Southern Oregon Success Academy
Merlin · OR · Three Rivers/Josephine County SD · Public · K-12 combined
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North Valley High School → Grants Pass High School → New Bridge High School → GPFLEX School → Gladiola High School → New Hope Christian Schools → Rogue River Junior/Senior High → Rivers Edge Academy Charter School →📋 At a glance
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 6% of US high schools
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Southern Oregon Success Academy compares for families
What families should know about Southern Oregon Success Academy.
- ▸ 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: North Valley High School, Grants Pass High School, New Bridge High 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.
🏛️ Federal Title I context
High-poverty school
Title I Schoolwide eligible
≥75% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. These schools qualify for the highest tier of federal Title I funding and typically receive extra wraparound services. Academic outcomes vary widely — check the state assessment + grad-rate tiles.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
Chronic absenteeism
Why this matters to enrollment: Chronic absence is the most reliable early indicator that a student will leave a school — either by transferring out, dropping out, or matriculating to a charter or private alternative. At this level, today's absentees become next year's enrollment loss and the year-after's revenue loss. 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 +5.6%/year, projecting from 2024's 213 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue upside
At $17,251 per student in district revenue, the 66 students projected to be gained by 2029 represent ≈ $1,138,566/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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Valley High School Grants Pass |
Public | 2.5 | 424 | -7.0% |
| Grants Pass High School Grants Pass |
Public | 7.1 | 1,658 | -2.8% |
| New Bridge High School Grants Pass |
Public | 8.3 | 34 | — |
| GPFLEX School Grants Pass |
Public | 8.8 | 134 | +13.6% |
| Gladiola High School Grants Pass |
Public | 8.8 | 158 | +24.4% |
| New Hope Christian Schools Grants Pass |
Private | 11.1 | 312 | +63.4% |
| Rogue River Junior/Senior High Rogue River |
Public | 13.4 | 237 | +11.8% |
| Rivers Edge Academy Charter School Rogue River |
Public · charter | 13.6 | 69 | -8.0% |