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What's the biggest difference between Sheldon High School and what you expected?
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Enrollment
1,462
High
DISTRICT 874 · STATE 630
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EUGENE SD 4J·NCES 410474000572
Sheldon High School
2455 Willakenzie Rd, Eugene, OR 97401 · (541) 790-6600 · Lane County
GRADES 09–12HIGH12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,462 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 86% of Oregon public high schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
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
20.1:1
73 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.9:1 · STATE 19.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
65%
947 students
DISTRICT 66% · 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 | 326 | 22% |
| Grade 10 | 354 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 378 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 404 | 28% |
Student demographics
51%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · 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
51.4%
OR avg 43.0% . -0.8pp since 2023
Math
35.7%
OR avg 31.8% . +6.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Oregon schools, those numbers are about 43 and 32. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 51.4% | 35.7% |
| 2023-24 | 52.2% | 28.9% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: OSAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
43.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.4%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% typical for Oregon schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Oregon's top nor bottom 10%.
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 Sheldon High School
Sheldon High School's state test result (43.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sheldon High School this school | 1,462 | 64.8% | 43.8% |
| Churchill High School Eugene | 1,031 | 66.0% | 35.9% |
| Thurston High School Springfield | 1,215 | 65.4% | 25.3% |
| Sandy High School Sandy | 1,420 | 61.3% | 23.2% |
| North Eugene High School Eugene | 1,079 | 65.7% | 37.1% |
| 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 Sheldon High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Lane County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.8% | #21 of 177 | #2 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.7% | #22 of 194 ▲ 12 | #2 of 18 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.4% | #58 of 201 ▲ 1 | #3 of 19 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,462 | #39 of 257 | #2 of 27 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.1:1 | #94 of 171 | #11 of 15 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.4% | #72 of 171 | #5 of 14 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 64.8% | #138 of 207 | #17 of 20 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.7% | #91 of 102 | #11 of 13 |
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
1,462
+35 (+2%) vs 2020
+17% since 1990-91, when it was 1,252
Student : Teacher
20.1:1
was 23.0:1
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 | 1,462 | 72.9 | 20.1:1 | 65% (947) |
| 2023-24 | 1,521 | 72.5 | 21.0:1 | 37% (565) |
| 2022-23 | 1,525 | N/A | N/A | 37% (565) |
| 2020-21 | 1,427 | 62 | 23.0:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 1,503 | 63.5 | 23.7:1 | 29% (438) |
| 2015-16 | 1,459 | 61 | 23.9:1 | 25% (369) |
| 2010-11 | 1,497 | 61 | 24.5:1 | 24% (353) |
| 2000-01 | 1,528 | 65 | 23.5:1 | 7% (102) |
| 1990-91 | 1,252 | 60 | 20.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sheldon High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (1,503 to 1,462); teachers up 15% (63.5 to 72.9).
About Sheldon High School
Sheldon High School is a high-enrollment high school for students in Eugene, Oregon. The school serves grades 9 through 12. Enrollment is 1,462 students. It has 132% more students than the average for high schools in Oregon (about 630).
Eugene SD 4J is the local district for Sheldon High School. It runs 36 schools with 15,712 students.
Federal enrollment data show Sheldon High School is 67% White. The remaining shares are 18% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Lane County as a whole is about 81% White, so the school's share is lower. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 51, compared with 70 nationally.
The school lists 72.9 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.1:1. The average for high schools in Oregon is about 19.8:1. A total of 947 students, or 65%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 76% for public schools in Lane County.
On the allk12 Grade, Sheldon High School lands at A, ahead of 86% of Oregon public high schools.
In Oregon, Sheldon High School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 43.8% actual against a predicted 37.4%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Lane County show that the median household earns about $71,544 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 34%, and about 8% of people live in poverty. Lane County has 117 public schools with about 42,240 students, including Sheldon High School.
Sheldon High School's closest public school neighbor is Buena Vista Elementary School, about 0.3 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Sheldon High School ranks 1st of 7 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 43.8% against a local average of 35.6%.
Sheldon High School is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000, a location NCES labels City: Mid-size.
Enrollment was essentially flat over 4 years: 1,427 in 2020-21, 1,462 in 2024-25. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 23.0:1 to 20.1:1.
Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at Sheldon High School. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Lane County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
384,207
Census ACS
Median income
$71,544
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
117
42,240 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Eugene SD 4J
- South Eugene High SchoolHigh · 1,499 students
- North Eugene High SchoolHigh · 1,079 students
- Churchill High SchoolHigh · 1,031 students
- Gilham Elementary SchoolElementary · 572 students
- Roosevelt Middle SchoolMiddle · 557 students
- Monroe Middle SchoolMiddle · 519 students
Other schools in Eugene
- South Eugene High SchoolHigh · 1,499 students
- Willamette High SchoolHigh · 1,455 students
- North Eugene High SchoolHigh · 1,079 students
- Churchill High SchoolHigh · 1,031 students
- Meadow View SchoolElementary · 672 students
- TEACH-NWCombined · 655 students
Other Sheldon High schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Sheldon High. Sheldon High School is the 2nd largest of the 4.
- Sheldon HighSacramento, CA · 2,368 students
- Sheldon High SchoolSheldon, IA · 356 students
- SHELDON HIGHSHELDON, MO · 89 students
Nearby schools
- Buena Vista Elementary School0.3 mi · 420
- Monroe Middle School0.6 mi · 519
- Cal Young Middle School0.6 mi · 475
- Holt Elementary School1.2 mi · 469
- Gilham Elementary School1.2 mi · 572
- Martin Luther King Jr. Education Center1.5 mi · 7
Frequently asked questions
About Sheldon High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Sheldon High School?
Sheldon High School enrolls approximately 1,462 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Sheldon High School serve?
Sheldon High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Sheldon High School?
Approximately 20.1:1 students per teacher at Sheldon High School.
How diverse is Sheldon High School?
Sheldon High School reports a student body of 67% White, 18% Hispanic, 2% Black, 3% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees Sheldon High School?
Sheldon High School is overseen by Eugene SD 4J in Lane County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.