Oregon Charter Academy
Mill City · OR · Santiam Canyon SD 129J · Public charter · K-12 combined
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Santiam Junior/Senior High School → Stayton High School → North Santiam Options Academy → Scio High School → Willamette Connections Academy → Cascade Opportunity Center → Cascade Senior High School → Silverton High School →📋 At a glance
- 📚 6 AP courses offered — Strong
- 🔢 1 calculus classes · 1 physics · 2 chemistry
- 🎓 AP rigor: 64th percentile nationally
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 20% by test-taker volume
- 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 62% (Bottom 12% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Oregon Charter Academy compares for families
Solid mid-tier academic profile.
- ▸ StatewideAP rigor at the 64th percentile nationally with 6 AP courses.
- ▸ 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: Santiam Junior/Senior High School, Stayton High School, North Santiam Options Academy and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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🎓 Academic rigor
AP + advanced-course offerings
Strong — solid AP program + advanced courses
64th percentile nationally
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). CRDC reports what's offered + enrolled — it doesn't collect AP exam pass rates (College Board owns that data and doesn't release it school-level).
SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Bottom 20% by test-taker volume
Source: 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.
🎓 4-year graduation rate · federal EDFacts
What % of students graduate on time?
Bottom 12% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate
Source: federal EDFacts ACGR (Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate), 2019 vintage via Urban Institute. EDFacts publishes a range (low-high) to preserve privacy on small cohorts; we display the midpoint.
👩🏫 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.
Counselor capacity
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of -4.5%/year, projecting from 2024's 2,345 students:
≈ 485 fewer students by 2029 — a real revenue/relevance risk worth getting ahead of.
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue at risk
At $12,288 per student in district revenue, the 485 students projected to be lost by 2029 represent ≈ $5,959,680/year in funding at risk.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Santiam Junior/Senior High School Mill City |
Public | 0.5 | 169 | -3.4% |
| Stayton High School Stayton |
Public | 15.7 | 669 | -3.5% |
| North Santiam Options Academy Stayton |
Public | 15.7 | 85 | +28.8% |
| Scio High School Scio |
Public | 18.1 | 227 | -1.3% |
| Willamette Connections Academy Scio |
Public · charter | 18.3 | 620 | +58.6% |
| Cascade Opportunity Center Aumsville |
Public | 19.2 | 83 | -17.0% |
| Cascade Senior High School Turner |
Public | 21.3 | 795 | +12.8% |
| Silverton High School Silverton |
Public | 23.3 | 1,262 | +1.5% |