Taft Elementary School

As a mid-sized elementary campus in Lincoln City, Oregon, Taft Elementary School caters to 464 students from grades 3 through 6, operated by Lincoln County SD. Compared to the state average of about 321 students per school, that is 45% bigger than typical.

Lincoln County SD runs 18 schools in total, collectively educating 4,832 students. Taft Elementary School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Taft Elementary School shows that 58% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 27% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 3% Native American. By comparison, Lincoln County as a whole is about 81% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Taft Elementary School logs 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 16.5:1 average. Roughly 91% of students at Taft Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Taft Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 27.3%, the actual is 19.6%, a residual of -7.7 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Lincoln County indicate median household income runs about $63,165, about 29% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Taft Elementary School is one of 18 public schools in Lincoln County (combined enrollment of about 4,832 students).

Taft Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Taft Elementary School comes 4th of 4 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 26.1%.

Taft Elementary School operates from a town-center location.

Looking at the recent track record. Taft Elementary School's enrollment has shrank 13% since 2018, when it stood at 535 (now 464). Over the same period, the White share contracted from 66% to 58%. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 18.6:1 in 2018 to 19.8:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.