Joseph Charter School

Set in Joseph, Oregon, Joseph Charter School is a compact all-grades campus, one of the schools within Joseph SD 6. It enrolls 264 students across grades K through 12. That puts it 31% below the typical public school in Oregon, which averages around 384 students.

Within Joseph SD 6, which oversees 2 schools and 270 students, Joseph Charter School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Joseph Charter School lists that 83% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder looks like 9% multiracial, 5% Hispanic.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.6:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.5:1, putting Joseph Charter School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 89% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Wallowa County runs at roughly 79%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Joseph Charter School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 28.0%, the actual is 44.0%, a residual of +15.9 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Wallowa County put the typical household earns roughly $67,112 per year, roughly 38% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Joseph Charter School is one of 8 public schools in Wallowa County (combined enrollment of about 896 students).

Nearest neighbor: Enterprise Elementary School, around 5.5 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 2 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Joseph Charter School at 4th of 6; the average score across the group is 40.7%.

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

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 15%: 230 students in 2018 compared to 264 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 89% to 83% over that span.

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