Enrollment
184
Middle
DISTRICT 673 · STATE 494
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SALEM-KEIZER SD 24J·NCES 411082001048
Howard Street Charter
625 Marion St NE, Salem, OR 97301 · (503) 399-3408 · Marion County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE12-CITYCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL184 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
184.0:1
1 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 34.6:1 · STATE 19.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
22%
40 students
DISTRICT 89% · STATE 76%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 64 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 64 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 56 | 30% |
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · 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
68.0%
OR avg 43.0% . -5.7pp since 2023
Math
51.4%
OR avg 31.8% . -6.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Oregon schools, those numbers are about 43 and 32. Reading and writing scores are down about 6 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 7 points.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 68.0% | 51.4% |
| 2023-24 | 73.7% | 58.1% |
% 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
58.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.1%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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 →
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
184
-4 (-2%) vs 2020
+50% since 2000-01, when it was 123
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 | 184 | 1 | 184.0:1 | 22% (40) |
| 2023-24 | 186 | 1 | 186.0:1 | 17% (31) |
| 2022-23 | 188 | 1 | 188.0:1 | 10% (19) |
| 2020-21 | 188 | N/A | N/A | 6% (11) |
| 2017-18 | 166 | 2.5 | 66.4:1 | 11% (19) |
| 2015-16 | 156 | 3 | 52.0:1 | 14% (22) |
| 2010-11 | 152 | 8 | 19.0:1 | 23% (35) |
| 2000-01 | 123 | 6 | 20.5:1 | 10% (12) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Howard Street Charter.
Since 2017-18: students up 11% (166 to 184); teachers down 60% (2.5 to 1).
About Howard Street Charter
Students in Salem, Oregon, attend Howard Street Charter, a very small middle-grades school. The school counted 184 students in 2024-25, covering grades 6 through 8. The school is 63% below the average for middle schools in Oregon.
Howard Street Charter is one school in Salem-Keizer SD 24J, a system of 65 schools with 37,776 students.
The largest group at Howard Street Charter is White students, at 64%. Smaller groups are 22% Hispanic and 10% multiracial. Marion County residents are about 66% White, a similar share. The diversity index for Howard Street Charter is 52%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Howard Street Charter has 1 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 184.0:1. Middle schools in Oregon average 19.3:1, 164.7 fewer students per teacher than here. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 22% at Howard Street Charter. The rate at public schools in Marion County averages 83%, higher than here.
Schools in Oregon with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 54.1%. Howard Street Charter scores 58.5%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Marion County show that median household income comes to about $77,351, roughly 26% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Marion County counts 111 public schools with about 53,799 students.
Parrish Middle School, about 0.4 miles away, is the closest public school. Within five miles of Howard Street Charter, there are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Howard Street Charter ranks 1st of 9 on average proficiency.
NCES describes the area around Howard Street Charter as City: Mid-size, meaning inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000. This is a charter school, which is a tuition-free public school operating under a charter.
Enrollment at Howard Street Charter was 188 in 2020-21 and 184 in 2024-25, a change of less than 3%.
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Marion County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
349,244
Census ACS
Median income
$77,351
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
111
53,799 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Salem-Keizer SD 24J
- McKay High SchoolHigh · 2,380 students
- South Salem High SchoolHigh · 2,195 students
- North Salem High SchoolHigh · 2,107 students
- McNary High SchoolHigh · 1,995 students
- Sprague High SchoolHigh · 1,712 students
- West Salem High SchoolHigh · 1,606 students
Other schools in Salem
- McKay High SchoolHigh · 2,380 students
- South Salem High SchoolHigh · 2,195 students
- North Salem High SchoolHigh · 2,107 students
- Sprague High SchoolHigh · 1,712 students
- West Salem High SchoolHigh · 1,606 students
- Stephens Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,014 students
Nearby schools
- Parrish Middle School0.4 mi · 691
- Grant Community School0.5 mi · 444
- North Salem High School0.5 mi · 2,107
- Bush Elementary School0.9 mi · 255
- Englewood Elementary School1.0 mi · 285
- Highland Elementary School1.1 mi · 263
Frequently asked questions
About Howard Street CharterHow large is Howard Street Charter?
Howard Street Charter enrolls approximately 184 students in grades 06-08.
Is Howard Street Charter an elementary, middle, or high school?
Howard Street Charter is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Howard Street Charter?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Howard Street Charter is approximately 184.0:1 (1 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Howard Street Charter?
At Howard Street Charter, the student body is approximately 64% White, 22% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is Howard Street Charter public or private?
Howard Street Charter is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by Salem-Keizer SD 24J.
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