Academy of Arts and Academics

Academy of Arts and Academics is one of the one-room-style 9-12 campuss in Springfield, Oregon, part of Springfield SD 19, with 231 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 630 students per school, that is 63% leaner than typical.

Within Springfield SD 19, which oversees 21 schools and 8,928 students, Academy of Arts and Academics is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Academy of Arts and Academics shows that White students make up the majority at 63%. Beyond that, the school logs 13% Hispanic, 8% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 81% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 19.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 65% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Lane County (around 76%), the school's rate is south of typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Academy of Arts and Academics performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 37.4%, the actual is 43.5%, a residual of +6.1 points.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Lane County) shows that median household income runs about $71,544, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Lane County runs 117 public schools (combined enrollment of about 42,240 students), of which Academy of Arts and Academics is one.

Nearest neighbor: Gateways High School, around 0.4 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Academy of Arts and Academics ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 25.5%.

Academy of Arts and Academics operates from a downtown location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Academy of Arts and Academics has fell 32%, going from 341 students in 2018 to 231 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 78% to 63% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 18.0:1 in 2018 to 16.6:1 today.

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