High school (grades 9-12) · Baker City, OR

Baker Early College

Federal NCES profile for Baker Early College, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 53/100.

2024-25 NCES dataHigh school (grades 9-12)NCES 410171001783Charter school
0/100100/10053/100
📚 AP courses
10
🌟 Gifted program
70
🎓 Counselors
78
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →

The verdict

Baker Early College earns 53/100 on the Resource Investment Index on federal resource data.

#1 of 11
public schools in Baker City · Resource Index
53
Resource Index · Higher
534
students enrolled

By Resource Investment Index, Baker Early College ranks #1 of 11 public schools in Baker City, OR.

School address

Enrollment

534

Oregon · 2024-25 NCES data

What stands out at Baker Early College

Baker Early College is a mid-sized charter high school in Baker City, Oregon, enrolling 534 students.

Enrollment of 534 puts it in the larger third of Oregon schools by headcount.

Its Resource Investment Index outscores 100% of the 1,273 Oregon schools with a score on record, a top-tier result on this measure.

Its student body is predominantly White (82% of enrollment) (diversity index 32/100).

No Advanced Placement courses are reported for this campus in the federal data.

Counselor coverage is strong, about 109 students per counselor, inside the American School Counselor Association's recommended 250:1.

The surrounding Baker Sd 5j spends $6,248 per pupil, 65% below the Oregon average, a leaner-resourced district than most.

Among Baker City's high schools, it stands alongside Baker High School (478 students): Baker Early College is larger than that campus by headcount.

Baker Sd 5j also operates Baker Web Academy (3,066 students) and Baker High School (478 students) alongside Baker Early College.

Sourced from NCES CCD, CRDC, and F-33 (federal records, not a quality verdict). How we source and compute this.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics Common Core of Data + CRDC + F-33 · 2024-25

How Baker Early College compares

Baker Early College on the metrics families compare, against Oregon and U.S. means.

Metric This school vs Oregon Oregon avg U.S. avg
Enrollment 534 top 20% - -

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25

534
Bigger than 66% of US schools by enrollment, mid-sized for the country.

Equity indicators (what these measure)

Funding equity
$6,248
per pupil, district-wide - below Oregon avg of $18,086
Well below the U.S. average per-pupil spend, a notably leaner funding position that may affect programs, facilities, and staffing.
Support staff
Counselors4.9 FTE
Per 109 students, the combined health-and-guidance staffing load for this school.
Discipline context
0
in-school suspensions + 0 out-of-school
Suspension rate: 0.0 per 100 students. Combined in-school and out-of-school rate: 0.0 per 100 students. Reported via the Civil Rights Data Collection.

Overview

  • Common Core of Data (June 2026): enrollment, staffing, and the student-teacher ratio above.
  • Civil Rights Data Collection: discipline counts and program access (AP, gifted, special education).
  • F-33 School District Finance Survey: the district-wide per-pupil spending figures below.

Three separate federal collections, each on its own reporting cadence - which is why this school's numbers line up on a consistent basis against every other school and state on this site, rather than mixing figures pulled from different survey years.

Student demographics

White 81.7%
Two or More 8.8%
Hispanic or Latino 7.6%
Asian 1.1%
African American 0.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native 0.2%

Largest group: White at 81.7% of enrollment.

Student-body diversity index 31.9/100

Simpson diversity index - at 31.9, Baker Early College is less mixed than the Oregon school average of 47.1.

Programs

AP program Not offered
Gifted & talented Yes

Funding & spending

District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Baker Sd 5j, which includes Baker Early College.

$6,248
Per student
-65%
vs Oregon
Avg $18,086
-62%
vs U.S.
Avg $16,593
Revenue mix
Local 19.4%
State 72.0%
Federal 8.7%

Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey District-level finance · FY 2021-22 Per-pupil expenditure reflects the district-wide average. Individual school budgets are not reported at the federal level.

How Baker Early College Compares to District-Mates

School Enrollment Economic Profile Student-Teacher Ratio
Baker Web Academy Larger No free-lunch data No ratio data
Baker High School Similar size No free-lunch data No ratio data
South Baker Intermediate School Smaller No free-lunch data No ratio data
Brooklyn Primary School Smaller No free-lunch data No ratio data
Baker Middle School Smaller No free-lunch data No ratio data

Comparisons are relative to Baker Early College's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data.

Other Schools in This District

Baker Sd 5j · 5 sibling schools

View district profile

Similar high schools in Baker City

1 comparable high schools (grades 9-12) serving the same city.

Similar high schools statewide

Matched by enrollment size and by staffing ratio across all of Oregon, not just this city - a different peer set than the local comparisons above.

Next steps

Verify locally before acting on Baker Early College's federal record.

Federal record (CCD 2024-25, CRDC 2021-22) - PlainSchools assigns no subjective rating; the composite quality score is a transparent, reproducible index computed from this cited federal data.

Frequently asked questions about Baker Early College

How many students attend Baker Early College?

Baker Early College has 534 students enrolled. It is a high school in Baker City, OR.

What is the racial and ethnic makeup of Baker Early College?

The largest demographic group at Baker Early College is White at 81.7% of enrollment, in Baker City, OR.

What is the Resource Investment Index for Baker Early College?

Baker Early College has a Resource Investment Index of 53/100 (higher reported resources relative to schools nationally) based on 3 factors: student-teacher ratio, counselor availability. Not a test-score or academic measure (national median ~41/100, see methodology).

How does Baker Early College rank among public schools in Baker City?

By Resource Investment Index, Baker Early College ranks #1 of 11 public schools in Baker City, OR. This compares federal resource and staffing data among local peers; it is not a test-score or academic ranking. See all public schools in Baker City on the city page.

Is Baker Early College a good school?

Baker Early College earns 53/100 on the Resource Investment Index on federal resource data. This is a resource snapshot, not an academic rating; see the Resource Investment Index question above for what the number does and doesn't measure.

What other schools are in Baker Sd 5j?

Besides Baker Early College, Baker Sd 5j also operates Baker Web Academy (3,066 students), Baker High School (478 students), and South Baker Intermediate School (268 students). See the Baker Sd 5j district page for the complete list.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) CCD + Public School Universe (2024-25), CRDC (2021-22), F-33 District Finance Survey (FY 2021-22) · 2024-25 Data as of the 2024-25 school year. Coverage from U.S. Department of Education NCES Common Core of Data. Varies by entity type; administrative districts and certain charter networks may report only a subset of fields.

All federal data sources used on this page

Full source list and how we compute each figure: methodology page.

Every figure on PlainSchools is rendered directly from the source NCES, CRDC and F-33 federal records, no number is typed in by an editor. Each school's figures reflect its most recent NCES/CRDC submission on file. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of June 2026.