Harper Charter School

Located at 2987 Harper/Westfall Rd, in Harper, Oregon, Harper Charter School is a compact unified-grade school that serves 258 students (grades K through 12), part of Harper SD 66. That puts it 33% leaner than the typical public school in Oregon, which averages around 384 students.

Harper Charter School is a school of Harper SD 66, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

On demographics, Harper Charter School reports that 80% of the student body identifies as White; the rest breaks down as 17% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 69% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully more White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.5:1 average. About 24% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Malheur County (around 89%), the school's rate is south of typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Harper Charter School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 53.4%; actual is 34.3%, a gap of -19.1 points.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Malheur County) reports that median household earnings sit near $54,519, 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. Harper Charter School is one of 25 public schools in Malheur County (combined enrollment of about 6,566 students).

Vale Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 19.4 miles from this campus. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Harper Charter School ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 46.9%.

Harper Charter School operates from an outlying location. As a public charter, Harper Charter School runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Harper Charter School has expanded 137%, going from 109 students in 2018 to 258 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment expanded from 13% to 17% over that span. Class-load math has widened: from 11.3:1 in 2018 to 18.8:1 in 2025.

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