Tillamook Junior High School

Tillamook Junior High School, an intimate 6-8 campus in Tillamook, Oregon, overseen by Tillamook SD 9, educates 318 students, covering grades 7 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 36% below the state mean of about 494.

Tillamook Junior High School is one of 5 schools operated by Tillamook SD 9, a district that instructs 2,014 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Tillamook Junior High School reports that White students make up the majority at 63%; the rest looks like 28% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 84% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Tillamook Junior High School has 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.9:1. The state averages around 19.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 84% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, Tillamook Junior High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 30.0%, the actual is 31.3%, a residual of +1.3 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Tillamook County indicate median household income runs about $69,105, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Tillamook Junior High School is one of 12 public schools in Tillamook County (combined enrollment of about 3,220 students).

Nearest neighbor: East Elementary School, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around Tillamook Junior High School. On composite proficiency, Tillamook Junior High School comes 5th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 35.7%.

The campus sits in a town-based setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Tillamook Junior High School's enrollment has declined 6% since 2018, when it stood at 340 (now 318). The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 18.5:1 in 2018 to 15.9:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.