Central Linn High School
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Test scores
OSAS 2024-25 . % ProficientWhat this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Oregon schools, those numbers are about 43 and 32. Reading and writing scores are down about 18 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 7 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Central Linn High School
Central Linn High School is a senior high of tiny scale in Halsey, Oregon, one of the schools within Central Linn SD 552, educateing 243 students in grades 7 through 12. That puts it 61% below the typical public school in Oregon, which averages around 630 students.
Central Linn SD 552 runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 484 students. Central Linn High School is one of those campuses.
On the student-mix side, Central Linn High School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (81%). Other groups include 15% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Linn County as a whole.
Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.8:1. The state averages around 19.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 76% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.
With demographic context factored in, Central Linn High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 33.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 35.8%.
In the area at large, the surrounding county (Linn County) shows that median household earnings sit near $76,329, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Linn County runs 48 public schools (combined enrollment of about 17,916 students), of which Central Linn High School is one.
The closest other public school is Central Linn Elementary School, roughly 1.2 miles away. Within ten miles, there are 4 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Central Linn High School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 32.0%.
Central Linn High School operates from a small-town location.
Five-year trend. Central Linn High School's enrollment has contracted 23% since 2018, when it stood at 316 (now 243). The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 18.8:1 today.
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Related schools
- Central Linn Elementary SchoolElementary · 241 students
- Central Linn Elementary School1.2 mi · 241
- Harrisburg Elementary School9.0 mi · 338
- Harrisburg Middle School9.1 mi · 263
- Harrisburg High School9.1 mi · 260
- Tangent Elementary School10.2 mi · 123
- Monroe High School11.5 mi · 115