Eagle Charter School

Eagle Charter School is one of the compact K-5 schools in Salem, Oregon, overseen by Oregon Department of Education, with 150 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. By comparison, Oregon's public schools average about 321 students each, so Eagle Charter School sits 53% leaner than that benchmark.

Oregon Department of Education runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 1,074 students. Eagle Charter School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Eagle Charter School logs that the largest single group is White, at 69% of enrollment. Other groups include 16% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 5% Black, 2% Asian. Compared to Marion County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 21.1:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.5:1, putting Eagle Charter School higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 65% of students at Eagle Charter School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Marion County runs at roughly 83%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Eagle Charter School is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 37.5%; this one delivers 54.8%, a residual of +17.3 points.

In the broader community, census data for Marion County shows the typical household earns roughly $77,351 per year, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Across Marion County's 111 public schools (combined enrollment of about 53,799 students), Eagle Charter School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Jane Goodall Environmental Middle Charter School, around 0.0 miles off. 8 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), Eagle Charter School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 23.1%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting. Eagle Charter School operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 4%: 144 students in 2018 compared to 150 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 78% to 69% over that span.

On this page, members of the Eagle Charter School community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.