Grants Pass High School

Grants Pass High School is one of the large high schools in Grants Pass, Oregon, operated by Grants Pass SD 7, with 1,658 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 630 students per school, that is 163% above typical.

Within Grants Pass SD 7, which oversees 11 schools and 5,562 students, Grants Pass High School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Grants Pass High School logs that the largest single group is White, at 75% of enrollment; the rest looks like 15% Hispanic, 8% multiracial. By comparison, Josephine County as a whole is about 86% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Grants Pass High School reports 76 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 21.9:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 19.8:1 average. An estimated 71% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Josephine County (around 84%), the school's rate is south of typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Grants Pass High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 35.1%; this one delivers 46.5%.

Around the school, census data for Josephine County shows median household earnings sit near $60,098, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Grants Pass High School is one of 28 public schools in Josephine County (combined enrollment of about 9,944 students).

Nearest neighbor: Lincoln Elementary School, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Grants Pass High School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 42.7%.

Grants Pass High School operates from a high-density location.

Looking at the recent track record. Grants Pass High School's enrollment has fell 10% since 2018, when it stood at 1,836 (now 1,658).

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