Days Creek Charter School

Days Creek Charter School is one of the intimate multi-level schools in Days Creek, Oregon, overseen by Douglas County SD 15, with 230 students on its rolls from grades K through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 40% smaller than the state mean of about 384.

Douglas County SD 15 is the operating authority for Days Creek Charter School, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

In terms of who attends, Days Creek Charter School records that 78% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 9% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 4% Native American. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 86%.

On the income-and-resources front, Days Creek Charter School reports 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.5:1, putting Days Creek Charter School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 104% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is above Douglas County's rate of about 82%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Days Creek Charter School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 22.1%, the actual is 32.6%, a residual of +10.5 points.

Zooming out to the county, Douglas County reports that median household earnings sit near $61,310, roughly 19% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Douglas County's 50 public schools (combined enrollment of about 13,417 students), Days Creek Charter School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Canyonville School, roughly 6.5 miles away. Within ten miles, there are 7 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. On composite proficiency, Days Creek Charter School comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 20.8%.

The school occupies a low-density site. Days Creek Charter School 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 grew 19%: 193 students in 2018 compared to 230 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share increased from 73% to 78%. Class-load math has tightened: from 15.3:1 in 2018 to 10.4:1 in 2025.

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