Armadillo Community Charter School

Set in Phoenix, Oregon, Armadillo Community Charter School is a rural-scale senior high, operated by Phoenix-Talent SD 4. It caters to 77 students across grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 630 students per school, that is 88% below typical.

Across the 7 schools in Phoenix-Talent SD 4 (2,215 students total), Armadillo Community Charter School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Armadillo Community Charter School logs that 57% of the student body identifies as White; the rest comes out to 18% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Jackson County as a whole is about 81% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 5 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 19.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 78% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, Armadillo Community Charter School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 32.3%, the actual is 21.6%, a residual of -10.7 points.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Jackson County indicate median household earnings sit near $73,999, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Armadillo Community Charter School is one of 70 public schools in Jackson County (combined enrollment of about 30,143 students).

The closest other public school is Phoenix Elementary School, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Armadillo Community Charter School. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Armadillo Community Charter School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 33.0%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting. Armadillo Community Charter School is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Armadillo Community Charter School has increased 8%, going from 71 students in 2018 to 77 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 79% to 57% across the same window. Class-load math has loosened: from 11.8:1 in 2018 to 14.5:1 in 2025.

On allk12, the feed for Armadillo Community Charter School typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.