Baker High School

Baker High School operates as a tight-knit 9-12 campus in Baker City, Oregon, overseen by Baker SD 5J. Current enrollment sits at 478 students spanning grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 24% smaller than the state mean of about 630.

Baker High School is one of 11 schools operated by Baker SD 5J, a district that caters to 5,201 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Baker High School shows that 80% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school logs 12% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Baker County as a whole is about 89% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.2:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 19.8:1 average. About 84% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Baker High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 30.0%; this one delivers 27.5%.

Around the school, census data for Baker County shows median household earnings sit near $60,936, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Baker High School is one of 15 public schools in Baker County (combined enrollment of about 5,551 students).

Nearest neighbor: Baker Early Learning Center, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Baker High School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Baker High School at 3rd of 4; the average score across the group is 29.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-center area.

Looking at the recent track record. Baker High School's enrollment has climbed 6% since 2018, when it stood at 452 (now 478).

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.