Yamhill Carlton High School

Yamhill Carlton High School, a small secondary school in Yamhill, Oregon, operated by Yamhill Carlton SD 1, works with 279 students, covering grades 9 through 12. That puts it 56% below the typical public school in Oregon, which averages around 630 students.

Yamhill Carlton SD 1 comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 924 students; Yamhill Carlton High School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Yamhill Carlton High School logs that 80% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder breaks down as 11% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. Compared to Yamhill County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 19.8:1 average. About 51% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is south of Yamhill County's rate of about 77%.

After controlling for student poverty, Yamhill Carlton High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 43.0%, the actual is 40.7%, a residual of -2.3 points.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Yamhill County) records that median household income runs about $90,063, roughly 30% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Yamhill County runs 34 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,724 students), of which Yamhill Carlton High School is one.

Yamhill Carlton Intermediate School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Yamhill Carlton High School. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Yamhill Carlton High School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 38.5%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 9%: 307 students in 2018 compared to 279 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 85% to 80% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 19.0:1 in 2018 to 16.7:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, members of the Yamhill Carlton High School community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.