Yaquina View Elementary

As a close-knit elementary campus in Newport, Oregon, Yaquina View Elementary educates 264 students from grades K through 2, overseen by Lincoln County SD.

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

Looking at the student body, Yaquina View Elementary lists that the most-represented group is White (48%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest breaks down as 40% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 2% Native American. By comparison, Lincoln County as a whole is about 81% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.7:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.5:1 average. Roughly 91% of students at Yaquina View Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Lincoln County put the typical household earns roughly $63,165 per year, about 29% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Yaquina View Elementary is one of 18 public schools in Lincoln County (combined enrollment of about 4,832 students).

Nearest neighbor: Compass School, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools.

Yaquina View Elementary operates from a town-based location.

Five-year trend. Yaquina View Elementary's enrollment has declined 40% since 2018, when it stood at 437 (now 264). White enrollment moved from 56% to 48% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 19.9:1 in 2018 to 14.7:1 in 2025.

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