Oregon Charter Academy

Oregon Charter Academy, a large school serving multiple grade levels, is located in Mill City, Oregon. Its grade span covers kindergarten through 12, with 2,345 students on the rolls. That compares with an average of about 384 students for combined schools in Oregon.

Oregon Charter Academy sits within Santiam Canyon SD 129J, which has 3 schools and 2,913 students.

The largest group at Oregon Charter Academy is White students, at 63%. Other groups include 19% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 2% Black, and 2% Asian. Marion County residents are about 66% White, a similar share. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Oregon Charter Academy scores 53%.

Its staff includes 112.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 20.8 students per teacher. Across combined schools in Oregon, the average ratio is 22.5:1.

The school is in Marion County, where the median household earns about $77,351 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 26% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. Oregon Charter Academy shares Marion County with 110 other public schools.

Oregon Charter Academy's closest public school neighbor is Santiam Junior/Senior High School, about 0.5 miles away. The five-mile area around Oregon Charter Academy holds 2 other public schools.

Oregon Charter Academy is coded as Rural: Distant in federal locale data. Oregon Charter Academy is a charter school, a type of public school that operates under a charter. NCES classifies the school as virtual.

The school's enrollment figures are 4,711 for 2020-21 and 2,345 for 2024-25. Differences this large can reflect a change in grade levels, a boundary change, or a merger. The number of students per teacher dropped from 26.8 to 20.8 over 4 years.

This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about open houses, carpools, and field trips at Oregon Charter Academy. Members of the school community can share what they know.