McNary High School

McNary High School sits in Keizer, Oregon, and is classified as a high school. Enrollment stands at 1,995 students, covering grades 9 through 12. It has 217% more students than the average for high schools in Oregon (about 630).

The district, Salem-Keizer SD 24J, has 37,776 students enrolled across 65 schools.

The biggest share of students at McNary High School, 45%, is White. The next largest groups are 43% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 2% Pacific Islander. In Marion County overall, about 66% of residents are White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, McNary High School scores 61%.

For every teacher at McNary High School, there are about 24.3 students; the school has 82.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for high schools in Oregon is 19.8:1, so this school has more students per teacher. There are 1,794 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 90% of enrollment.

McNary High School earns a C+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 38% of Oregon public high schools.

BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For McNary High School, the prediction is 27.7% and the result is 23.5%.

The county, Marion County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $77,351 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 26%, and about 9% of people live in poverty. Counting McNary High School, Marion County has 111 public schools.

Of the public schools around it, McNary High School is closest to Keizer Elementary School, about 0.5 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, McNary High School ranks 4th of 9 on average proficiency.

McNary High School is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.

Enrollment fell by 3% across 4 years, from 2,061 in 2020-21 to 1,995 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 26.4:1 in 2020-21 to 24.3:1 in 2024-25.

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