Academy for Character Education
Cottage Grove · OR · South Lane SD 45J3 · Public charter · K-12 combined
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Cottage Grove High School → Al Kennedy High School → Creswell High School → Childs Way Charter School → Pleasant Hill High School → Willamette Leadership Academy → Oak Hill School → TEACH-NW →📋 At a glance
- 📚 6 AP courses offered — Moderate
- ✅ Gifted & talented program
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 50% of US high schools
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Academy for Character Education compares for families
Solid mid-tier academic profile.
- ▸ 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: Cottage Grove High School, Al Kennedy High School, Creswell High School and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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🎓 Academic rigor
AP + advanced-course offerings
Moderate — some AP / advanced course access
Bottom 50% of US high schools
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 · 2020-21Source: 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 +2.5%/year, projecting from 2024's 354 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue upside
At $16,844 per student in district revenue, the 46 students projected to be gained by 2029 represent ≈ $774,824/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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cottage Grove High School Cottage Grove |
Public | 0.7 | 640 | -10.5% |
| Al Kennedy High School Cottage Grove |
Public | 3.2 | 62 | -23.5% |
| Creswell High School Creswell |
Public | 9.4 | 342 | -6.3% |
| Childs Way Charter School Dorena |
Public · charter | 12.4 | 58 | — |
| Pleasant Hill High School Pleasant Hill |
Public | 13.5 | 302 | -3.5% |
| Willamette Leadership Academy Springfield |
Public · charter | 14.3 | 142 | +32.7% |
| Oak Hill School Eugene |
Private | 15.1 | 167 | -22.7% |
| TEACH-NW Eugene |
Public · charter | 15.1 | 157 | +21.7% |