Bridge Charter Academy

Bridge Charter Academy operates as a medium-sized unified-grade school in Lowell, Oregon, one of the schools within Lowell SD 71. Current enrollment sits at 546 students spanning grades K through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 42% above the state mean of about 384.

Lowell SD 71 runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 1,038 students. Bridge Charter Academy is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Bridge Charter Academy logs that nearly all students (86%) are White; the rest reads as 7% Hispanic, 6% multiracial.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 27.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.5:1 average.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Lane County indicate median household earnings sit near $71,544, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Lane County runs 117 public schools (combined enrollment of about 42,240 students), of which Bridge Charter Academy is one.

Nearest neighbor: Lowell Junior/Senior High School, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools.

The school occupies an outlying site. Bridge Charter Academy is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 22%: 448 students in 2018 compared to 546 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 46.3:1 in 2018 to 27.3:1 today.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.