Helix Charter School
Helix · OR · Helix SD 1 · Public charter · K-12 combined
Similar nearby schools
Most similar nearby schools
Weston-McEwen High School → Nixyaawii Community School → McLoughlin High School → Pendleton High School → Pilot Rock High School → Echo School → Stanfield Secondary School → Hermiston High School →📋 At a glance
- ✅ Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 25% of US high schools
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 13% by test-taker volume
- 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 75% (Bottom 21% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Helix Charter School compares for families
What families should know about Helix 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: Weston-McEwen High School, Nixyaawii Community School, McLoughlin High School and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
For Parents
Follow Helix Charter School
Get an email when Helix Charter School's numbers change — new admissions results, enrollment shifts, test scores. A few updates a year, no spam.
SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Bottom 13% 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 21% 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.
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 +5.5%/year, projecting from 2024's 190 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weston-McEwen High School Athena |
Public | 8.5 | 173 | -22.4% |
| Nixyaawii Community School Pendleton |
Public · charter | 12.9 | 89 | +0.0% |
| McLoughlin High School Milton-Freewater |
Public | 13.9 | 449 | -7.0% |
| Pendleton High School Pendleton |
Public | 14.1 | 763 | -10.0% |
| Pilot Rock High School Pilot Rock |
Public | 26.8 | 109 | +9.0% |
| Echo School Echo |
Public | 26.9 | 95 | +21.8% |
| Stanfield Secondary School Stanfield |
Public | 27.8 | 147 | -19.2% |
| Hermiston High School Hermiston |
Public | 30.8 | 1,705 | +0.5% |