Oregon Charter Academy

Oregon Charter Academy is a large multi-level school in Mill City, Oregon, run under Santiam Canyon SD 129J. The school hosts 2,345 students in grades K through 12. Compared to the state average of about 384 students per school, that is 511% above typical.

Oregon Charter Academy is one of 3 schools operated by Santiam Canyon SD 129J, a district that enrolls 2,913 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Oregon Charter Academy shows that White students make up the majority at 63%. The remainder comes out to 19% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 2% Black, 2% Asian. That composition is broadly in line with Marion County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 113 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 20.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.5:1 average.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Marion County indicate the typical household earns roughly $77,351 per year, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, Marion County runs 111 public schools (combined enrollment of about 53,799 students), of which Oregon Charter Academy is one.

Santiam Junior/Senior High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Oregon Charter Academy.

The school occupies a rural site. Oregon Charter Academy is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model. Oregon Charter Academy delivers learning online rather than in a traditional classroom setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 37%: 3,720 students in 2018 compared to 2,345 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 74% to 63% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 26.0:1 in 2018 to 20.8:1 in 2025.

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