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If you had an hour of school board time for Sweet Home High School, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
752
High
DISTRICT 321 · STATE 630
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SWEET HOME SD 55·NCES 411197000708
Sweet Home High School
1641 Long St, Sweet Home, OR 97386 · (541) 367-7142 · Linn County
GRADES 09–12HIGH32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL752 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
18.4:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.9:1 · STATE 19.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
75%
562 students
DISTRICT 73% · STATE 76%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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 Sweet Home SD 55. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
OSAS 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
35.9%
OR avg 43.0% . +11.2pp since 2023
Math
15.4%
OR avg 31.8% . +3.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 15 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 11 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
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
24.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.6%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
752
+65 (+9%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
18.4:1
was 18.4:1
% White
81%
was 87%
% Hispanic
9%
was 6%
% Black
0%
was 0%
% Asian
1%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Sweet Home High School
Sweet Home High School is a middle-of-the-pack secondary school in Sweet Home, Oregon, operated by Sweet Home SD 55. The school hosts 752 students in grades 9 through 12.
Across the 7 schools in Sweet Home SD 55 (2,249 students total), Sweet Home High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
On the student-mix side, Sweet Home High School reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (81%). Other groups include 9% Hispanic, 8% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.
On the resource side, Staff filings list 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.4:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 19.8:1 average. Around 75% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Sweet Home High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 33.6%; this one delivers 24.6%.
In the area at large, ACS estimates for Linn County put median household income runs about $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%. In all, Linn County runs 48 public schools (combined enrollment of about 17,916 students), of which Sweet Home High School is one.
Sweet Home Junior High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 6 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Sweet Home High School comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 33.4%.
The campus sits in a town-based setting.
Trend over the last 7 years. Sweet Home High School's enrollment has climbed 9% since 2018, when it stood at 687 (now 752). The White share of enrollment ticked down from 87% to 81% over that span.
On the community side, members of the Sweet Home High School community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
Linn County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
130,706
Census ACS
Median income
$76,329
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
48
17,916 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Sweet Home SD 55
- Sweet Home Junior High SchoolMiddle · 358 students
- Oak Heights Elementary SchoolElementary · 303 students
- Foster Elementary SchoolElementary · 277 students
- Hawthorne Elementary SchoolElementary · 260 students
- Holley Elementary SchoolElementary · 157 students
- Sweet Home Charter SchoolElementary · 142 students
Other schools in Sweet Home
- Sweet Home Junior High SchoolMiddle · 358 students
- Oak Heights Elementary SchoolElementary · 303 students
- Hawthorne Elementary SchoolElementary · 260 students
- Holley Elementary SchoolElementary · 157 students
- Sweet Home Charter SchoolElementary · 142 students
Nearby schools
- Sweet Home Junior High School0.4 mi · 358
- Oak Heights Elementary School0.7 mi · 303
- Hawthorne Elementary School0.9 mi · 260
- Foster Elementary School2.8 mi · 277
- Holley Elementary School3.9 mi · 157
- Sweet Home Charter School3.9 mi · 142
Frequently asked questions
About Sweet Home High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Sweet Home High School?
Sweet Home High School enrolls approximately 752 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Sweet Home High School serve?
Sweet Home High School serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Sweet Home High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Sweet Home High School is approximately 18.4:1 (41 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Sweet Home High School?
Sweet Home High School reports a student body of 81% White, 9% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Sweet Home High School?
Sweet Home High School is overseen by Sweet Home SD 55 in Linn County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.