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Which teacher or staff member at Cottage Grove High School deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
640
High
DISTRICT 351 · STATE 630
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOUTH LANE SD 45J3·NCES 411158000615
Cottage Grove High School
1375 S River Rd, Cottage Grove, OR 97424 · (541) 942-3391 · Lane County
GRADES 09–12HIGH32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL640 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 27% 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.
- C-Beats 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
19.4:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 19.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
63%
404 students
DISTRICT 67% · 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 | 162 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 153 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 163 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 162 | 25% |
Student demographics
39%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 37% · 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
29.2%
OR avg 43.0% . +6.5pp since 2023
Math
18.8%
OR avg 31.8% . -0.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 29.2% | 18.8% |
| 2023-24 | 22.7% | 19.1% |
% 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
24.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.1%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% 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 Cottage Grove High School
Cottage Grove High School's state test result (24.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cottage Grove High School this school | 640 | 63.1% | 24.9% |
| Gladstone High School Gladstone | 559 | 62.8% | 27.1% |
| Cascade Senior High School Turner | 795 | 63.8% | 40.3% |
| Ashland High School Ashland | 877 | 64.2% | 50.5% |
| Dallas High School Dallas | 948 | 66.0% | 20.2% |
| La Grande High School La Grande | 604 | 63.1% | 34.9% |
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 Cottage Grove High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Lane County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.9% | #117 of 177 | #9 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.8% | #91 of 194 ▼ 10 | #9 of 18 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.2% | #157 of 201 ▲ 18 | #15 of 19 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 640 | #101 of 257 | #8 of 27 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.4:1 | #79 of 171 | #9 of 15 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.5% | #134 of 171 | #12 of 14 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 63.1% | #144 of 207 | #19 of 20 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.7% | #27 of 102 | #3 of 13 |
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
640
-116 (-15%) vs 2020
-24% since 1990-91, when it was 843
Student : Teacher
19.4:1
was 20.4:1
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 | 640 | 33 | 19.4:1 | 63% (404) |
| 2023-24 | 674 | 41.9 | 16.1:1 | 63% (426) |
| 2022-23 | 665 | 38.2 | 17.4:1 | 65% (429) |
| 2020-21 | 756 | 37 | 20.4:1 | 51% (389) |
| 2017-18 | 742 | 38.6 | 19.3:1 | 58% (430) |
| 2015-16 | 794 | 39 | 20.4:1 | 60% (478) |
| 2010-11 | 801 | 39 | 20.5:1 | 59% (469) |
| 2000-01 | 772 | 36 | 21.4:1 | 30% (231) |
| 1990-91 | 843 | 43 | 19.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cottage Grove High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (742 to 640); teachers down 14% (38.6 to 33).
About Cottage Grove High School
Cottage Grove High School is a medium-sized high school serving families in Cottage Grove, Oregon. It covers grades 9 through 12, with a total enrollment of 640 students.
Federal data list 9 schools in South Lane SD 45J3, with 2,697 students enrolled.
White students account for 76% of enrollment at Cottage Grove High School. The remaining students are 17% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. The chance that two students picked at random at Cottage Grove High School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 39%.
A ratio of 19.4:1 comes from the school's 33 full-time-equivalent teachers. High schools in Oregon average about 19.8:1, a similar figure. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 63% in 2024-25. Among public schools in Lane County, the average eligibility rate is 76%.
The allk12 Grade for Cottage Grove High School is C. Compared with Oregon public high schools, the school scored higher than 27% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Schools in Oregon with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 38.1%. Cottage Grove High School scores 24.9%.
In Lane County (population about 384,207), median household income is about $71,544, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. A total of 117 public schools operate in Lane County, serving about 42,240 students.
Lincoln Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, 5 other public schools are within five miles. Of 7 schools in the immediate area with test results, Cottage Grove High School ranks 6th on average proficiency.
The school's federal locale classification is Town: Distant.
The student count in 2024-25 was 640, 15% below the 756 of 2020-21. By 2024-25, the school had 19.4 students per teacher, compared with 20.4 in 2020-21.
Discussions about Cottage Grove High School may include school safety, transportation, and start times. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Lane County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
384,207
Census ACS
Median income
$71,544
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
117
42,240 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in South Lane SD 45J3
- Lincoln Middle SchoolMiddle · 455 students
- Harrison Elementary SchoolElementary · 450 students
- Bohemia Elementary SchoolElementary · 443 students
- Academy for Character EducationCombined · 354 students
- Childs Way Charter SchoolCombined · 121 students
- Dorena SchoolElementary · 100 students
Other schools in Cottage Grove
- Lincoln Middle SchoolMiddle · 455 students
- Harrison Elementary SchoolElementary · 450 students
- Bohemia Elementary SchoolElementary · 443 students
- Academy for Character EducationCombined · 354 students
- London SchoolElementary · 72 students
- Al Kennedy High SchoolHigh · 62 students
Nearby schools
- Lincoln Middle School0.3 mi · 455
- Bohemia Elementary School0.6 mi · 443
- Harrison Elementary School0.6 mi · 450
- Academy for Character Education0.7 mi · 354
- Al Kennedy High School3.8 mi · 62
- Creswell Middle School9.3 mi · 244
Frequently asked questions
About Cottage Grove High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Cottage Grove High School?
Cottage Grove High School enrolls approximately 640 students in grades 09-12.
Is Cottage Grove High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Cottage Grove High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Cottage Grove High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Cottage Grove High School is approximately 19.4:1 (33 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Cottage Grove High School?
Cottage Grove High School reports a student body of 76% White, 17% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Cottage Grove High School?
Cottage Grove High School is overseen by South Lane SD 45J3 in Lane County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.