Silverton High School

Silverton High School, a sprawling secondary school in Silverton, Oregon, one of the schools within Silver Falls SD 4J, serves 1,262 students, covering grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 100% above the state mean of about 630.

Across the 13 schools in Silver Falls SD 4J (3,651 students total), Silverton High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Silverton High School shows that White students make up the majority at 77%; the rest is composed of 17% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 66% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully more White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Silverton High School has 54 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 23.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 19.8:1 average. About 50% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is south of Marion County's rate of about 83%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Silverton High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 43.1%, the actual is 35.0%, a residual of -8.1 points.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Marion County) shows that median household income runs about $77,351, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Marion County runs 111 public schools (combined enrollment of about 53,799 students), of which Silverton High School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Silverton Middle School, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Silverton High School at 5th of 7; the average score across the group is 48.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Silverton High School's enrollment has decreased 3% since 2018, when it stood at 1,299 (now 1,262). The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 21.2:1 in 2018 to 23.3:1 today.

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