North Beach Junior High School

North Beach Junior High School is one of the rural-scale 6-8 campuss in Ocean Shores, Washington, one of the schools within North Beach School District No. 64, with 95 students on its rolls from grades 7 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 577 students per school, that is 84% leaner than typical.

Within North Beach School District No. 64, which oversees 4 schools and 638 students, North Beach Junior High School is one campus in the system.

Demographically, North Beach Junior High School reports that 54% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder looks like 17% multiracial, 16% Hispanic, 11% Native American, 2% Black. The wider county runs roughly 79% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.9:1, putting North Beach Junior High School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 69% of students at North Beach Junior High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, North Beach Junior High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 33.6%; this one delivers 28.5%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Grays Harbor County put the typical household earns roughly $64,414 per year, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Grays Harbor County runs 46 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,564 students), of which North Beach Junior High School is one.

North Beach Senior High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, North Beach Junior High School comes 6th of 7 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 31.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at North Beach Junior High School has declined 11%, going from 107 students in 2018 to 95 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 69% to 54% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 14.7:1 in 2018 to 12.6:1 in 2025.

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