Southern Oregon Success Academy

Southern Oregon Success Academy, a rural-scale secondary school in Merlin, Oregon, overseen by Three Rivers/Josephine County SD, instructs 213 students, covering grades 6 through 12. That puts it 66% smaller than the typical public school in Oregon, which averages around 630 students.

Three Rivers/Josephine County SD comprises 17 schools with combined enrollment of 4,440 students; Southern Oregon Success Academy is among them.

Demographically, Southern Oregon Success Academy shows that the largest single group is White, at 75% of enrollment; the rest reads as 13% Hispanic, 10% multiracial. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 86%.

On the resource side, The school reports having 5 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 42.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 19.8:1, putting Southern Oregon Success Academy higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 97% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is higher than Josephine County's rate of about 84%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Josephine County) shows that median household earnings sit near $60,098, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Josephine County's 28 public schools (combined enrollment of about 9,944 students), Southern Oregon Success Academy is one campus in the mix.

Fleming Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.4 miles from this campus. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site. Southern Oregon Success Academy delivers learning online rather than in a traditional classroom setting.

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