Enrollment
279
High
DISTRICT 308 · STATE 630
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·YAMHILL CARLTON SD 1·NCES 410001601288
Yamhill Carlton High School
275 N Maple St, Yamhill, OR 97148 · (503) 852-7600 · Yamhill County
GRADES 09–12HIGH42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL279 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 73% of Oregon public high schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
16.7:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.9:1 · STATE 19.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
51%
141 students
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 76%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 66 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 70 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 71 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 72 | 26% |
Student demographics
34%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 33% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Yamhill Carlton SD 1. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
OSAS 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
66.0%
OR avg 43.0% . +5.3pp since 2023
Math
19.2%
OR avg 31.8% . -7.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 66 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 up about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 7 points.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 66.0% | 19.2% |
| 2023-24 | 60.7% | 26.4% |
% 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
40.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.0%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 Yamhill Carlton High School
Yamhill Carlton High School's state test result (40.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yamhill Carlton High School this school | 279 | 50.5% | 40.7% |
| Clackamas Academy of Industrial Sciences Oregon City | 325 | 53.5% | 25.8% |
| Sisters High School Sisters | 419 | 51.6% | 31.0% |
| Philomath High School Philomath | 453 | 49.0% | 64.1% |
| Pleasant Hill High School Pleasant Hill | 530 | 52.8% | 24.3% |
| LaPine Senior High School LaPine | 440 | 48.6% | 18.1% |
Matched among Oregon high 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 Yamhill Carlton High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Yamhill County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.7% | #37 of 177 | #1 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.2% | #84 of 194 ▼ 34 | #3 of 8 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.0% | #20 of 201 ▲ 12 | #1 of 8 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 279 | #148 of 257 | #4 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.7:1 | #37 of 171 | #3 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 33.7% | #149 of 171 | #7 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.5% | #171 of 207 | #7 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.1% | #48 of 102 | #3 of 6 |
Ranked against other public high 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
279
-4 (-1%) vs 2020
-40% since 2000-01, when it was 464
Student : Teacher
16.7:1
was 18.9:1
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 | 279 | 16.7 | 16.7:1 | 51% (141) |
| 2023-24 | 288 | 17.8 | 16.2:1 | 30% (86) |
| 2022-23 | 292 | 17.9 | 16.3:1 | 28% (82) |
| 2020-21 | 283 | 15 | 18.9:1 | 98% (278) |
| 2017-18 | 307 | 16.2 | 19.0:1 | 36% (110) |
| 2015-16 | 352 | 16 | 22.0:1 | 39% (136) |
| 2010-11 | 423 | 19 | 22.3:1 | 41% (175) |
| 2000-01 | 464 | 23 | 20.2:1 | 20% (92) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Yamhill Carlton High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (307 to 279); teachers up 3% (16.2 to 16.7).
About Yamhill Carlton High School
Yamhill Carlton High School is a low-enrollment high school with its address in Yamhill, Oregon. Its enrollment is 279 students, spread over grades 9 through 12. On average, high schools in Oregon enroll around 630, and this school is 56% below that mark.
Yamhill Carlton SD 1 enrolls 924 students, and its 3 schools include Yamhill Carlton High School.
The share of White students at Yamhill Carlton High School is 80%, a majority. Other students are 11% Hispanic and 5% multiracial. Census estimates put Yamhill County at about 77% White, close to the school's figure. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 34%.
Teacher count: 16.7 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 16.7:1. The gap from the 19.8:1 average for high schools in Oregon is 3.1 students per teacher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 51%. The gap from the 77% average for public schools in Yamhill County is 26 points.
Yamhill Carlton High School earns a B+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 73% of Oregon public high schools.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 43.0% for Yamhill Carlton High School. The school posts 40.7%, 2.3 points below the prediction.
Census data for Yamhill County show median household income comes to about $90,063, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 30%, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. The county has 34 public schools and about 14,724 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Yamhill Carlton Intermediate School, is about 0.1 miles. Around the school, 2 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, Yamhill Carlton High School ranks 3rd in a group of 9 nearby schools.
Its location is classified as Rural: Distant by the National Center for Education Statistics.
There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (283) to 2024-25 (279). Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 16.7:1, from 18.9:1.
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Yamhill County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
108,734
Census ACS
Median income
$90,063
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
34
14,724 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Yamhill Carlton SD 1
- Yamhill Carlton Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 369 students
- Yamhill Carlton Elementary SchoolElementary · 276 students
Nearby schools
- Yamhill Carlton Intermediate School0.1 mi · 369
- Yamhill Carlton Elementary School3.7 mi · 276
- Ewing Young Elementary School6.4 mi · 172
- Gaston Elementary School6.7 mi · 228
- Gaston Jr/Sr High School6.7 mi · 246
- Grandhaven Elementary School7.7 mi · 446
Frequently asked questions
About Yamhill Carlton High SchoolHow large is Yamhill Carlton High School?
Yamhill Carlton High School enrolls approximately 279 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Yamhill Carlton High School serve?
Yamhill Carlton High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Yamhill Carlton High School?
Approximately 16.7:1 students per teacher at Yamhill Carlton High School.
How diverse is Yamhill Carlton High School?
Yamhill Carlton High School reports a student body of 80% White, 11% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Yamhill Carlton High School?
Yamhill Carlton High School is overseen by Yamhill Carlton SD 1 in Yamhill County.
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