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What's one thing Baker High School gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
478
High
DISTRICT 363 · STATE 630
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BAKER SD 5J·NCES 410171000009
Baker High School
2500 E St, Baker City, OR 97814 · (541) 524-2600 · Baker County
GRADES 09–12HIGH33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL478 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 50% of Oregon public high schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Oregon public high schools
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.1:1 · STATE 19.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
84%
401 students
DISTRICT 100% · STATE 76%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 117 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 113 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 136 | 28% |
| Grade 12 | 112 | 23% |
Student demographics
33%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 36% · STATE 59% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
OSAS 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
27.6%
OR avg 43.0% . +7.6pp since 2023
Math
16.7%
OR avg 31.8% . -6.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 17 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Oregon schools, those numbers are about 43 and 32. Reading and writing scores are up about 8 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 6 points.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 27.6% | 16.7% |
| 2023-24 | 20.0% | 23.1% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: OSAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
27.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.0%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 30% typical for Oregon schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Oregon's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Baker High School
Baker High School's state test result (27.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baker High School this school | 478 | 83.9% | 27.5% |
| South Umpqua High School Myrtle Creek | 442 | 83.0% | 21.3% |
| Siuslaw High School Florence | 413 | 82.8% | 24.5% |
| Rainier Jr/Sr High School Rainier | 366 | 79.0% | 30.1% |
| Junction City High School Junction City | 525 | 81.7% | 20.4% |
| Santiam Junior/Senior High School Mill City | 319 | 81.2% | 17.4% |
Matched among Oregon high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Baker High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.5% | #104 of 177 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 16.7% | #101 of 194 ▼ 36 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.6% | #162 of 201 ▲ 19 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 478 | #117 of 257 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.2:1 | #31 of 171 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 33.3% | #151 of 171 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 83.9% | #68 of 207 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.8% | #34 of 67 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
478
+85 (+22%) vs 2020
-13% since 1990-91, when it was 548
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
was 13.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 478 | 29.5 | 16.2:1 | 84% (401) |
| 2023-24 | 492 | 28.5 | 17.3:1 | 71% (351) |
| 2022-23 | 503 | 29 | 17.4:1 | 73% (366) |
| 2020-21 | 393 | 30 | 13.1:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 452 | 26.4 | 17.1:1 | 39% (176) |
| 2015-16 | 479 | 26 | 18.4:1 | 37% (175) |
| 2010-11 | 590 | 28 | 21.1:1 | 68% (402) |
| 2000-01 | 679 | 38 | 17.9:1 | 12% (80) |
| 1990-91 | 548 | 34 | 16.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Baker High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 6% (452 to 478); teachers up 12% (26.4 to 29.5).
About Baker High School
Baker High School is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as a high school in Baker City, Oregon. The student body numbers 478 students, from grades 9 through 12. An average school in this group (high schools in Oregon) has about 630 students.
Baker SD 5J has 11 schools; together they serve 5,201 students.
About 80% of the student body at Baker High School is White. Smaller groups are 12% Hispanic and 5% multiracial. County-wide, 89% of Baker County residents are White. The school's diversity index is 33%, meaning two students picked at random have a 33% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school reports 29.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 16.2 students per teacher. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 19.8:1 average for high schools in Oregon. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 84%. That tracks the 85% average for public schools in Baker County.
The allk12 Grade for Baker High School is B-. Compared with Oregon public high schools, the school scored higher than 50% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 30.0% for Baker High School. The school posts 27.5%, 2.5 points below the prediction.
Baker County has these Census figures: the median household income is $60,936, about 26% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. In all, Baker County has 15 public schools and roughly 5,551 students.
The next-closest public school is Eagle Cap Innovative Jr/Sr High School, about 0.2 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. In a group of 4 nearby schools with scores, Baker High School ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
For locale, NCES codes Baker High School as Town: Remote.
Federal data show a 22% enrollment rise, from 393 in 2020-21 to 478 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 13.1:1 in 2020-21 to 16.2:1 in 2024-25.
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Baker County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
16,840
Census ACS
Median income
$60,936
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
15
5,551 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Baker SD 5J
- Baker Web AcademyCombined · 3,066 students
- Baker Early CollegeHigh · 534 students
- South Baker Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 268 students
- Brooklyn Primary SchoolElementary · 249 students
- Baker Middle SchoolMiddle · 226 students
- Haines Elementary SchoolElementary · 140 students
Other schools in Baker City
- Baker Web AcademyCombined · 3,066 students
- Baker Early CollegeHigh · 534 students
- South Baker Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 268 students
- Brooklyn Primary SchoolElementary · 249 students
- Baker Middle SchoolMiddle · 226 students
- Haines Elementary SchoolElementary · 140 students
Other Baker High schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Baker High. Baker High School is the 2nd largest of the 5.
- Baker High SchoolMobile, AL · 2,271 students
- Baker High SchoolBaker, LA · 370 students
- Baker High SchoolBaker, MT · 133 students
- Baker HighBaker, CA · 31 students
Nearby schools
- Eagle Cap Innovative Jr/Sr High School0.2 mi · 77
- Baker Early Learning Center0.2 mi · 97
- Baker Virtual Academy0.7 mi · 40
- Baker Middle School0.7 mi · 226
- Baker Early College0.7 mi · 534
- Baker Web Academy0.7 mi · 3,066
Frequently asked questions
About Baker High SchoolHow many students attend Baker High School?
Baker High School enrolls approximately 478 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Baker High School serve?
Baker High School serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Baker High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Baker High School is approximately 16.2:1 (30 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Baker High School?
Student demographics at Baker High School are roughly 80% White, 12% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Baker High School?
Baker High School is overseen by Baker SD 5J in Baker County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.