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Southern Oregon Success Academy School

Serves grades 6 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
345 Merlin Rd
Merlin, OR 97532
Phone
(541) 476-2524
District
Three Rivers/Josephine County SD
County
JOSEPHINE COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
Yes
Students Enrolled
252
Classroom Teachers
5

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Oregon

2

(10 is best)

Better than 11.5% of all OR schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

2

(10 is best)

Southern Oregon Success Academy School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 7

50 40 30 20 10 0
30%
37%
40%
44%
20%
30%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 8

50 40 30 20 10 0
6%
34%
7%
42%
4%
26%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 11

50 40 30 20 10 0
18%
33%
31%
46%
4%
21%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
50
19
18
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 6 4 1.6%
Grade 7 9 3.6%
Grade 8 26 10.3%
Grade 9 13 5.2%
Grade 10 35 13.9%
Grade 11 63 25.0%
Grade 12 102 40.5%
Total 252 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 84.2% 83.9% 63.6%
Black 0.0% 0.4% 2.6%
Hispanic 13.6% 13.3% 27.2%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.4% 0.5% 4.4%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 1.8% 1.9% 2.2%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 9.9% 52.3% 51.4%
Free lunch eligible 9.9% 52.0% 49.4%
Reduced lunch eligible 0.0% 0.2% 2.0%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 48,035 4,240,137
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 28.1 44
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 4.3% 5.1%
5-19 YEARS OLD 13.5% 17.6%
20-44 YEARS OLD 23.3% 34.2%
45-64 YEARS OLD 27.5% 24.8%
65 OR OLDER 31.5% 18.3%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 20,114 1,680,800
Single Parent Households With Children 5.6% 7.5%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 91.0% 91.6%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 18.8% 35.5%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 10.5% 19.6%
$100,000 - $149,999 13.6% 18.0%
$75,000 - $99,999 12.7% 13.4%
$50,000 - $74,999 17.4% 16.5%
$30,000 - $49,999 19.5% 14.4%
$15,000 - $29,999 15.8% 10.2%
$15,000 or less 10.5% 7.9%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,322 $33,183,000 46.2%
Support Expenditures
Student $574 $2,603,000 3.6%
Staff $843 $3,819,000 5.3%
General Administration $108 $489,000 0.7%
School Administration $1,286 $5,827,000 8.1%
Operation $1,448 $6,564,000 9.1%
Transportation $901 $4,083,000 5.7%
Other $1,194 $5,413,000 7.5%
Total Support $6,354 $28,798,000 40.1%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,161 $9,795,000 13.6%
Total Expenditures $15,838 $71,776,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,108 $4,480,175,000 42.8%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,236 $682,861,000 6.5%
Staff $567 $313,153,000 3.0%
General Administration $204 $112,811,000 1.1%
School Administration $916 $506,381,000 4.8%
Operation $1,083 $598,214,000 5.7%
Transportation $510 $281,831,000 2.7%
Other $1,047 $578,502,000 5.5%
Total Support $5,563 $3,073,753,000 29.4%
Non-instructional Expenditures $5,274 $2,914,323,000 27.8%
Total Expenditures $18,944 $10,468,251,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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