South Baker Intermediate School

South Baker Intermediate School operates as a small middle-grades school in Baker City, Oregon, run under Baker SD 5J. Current enrollment sits at 268 students spanning grades 4 through 6. By comparison, Oregon's public schools average about 494 students each, so South Baker Intermediate School sits 46% below that benchmark.

Across the 11 schools in Baker SD 5J (5,201 students total), South Baker Intermediate School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, South Baker Intermediate School reports that 84% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 10% Hispanic, 4% multiracial.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, South Baker Intermediate School has 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 19.3:1 average. Roughly 82% of students at South Baker Intermediate School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), South Baker Intermediate School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 30.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 31.9%.

In the broader community, census data for Baker County shows median household earnings sit near $60,936, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Baker County's 15 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,551 students), South Baker Intermediate School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Baker Middle School, roughly 0.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, South Baker Intermediate School comes 1st of 4 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 27.7%.

The campus sits in a town-center setting.

Over the past 7-year window. South Baker Intermediate School's enrollment has decreased 23% since 2018, when it stood at 346 (now 268). The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 19.1:1 in 2018 to 15.5:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.