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Does Putnam High School have enough mental health and stress support?
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Enrollment
1,060
High
DISTRICT 808 · STATE 630
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTH CLACKAMAS SD 12·NCES 410883000095
Putnam High School
4950 SE Roethe Rd, Milwaukie, OR 97267 · (503) 353-5860 · Clackamas County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,060 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 17% of Oregon public high schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Oregon public high schools
Student : Teacher
23.8:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 82.9:1 · STATE 19.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
633 students
DISTRICT 58% · STATE 76%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 290 | 27% |
| Grade 10 | 241 | 23% |
| Grade 11 | 288 | 27% |
| Grade 12 | 241 | 23% |
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · STATE 59% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
OSAS 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
34.1%
OR avg 43.0% . -7.4pp since 2023
Math
13.9%
OR avg 31.8% . +3.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 14 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Oregon schools, those numbers are about 43 and 32. Reading and writing scores are down about 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 34.1% | 13.9% |
| 2023-24 | 41.5% | 10.5% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: OSAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of OR schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
22.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.4%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-17.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 39% typical for Oregon schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Putnam High School
Putnam High School's state test result (22.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Putnam High School this school | 1,060 | 59.7% | 22.4% |
| Corvallis High School Corvallis | 1,273 | 58.0% | 35.0% |
| Tigard High School Tigard | 1,771 | 59.7% | 34.5% |
| Churchill High School Eugene | 1,031 | 66.0% | 35.9% |
| Canby High School Canby | 1,402 | 62.5% | 30.1% |
| North Eugene High School Eugene | 1,079 | 65.7% | 37.1% |
Matched among Oregon high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Putnam High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Clackamas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.4% | #136 of 177 | #14 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 13.9% | #120 of 194 ▲ 25 | #12 of 19 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.1% | #138 of 201 ▼ 33 | #13 of 20 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,060 | #66 of 257 | #10 of 22 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.8:1 | #149 of 171 | #11 of 17 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.7% | #44 of 171 | #5 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 59.7% | #153 of 207 | #7 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.3% | #57 of 102 | #3 of 7 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,060
-66 (-6%) vs 2020
-5% since 1990-91, when it was 1,110
Student : Teacher
23.8:1
was 25.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,060 | 44.5 | 23.8:1 | 60% (633) |
| 2023-24 | 1,063 | 43 | 24.7:1 | 53% (560) |
| 2022-23 | 1,106 | 44.1 | 25.1:1 | 38% (425) |
| 2020-21 | 1,126 | 45 | 25.0:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 1,144 | 44.6 | 25.7:1 | 38% (431) |
| 2015-16 | 1,171 | 43 | 27.2:1 | 38% (445) |
| 2010-11 | 1,278 | 52 | 24.6:1 | 40% (512) |
| 2000-01 | 1,358 | 61 | 22.3:1 | 9% (129) |
| 1990-91 | 1,110 | 64 | 17.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Putnam High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (1,144 to 1,060); teachers unchanged (44.6 to 44.5).
About Putnam High School
Putnam High School is a high-enrollment high school in Milwaukie, Oregon. Enrollment totals 1,060 students across grades 9 through 12. Across high schools in Oregon, the average enrollment is about 630.
North Clackamas SD 12 runs Putnam High School along with 30 other schools, enrolling 16,837 students in total.
The student body at Putnam High School is 56% White. Beyond that, enrollment is 29% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 3% Asian. The White share of the county population is higher, at 79%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 58%.
Its ratio of 23.8:1 is based on 44.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for high schools in Oregon is 19.8:1, so this school has more students per teacher. In all, 60% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Clackamas County, the average is 50%.
Putnam High School holds a C- allk12 Grade, placing it above 17% of Oregon public high schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Putnam High School would score about 39.4%. It scores 22.4%, a bottom-10% result among Oregon schools on BeatsExpectations.
The school is in Clackamas County, where the median household earns about $103,517 a year, about 41% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Putnam High School shares Clackamas County with 117 other public schools.
A public school about 0.6 miles away, Candy Lane Elementary School, is the closest to Putnam High School. Putnam High School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 36.4% proficiency; Putnam High School posts 22.4%.
Federal data place Putnam High School in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Putnam High School had a net loss of 66 students, or 6%. The ratio of students to teachers went from 25.0:1 to 23.8:1 over the same years.
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Clackamas County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
423,975
Census ACS
Median income
$103,517
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
41%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
118
57,601 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in North Clackamas SD 12
- Adrienne C. Nelson High SchoolHigh · 1,536 students
- Clackamas High SchoolHigh · 1,280 students
- Happy Valley Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,158 students
- Rock Creek Middle SchoolMiddle · 889 students
- Milwaukie High SchoolHigh · 874 students
- Alder Creek Middle SchoolMiddle · 810 students
Other schools in Milwaukie
- Milwaukie High SchoolHigh · 874 students
- Alder Creek Middle SchoolMiddle · 810 students
- Rowe Middle SchoolMiddle · 747 students
- Whitcomb Elementary SchoolElementary · 415 students
- Milwaukie El Puente Elementary SchoolElementary · 408 students
- Ardenwald Elementary SchoolElementary · 396 students
Other Putnam High schools
One other US public school is named Putnam High. Putnam High School is the largest of the 2.
- Putnam High SchoolPutnam, CT · 253 students
Nearby schools
- Candy Lane Elementary School0.6 mi · 363
- Gladstone High School1.1 mi · 559
- Bilquist Elementary School1.2 mi · 373
- View Acres Elementary School1.2 mi · 367
- Gladstone Center for Children and Families1.2 mi · 109
- Walter L Kraxberger Middle School1.2 mi · 343
Frequently asked questions
About Putnam High SchoolHow many students attend Putnam High School?
Putnam High School enrolls approximately 1,060 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Putnam High School serve?
Putnam High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many teachers does Putnam High School have?
Putnam High School employs 45 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 23.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Putnam High School?
Student demographics at Putnam High School are roughly 56% White, 29% Hispanic, 2% Black, 3% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Putnam High School public or private?
Putnam High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by North Clackamas SD 12.
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