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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
C
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Scored higher than 33% of Oregon public high schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
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
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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 212 | 28% |
| Grade 10 | 177 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 193 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 170 | 23% |
Student demographics
33%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 30% · 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 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.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 35.9% | 15.4% |
| 2023-24 | 24.7% | 12.0% |
% 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
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 →
Schools most like Sweet Home High School
Sweet Home High School's state test result (24.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweet Home High School this school | 752 | 74.7% | 24.6% |
| St Helens High School St Helens | 823 | 72.7% | 26.8% |
| Redmond Proficiency Academy Redmond | 906 | 73.0% | 27.3% |
| Crook County High School Prineville | 842 | 71.0% | 31.9% |
| Douglas High School Winston | 357 | 73.4% | 36.2% |
| Elmira High School Elmira | 374 | 71.1% | 41.5% |
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 Sweet Home High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Linn County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.6% | #118 of 177 | #4 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 15.4% | #112 of 194 ▲ 23 | #6 of 8 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.9% | #126 of 201 ▲ 42 | #2 of 8 ▲ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 752 | #88 of 257 | #4 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.4:1 | #67 of 171 | #4 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 32.7% | #154 of 171 | #6 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 74.7% | #94 of 207 | #7 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +9.5% | #30 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
752
+77 (+11%) vs 2020
+14% since 1990-91, when it was 657
Student : Teacher
18.4:1
was 18.2:1
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 | 752 | 40.8 | 18.4:1 | 75% (562) |
| 2023-24 | 726 | 38.4 | 18.9:1 | 75% (545) |
| 2022-23 | 684 | 37.5 | 18.2:1 | 68% (468) |
| 2020-21 | 675 | 37 | 18.2:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 687 | 37.3 | 18.4:1 | 50% (345) |
| 2015-16 | 796 | 36 | 22.1:1 | 55% (436) |
| 2010-11 | 740 | 38 | 19.5:1 | 59% (433) |
| 2000-01 | 763 | 43 | 17.7:1 | 27% (209) |
| 1990-91 | 657 | 40 | 16.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sweet Home High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 9% (687 to 752); teachers up 9% (37.3 to 40.8).
About Sweet Home High School
In Sweet Home, Oregon, Sweet Home High School is a medium-sized high school. The school had 752 students in grades 9 through 12 in 2024-25.
Sweet Home High School belongs to Sweet Home SD 55, a district of 7 schools and 2,249 students.
Sweet Home High School's enrollment is 81% White. It is also 9% Hispanic and 8% multiracial. For comparison, Linn County is about 84% White. Pick two students at random and there is a 33% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Sweet Home High School employs 40.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 18.4:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 19.8:1 average for high schools in Oregon. Sweet Home High School's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 75%.
Measured against Oregon public high schools, Sweet Home High School receives a C. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 33.6% for Sweet Home High School. The school posts 24.6%, 8.9 points below the prediction.
Linn County has about 130,706 residents, and the median household income is $76,329, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 22% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. In all, Linn County has 48 public schools and roughly 17,916 students.
The closest public school, Sweet Home Junior High School, is about 0.4 miles from Sweet Home High School. There are 6 other public schools within five miles. On state test proficiency, Sweet Home High School ranks 6th in a group of 9 nearby schools.
For locale, NCES codes Sweet Home High School as Town: Distant.
Sweet Home High School's enrollment climbed from 675 in 2020-21 to 752 in 2024-25.
The discussion area below is open to posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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.