North Santiam Options Academy

North Santiam Options Academy is one of the tiny unified-grade schools in Stayton, Oregon, run under North Santiam SD 29J, with 99 students on its rolls from grades K through 12. By comparison, Oregon's public schools average about 384 students each, so North Santiam Options Academy sits 74% below that benchmark.

North Santiam SD 29J runs 6 schools in total, collectively educating 2,110 students. North Santiam Options Academy is one of those campuses.

On demographics, North Santiam Options Academy shows that White students make up the majority at 64%. Beyond that, the school shows 19% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 3% Black, 3% Pacific Islander. Compared to Marion County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, On paper, North Santiam Options Academy has 3 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 33.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.5:1 average.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Marion County indicate median household earnings sit near $77,351, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across Marion County's 111 public schools (combined enrollment of about 53,799 students), North Santiam Options Academy is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Stayton High School, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 6 other public schools cluster around North Santiam Options Academy.

The school occupies a town-center site. North Santiam Options Academy delivers learning online rather than in a traditional classroom setting.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. Members of the school community can share what they know.