Colton High School

Colton High School is a rural-scale senior high in Colton, Oregon, one of the schools within Colton SD 53. The school works with 161 students in grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Oregon's public schools average about 630 students each, so Colton High School sits 74% smaller than that benchmark.

Colton SD 53 runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 595 students. Colton High School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Colton High School lists that nearly all students (88%) are White. Beyond that, the school shows 6% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Clackamas County as a whole is about 79% White, so the school skews meaningfully more White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 20.1:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 65% of students at Colton High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is above Clackamas County's rate of about 50%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Colton High School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 37.5%; this one comes in at 14.1%, -23.4 points off the demographic line.

Across the wider county, census data for Clackamas County shows the typical household earns roughly $103,517 per year, 41% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Clackamas County's 118 public schools (combined enrollment of about 57,601 students), Colton High School is one campus in the mix.

Colton Virtual Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Colton High School ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 28.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Colton High School has edged down 17%, going from 193 students in 2018 to 161 in 2025. Class-load math has loosened: from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 20.1:1 in 2025.

On this page, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.