South Albany High School

South Albany High School is an expansive four-year high school in Albany, Oregon, one of the schools within Greater Albany Public SD 8J. The school works with 1,466 students in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 133% larger than the state mean of about 630.

Greater Albany Public SD 8J runs 20 schools in total, collectively educating 8,771 students. South Albany High School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, South Albany High School lists that the largest single group is White, at 58% of enrollment. Other groups include 33% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 84%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, South Albany High School has 67 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 21.9:1. The state averages around 19.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 77% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, South Albany High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 32.5%; this one delivers 24.5%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Linn County indicate median household earnings sit near $76,329, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Across Linn County's 48 public schools (combined enrollment of about 17,916 students), South Albany High School is one campus in the mix.

Oak Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, South Albany High School comes 4th of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 26.1%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. South Albany High School's enrollment has rose 5% since 2018, when it stood at 1,391 (now 1,466). White enrollment moved from 65% to 58% across the same window.

On the community side, the feed for South Albany High School typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.