Enrollment
371
High
DISTRICT 229 · STATE 630
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SUTHERLIN SD 130·NCES 411194000341
Sutherlin High School
500 E Fourth St, Sutherlin, OR 97479 · (541) 459-9551 · Douglas County
GRADES 09–12HIGH33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL371 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 70% of Oregon public high schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
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
16.8:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.6:1 · STATE 19.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
67%
249 students
DISTRICT 67% · STATE 76%
Community
0
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 | 98 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 95 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 91 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 87 | 23% |
Student demographics
38%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 34% · 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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Sutherlin SD 130. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
OSAS 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
55.6%
OR avg 43.0% . +5.0pp since 2023
Math
24.7%
OR avg 31.8% . +0.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Oregon schools, those numbers are about 43 and 32. Reading and writing scores are up about 5 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 55.6% | 24.7% |
| 2023-24 | 50.6% | 24.1% |
% 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
36.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.5%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% 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 Sutherlin High School
Sutherlin High School's state test result (36.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sutherlin High School this school | 371 | 67.1% | 36.4% |
| Rogue River Junior/Senior High Rogue River | 339 | 65.5% | 23.8% |
| Creswell High School Creswell | 342 | 69.6% | 33.6% |
| Elmira High School Elmira | 374 | 71.1% | 41.5% |
| Amity High School Amity | 258 | 64.3% | 19.4% |
| La Grande High School La Grande | 604 | 63.1% | 34.9% |
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 Sutherlin High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Douglas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.4% | #51 of 177 | #3 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.7% | #54 of 194 ▲ 3 | #2 of 9 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.6% | #42 of 201 ▲ 25 | #3 of 9 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 371 | #130 of 257 | #3 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.8:1 | #38 of 171 | #3 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 37.6% | #138 of 171 | #2 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 67.1% | #125 of 207 | #8 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.5% | #40 of 67 | N/A |
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
371
+13 (+4%) vs 2020
-3% since 1990-91, when it was 383
Student : Teacher
16.8:1
was 16.3:1
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 | 371 | 22.1 | 16.8:1 | 67% (249) |
| 2023-24 | 356 | 22 | 16.2:1 | 85% (304) |
| 2022-23 | 361 | 23.2 | 15.6:1 | 83% (299) |
| 2020-21 | 358 | 22 | 16.3:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 355 | 23.1 | 15.3:1 | 56% (200) |
| 2015-16 | 405 | 24 | 16.9:1 | 49% (198) |
| 2010-11 | 440 | 23 | 19.1:1 | 50% (220) |
| 2000-01 | 429 | 23 | 18.6:1 | 51% (219) |
| 1990-91 | 383 | 27 | 14.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sutherlin High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 5% (355 to 371); teachers down 4% (23.1 to 22.1).
About Sutherlin High School
Sutherlin High School is a small high school in Sutherlin, Oregon. The student body numbers 371 students, from grades 9 through 12. An average school in this group (high schools in Oregon) has about 630 students.
Sutherlin SD 130 is the local district for Sutherlin High School. It runs 5 schools with 1,285 students.
At 77%, White students outnumber all other groups at Sutherlin High School combined. It is also 13% Hispanic and 6% multiracial. Douglas County's residents are about 86% White, 10 points above the school's share. By the diversity index, Sutherlin High School comes in at 38%.
The school has about 16.8 students per teacher and 22.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. That ratio is under the 19.8:1 average for high schools in Oregon. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 67%. On average, public schools in Douglas County report 82%.
Measured against Oregon public high schools, Sutherlin High School receives a B+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
A school with Sutherlin High School's lunch-eligibility share in Oregon is predicted to score 36.5%. Sutherlin High School scores 36.4%, within a point of that line.
Douglas County has about 112,072 residents, and median household income is about $61,310, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 19% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Federal data list 50 public schools in Douglas County, with a combined enrollment of about 13,417.
The shortest distance from Sutherlin High School to another public school is less than a tenth of a mile, to Sutherlin Middle School. The five-mile area around Sutherlin High School holds 7 other public schools. The school's 36.4% average proficiency ranks 2nd among 7 nearby schools.
Under the NCES locale system, Sutherlin High School is Town: Remote.
The number of students grew from 358 to 371 over 4 years.
Topics for discussion here include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Douglas County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
112,072
Census ACS
Median income
$61,310
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
50
13,417 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Sutherlin SD 130
- Sutherlin Middle SchoolMiddle · 297 students
- West Sutherlin IntermediateElementary · 284 students
- East Sutherlin Primary SchoolElementary · 246 students
- Sutherlin Valley Online AcademyHigh · 87 students
Other schools in Sutherlin
- Sutherlin Middle SchoolMiddle · 297 students
- West Sutherlin IntermediateElementary · 284 students
- East Sutherlin Primary SchoolElementary · 246 students
- Sutherlin Valley Online AcademyHigh · 87 students
Nearby schools
- Sutherlin Middle School0.1 mi · 297
- East Sutherlin Primary School0.2 mi · 246
- Sutherlin Valley Online Academy0.4 mi · 87
- West Sutherlin Intermediate1.2 mi · 284
- Oakland High School2.3 mi · 202
- Oakland Elementary School2.4 mi · 252
Frequently asked questions
About Sutherlin High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Sutherlin High School?
Sutherlin High School enrolls approximately 371 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Sutherlin High School serve?
Sutherlin High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many teachers does Sutherlin High School have?
Sutherlin High School employs 22 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.8:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Sutherlin High School?
At Sutherlin High School, the student body is approximately 77% White, 13% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Sutherlin High School in?
Sutherlin High School is part of Sutherlin SD 130.
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