large is Taft Elementary School?
Taft Elementary School enrolls approximately 464 students in grades 03-06.
What age range does Taft Elementary School serve?
Taft Elementary School serves students from grade 03 through grade 06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Taft Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Taft Elementary School is approximately 19.8:1 (23 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Taft Elementary School?
At Taft Elementary School, the student body is approximately 58% White, 27% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is Taft Elementary School public or private?
Taft Elementary School 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.