Fossil Charter School
Fossil · OR · Fossil SD 21J · Public charter · K-12 combined
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Condon High School → Spray School → Mitchell School → Ione Community Charter School → Heppner Junior/Senior High School → Monument School → Sherman County School → South Wasco County Middle/High School →📋 At a glance
- ✅ Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 22% of US high schools
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Fossil Charter School compares for families
What families should know about Fossil Charter School.
- ▸ LocallyOR sits right at the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math — local school quality will set your kid apart.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Condon High School, Spray School, Mitchell School and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
👩🏫 Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
Chronic absenteeism
Why this matters to enrollment: A low chronic-absence rate is the cleanest school-level signal of strong family connection, classroom culture, and student engagement — all upstream drivers of enrollment stability. For school leaders: an Enrollment Trend Audit traces this dynamic forward →
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2024 total enrollment.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +20.2%/year, projecting from 2024's 2,494 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue upside
At $10,511 per student in district revenue, the 3,764 students projected to be gained by 2029 represent ≈ $39,563,404/year in additional funding.
District total revenue ÷ enrollment, NCES F-33. Public funding largely follows enrollment, so a shrinking class is a recurring budget hit.
Nearby high schools — the local competition
The closest high schools families here also consider, and where their enrollment is heading.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Condon High School Condon |
Public | 16.0 | 46 | — |
| Spray School Spray |
Public | 23.6 | 30 | — |
| Mitchell School Mitchell |
Public | 30.4 | 22 | — |
| Ione Community Charter School Ione |
Public · charter | 39.2 | 37 | — |
| Heppner Junior/Senior High School Heppner |
Public | 40.2 | 114 | +11.8% |
| Monument School Monument |
Public | 40.8 | 19 | — |
| Sherman County School Moro |
Public | 41.5 | 71 | +4.4% |
| South Wasco County Middle/High School Maupin |
Public | 44.1 | 77 | +16.7% |