Cascade Heights Public Charter School

Cascade Heights Public Charter School is a low-enrollment elementary-level community in Milwaukie, Oregon, overseen by North Clackamas SD 12. The school hosts 228 students in grades K through 8. By comparison, Oregon's public schools average about 321 students each, so Cascade Heights Public Charter School sits 29% leaner than that benchmark.

Within North Clackamas SD 12, which oversees 31 schools and 16,837 students, Cascade Heights Public Charter School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Cascade Heights Public Charter School reports that White students make up the majority at 71%. Other groups include 10% multiracial, 9% Asian, 6% Hispanic, 4% Black.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.8:1. The state averages about 16.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 58% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is north of Clackamas County's rate of about 50%.

With demographic context factored in, Cascade Heights Public Charter School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 39.9%, the actual is 37.9%, a residual of -2.0 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Clackamas County indicate median household earnings sit near $103,517, about 41% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Clackamas County's 118 public schools (combined enrollment of about 57,601 students), Cascade Heights Public Charter School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Sojourner School, around 0.7 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Cascade Heights Public Charter School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Cascade Heights Public Charter School at 2nd of 8; the average score across the group is 30.0%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area. Cascade Heights Public 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. Cascade Heights Public Charter School's enrollment has ticked up 3% since 2018, when it stood at 221 (now 228). The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 17.9:1 in 2018 to 15.8:1 today.

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