Howard Street Charter

Howard Street Charter is a very small middle-grades school in Salem, Oregon, run under Salem-Keizer SD 24J. The school caters to 184 students in grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 63% below the state mean of about 494.

Across the 65 schools in Salem-Keizer SD 24J (37,776 students total), Howard Street Charter accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Howard Street Charter shows that the largest single group is White, at 64% of enrollment. Other groups include 22% Hispanic, 10% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Marion County as a whole.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 1 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 184.0:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 19.3:1, putting Howard Street Charter higher than the state norm the norm. Around 22% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is south of Marion County's rate of about 83%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Howard Street Charter tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 54.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 58.5%.

Zooming out to the county, Marion County reports that the typical household earns roughly $77,351 per year, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Marion County runs 111 public schools (combined enrollment of about 53,799 students), of which Howard Street Charter is one.

Parrish Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Howard Street Charter comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 21.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area. As a public charter, Howard Street Charter runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 11%: 166 students in 2018 compared to 184 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 80% to 64%. Class-load math has grew: from 66.4:1 in 2018 to 184.0:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Howard Street Charter community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.