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If you could change one rule at Sandy High School, what would it be?
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Enrollment
1,420
High
DISTRICT 420 · STATE 630
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OREGON TRAIL SD 46·NCES 411089000149
Sandy High School
37400 Bell St, Sandy, OR 97055 · (503) 668-8011 · Clackamas County
GRADES 09–12HIGH31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,420 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
24.1:1
59 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.1:1 · STATE 19.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
61%
870 students
DISTRICT 78% · 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 | 350 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 353 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 374 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 343 | 24% |
Student demographics
42%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 43% · 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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Oregon Trail SD 46. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
OSAS 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
34.4%
OR avg 43.0% . +7.7pp since 2023
Math
12.7%
OR avg 31.8% . +5.2pp 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 13 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Oregon schools, those numbers are about 43 and 32. Reading and writing scores are up about 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 34.4% | 12.7% |
| 2023-24 | 26.7% | 7.5% |
% 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
23.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.8%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% 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 Sandy High School
Sandy High School's state test result (23.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sandy High School this school | 1,420 | 61.3% | 23.2% |
| Thurston High School Springfield | 1,215 | 65.4% | 25.3% |
| Ashland High School Ashland | 877 | 64.2% | 50.5% |
| Sheldon High School Eugene | 1,462 | 64.8% | 43.8% |
| Dallas High School Dallas | 948 | 66.0% | 20.2% |
| Cascade Senior High School Turner | 795 | 63.8% | 40.3% |
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 Sandy High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Clackamas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.2% | #132 of 177 | #13 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 12.7% | #130 of 194 ▲ 35 | #14 of 19 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.4% | #137 of 201 ▲ 24 | #12 of 20 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,420 | #47 of 257 | #4 of 22 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.1:1 | #152 of 171 | #12 of 17 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.4% | #115 of 171 | #15 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 61.3% | #151 of 207 | #6 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.1% | #67 of 67 | #8 of 8 |
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
1,420
+83 (+6%) vs 2020
+2% since 2000-01, when it was 1,391
Student : Teacher
24.1:1
was 26.7:1
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 | 1,420 | 58.9 | 24.1:1 | 61% (870) |
| 2023-24 | 1,434 | 53.5 | 26.8:1 | 44% (630) |
| 2022-23 | 1,440 | 53.7 | 26.8:1 | 32% (460) |
| 2020-21 | 1,337 | 50 | 26.7:1 | 29% (383) |
| 2017-18 | 1,418 | 51.5 | 27.5:1 | 31% (439) |
| 2015-16 | 1,389 | 55 | 25.3:1 | 38% (532) |
| 2010-11 | 1,258 | 51 | 24.7:1 | 42% (532) |
| 2000-01 | 1,391 | 59 | 23.6:1 | 20% (285) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sandy High School.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (1,418 to 1,420); teachers up 14% (51.5 to 58.9).
About Sandy High School
Sandy High School is a large high school in Sandy, Oregon, (ZIP code 97055). It serves 1,420 students in grades 9 through 12. For comparison, high schools in Oregon average about 630 students.
District-wide, Oregon Trail SD 46 has 10 schools and 4,202 students.
A majority of students at Sandy High School, 73%, are White. Other reported shares: 17% Hispanic and 7% multiracial. Sandy High School has a diversity index of 42%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Its 58.9 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 24.1:1. The average ratio among high schools in Oregon is 19.8:1, lower than at this school. The school's lunch program data list 61% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The 50% average for public schools in Clackamas County is 11 points lower.
Given its lunch-eligibility share, the predicted average proficiency rate on state tests for Sandy High School is 38.8%. It actually posts 23.2%, which is 15.6 points lower and in the bottom 10% of Oregon schools.
In the county around the school, Clackamas County, median household income is about $103,517, about 41% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 5%. A total of 118 public schools operate in Clackamas County, serving about 57,601 students.
The nearest other public school, Cedar Ridge Middle School, is about 0.6 miles away. In all, 6 other public schools sit within five miles of Sandy High School. Of the 8 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Sandy High School is 8th on average proficiency.
Federal data place Sandy High School in the Town: Fringe locale, which means it is in a town close to an urbanized area.
The number of students grew from 1,337 to 1,420 over 4 years. The school's ratio fell from 26.7:1 to 24.1:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
Topics for discussion here include school safety, transportation, and start times. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 Oregon Trail SD 46
- Cedar Ridge Middle SchoolMiddle · 471 students
- Firwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 430 students
- Boring Middle SchoolMiddle · 427 students
- Kelso Elementary SchoolElementary · 350 students
- Sandy Grade SchoolElementary · 327 students
- Naas Elementary SchoolElementary · 290 students
Other schools in Sandy
- Cedar Ridge Middle SchoolMiddle · 471 students
- Firwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 430 students
- Sandy Grade SchoolElementary · 327 students
Nearby schools
- Cedar Ridge Middle School0.6 mi · 471
- Sandy Grade School0.9 mi · 327
- Kelso Elementary School1.7 mi · 350
- Oregon Trail Academy3.4 mi · 248
- Firwood Elementary School3.5 mi · 430
- Summit Learning Charter4.8 mi · 1,355
Frequently asked questions
About Sandy High SchoolHow many students attend Sandy High School?
Sandy High School enrolls approximately 1,420 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Sandy High School serve?
Sandy High School serves grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at Sandy High School?
Approximately 24.1:1 students per teacher at Sandy High School.
How diverse is Sandy High School?
Sandy High School reports a student body of 73% White, 17% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Sandy High School?
Sandy High School is overseen by Oregon Trail SD 46 in Clackamas County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.