High school (grades 9-12) · Aumsville, OR

Cascade Opportunity Center

Federal NCES profile for Cascade Opportunity Center, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 20/100.

2024-25 NCES dataHigh school (grades 9-12)NCES 410278001854
0/100100/10020/100
📚 AP courses
10
🌟 Gifted program
30
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →

The verdict

Cascade Opportunity Center earns 20/100 on the Resource Investment Index on federal resource data.

20
Resource Index · Lower
72.7%
free-lunch eligible
83
students enrolled

School address

Enrollment

83

Oregon · 2024-25 NCES data

Free-lunch eligible

72.7%

vs 52.8% Oregon avg

+38% vs state

What stands out at Cascade Opportunity Center

Cascade Opportunity Center is a higher-need, small high school in Aumsville, Oregon, enrolling 83 students.

Economic need runs somewhat above the state's typical profile, with 72.7% of students eligible for free meals.

This is a small campus: fewer students than 92% of Oregon schools, with 83 enrolled.

Its Resource Investment Index lands in the lower third of 1,273 scored Oregon schools.

Against 30 statewide peers matched on enrollment and economic need, it ranks mid-pack at #19.

Its student body is led by White (76%) and Hispanic or Latino (15%) (diversity index 40/100).

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

The surrounding Cascade Sd 5 spends $13,427 per pupil, 26% below the Oregon average, a leaner-resourced district than most.

The federal civil-rights collection also records 1 expulsion at this campus for 2021-22.

Cascade Sd 5 also operates Cascade Senior High School (795 students) and Cascade Junior High School (647 students) alongside Cascade Opportunity Center.

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 Cascade Opportunity Center compares

Cascade Opportunity Center on the metrics families compare, against Oregon and U.S. means.

Metric This school vs Oregon Oregon avg U.S. avg
Free-lunch eligible 72.7% ▲ 38% 52.8% 51.7%
Enrollment 83 top 92% - -

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

83
Bigger than 8% of US schools by enrollment, a small campus.

Equity indicators (what these measure)

Economic need
72.7%
free-lunch eligible - 38% above the Oregon average of 52.8%
Above the 40% Title I schoolwide threshold; federal funds support the whole school, not individual students.
Funding equity
$13,427
per pupil, district-wide - below Oregon avg of $18,086
Somewhat below the U.S. average per-pupil spend; funding constraints may affect programs, facilities, and staffing.
Support staff
Counselors0.0 FTE
Student-support staffing from the Civil Rights Data Collection.
Discipline context
0
in-school suspensions + 5 out-of-school
Suspension rate: 0.0 per 100 students. Combined in-school and out-of-school rate: 6.0 per 100 students. Reported via the Civil Rights Data Collection. Includes 1 expulsion.

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 75.6%
Hispanic or Latino 14.6%
Two or More 4.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native 3.7%
African American 1.2%

Largest group: White at 75.6% of enrollment.

Student-body diversity index 40.3/100

Simpson diversity index - at 40.3, Cascade Opportunity Center is less mixed than the Oregon school average of 47.1.

Programs

AP program Not offered

Funding & spending

District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Cascade Sd 5, which includes Cascade Opportunity Center.

$13,427
Per student
-26%
vs Oregon
Avg $18,086
-19%
vs U.S.
Avg $16,593
Revenue mix
Local 26.6%
State 62.9%
Federal 10.5%

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 Cascade Opportunity Center Compares to District-Mates

School Enrollment Economic Profile Student-Teacher Ratio
Cascade Senior High School Larger Lower economic need No ratio data
Cascade Junior High School Larger Lower economic need No ratio data
Aumsville Elementary School Larger Similar economic need No ratio data
Turner Elementary School Larger Lower economic need No ratio data
Cloverdale Elementary School Larger Similar economic need No ratio data

Comparisons are relative to Cascade Opportunity Center's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data.

Other Schools in This District

Cascade Sd 5 · 5 sibling schools

View district profile

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 Cascade Opportunity Center'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 Cascade Opportunity Center

How many students attend Cascade Opportunity Center?

Cascade Opportunity Center has 83 students enrolled. It is a high school in Aumsville, OR.

What percentage of students receive free lunch at Cascade Opportunity Center?

72.7% of students at Cascade Opportunity Center are eligible for free lunch, compared to the Oregon average of 52.8%.

What is the racial and ethnic makeup of Cascade Opportunity Center?

The largest demographic group at Cascade Opportunity Center is White at 75.6% of enrollment, in Aumsville, OR.

What is the Resource Investment Index for Cascade Opportunity Center?

Cascade Opportunity Center has a Resource Investment Index of 20/100 (lower reported resources relative to schools nationally) based on 2 factors: student-teacher ratio. Not a test-score or academic measure (national median ~41/100, see methodology). Limited indicators were available, so the index reflects partial data.

Is Cascade Opportunity Center a good school?

Cascade Opportunity Center earns 20/100 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 Cascade Sd 5?

Besides Cascade Opportunity Center, Cascade Sd 5 also operates Cascade Senior High School (795 students), Cascade Junior High School (647 students), and Aumsville Elementary School (576 students). See the Cascade Sd 5 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.