NCES CCD 2024-25 12 schools OR

Best-Resourced Schools in Oregon City, OR

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12 public K-12 schools in Oregon City from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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12
Schools
6,706
Students
33.4/100
Avg Resource Index
21.6:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Lean reported-resource profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Oregon City has more public-school enrollment than 68% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Oregon City's average Resource Investment Index falls in the lower portion of the 4,487-city comparison set. The index is a resource snapshot, not an academic grade: it reflects the federal staffing, counselor, gifted-program, and attendance fields available for local campuses. The most useful next step is to open the individual schools below and identify which component is pulling each score down, because the same city average can hide very different campus-level constraints.

The school portfolio is elementary-weighted

6 of Oregon City's 12 listed schools are elementary campuses. That composition means citywide enrollment and staffing averages are influenced more by early-grade operating patterns than by the city's 2 middle and 2 high-school records. Families comparing later grades should rely on those individual rows rather than the all-school mean.

Governance mix is central to a fair comparison

4 of 12 listed Oregon City campuses are reported as charters, so district-run and charter records occupy substantial shares of the same city view. They may follow different governance, enrollment, and program structures even when their mailing city matches. The 52-point gap between Oregon City Service Learning Academy and Holcomb Elementary School should be read within that context, not as a single-system league table. Check charter status and district affiliation before comparing two nearby schools, and verify current admissions rules with the operator.

City enrollment
Top 32%
School count
Top 31%
Resource Index average
20th percentile
Teacher staffing
10th percentile

Oregon City Senior High School accounts for 29.0% of all Oregon City public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Oregon City-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Oregon City school enrollment varies 18× across entities

Oregon City school enrollment ranges from 111 students (lowest) to 1,944 students (highest), a spread of 1,833 students. That spread reflects typical urban portfolio variation between specialty programs and large neighbourhood schools. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Oregon City student-teacher ratio is 21.6:1 — high (typically associated with larger urban scale or staffing constraints that have widened the headcount gap)

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

4 of Oregon City's 12 listed schools are charters

33% of the city's listed public-school campuses are reported as charter schools in NCES CCD. Charter status identifies a different governance arrangement; it does not establish admissions availability, academic quality, or the share of city students enrolled in those campuses. Open each school record to compare enrollment and staffing directly.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

# School Score
1. Oregon City Service Learning Academy 70
2. Alliance Charter Academy 46
3. Clackamas Academy of Industrial Sciences 42
4. Carus School 36
5. Oregon City Senior High School 35
6. Gardiner Middle School 31
7. Gaffney Lane Elementary School 28
8. John Mcloughlin Elementary School 26
9. Tumwata Middle School 25
10. Redland Elementary School 23
11. Springwater Environmental Sciences School 21
12. Holcomb Elementary School 18

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Oregon City

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Gardiner Middle School 50.4/100
  2. 2 Oregon City Service Learning Academy 47.0/100
  3. 3 Gaffney Lane Elementary School 46.7/100
  4. 4 Oregon City Senior High School 46.0/100
  5. 5 Holcomb Elementary School 42.4/100

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Which Oregon City school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Oregon City Service Learning Academy has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Oregon City schools in this federal-data comparison at 70/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Oregon City, OR? ▼

Oregon City has 12 public schools with a total enrollment of 6,706 students. 4 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 21.6:1.

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Hillsboro
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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.