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Enrollment
1,215
High
DISTRICT 607 · STATE 630
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SPRINGFIELD SD 19·NCES 411167000595
Thurston High School
333 58th St, Springfield, OR 97478 · (541) 744-5000 · Lane County
GRADES 09–12HIGH13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,215 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 31% of Oregon public high schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats 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
20.9:1
58 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.5:1 · STATE 19.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
65%
795 students
DISTRICT 95% · 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 | 342 | 28% |
| Grade 10 | 322 | 27% |
| Grade 11 | 298 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 253 | 21% |
Student demographics
42%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · 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
Test scores
OSAS 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
30.3%
OR avg 43.0% . +1.7pp since 2023
Math
11.8%
OR avg 31.8% . -1.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 12 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 30.3% | 11.8% |
| 2023-24 | 28.6% | 13.5% |
% 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
25.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.2%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% 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 Thurston High School
Thurston High School's state test result (25.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thurston High School this school | 1,215 | 65.4% | 25.3% |
| Dallas High School Dallas | 948 | 66.0% | 20.2% |
| Sandy High School Sandy | 1,420 | 61.3% | 23.2% |
| Ashland High School Ashland | 877 | 64.2% | 50.5% |
| Cascade Senior High School Turner | 795 | 63.8% | 40.3% |
| Grants Pass High School Grants Pass | 1,658 | 70.9% | 46.5% |
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 Thurston High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Lane County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.3% | #115 of 177 | #8 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 11.8% | #138 of 194 ▼ 16 | #12 of 18 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 30.3% | #152 of 201 ▲ 5 | #13 of 19 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,215 | #60 of 257 | #5 of 27 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.9:1 | #110 of 171 | #12 of 15 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.8% | #119 of 171 | #10 of 14 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 65.4% | #134 of 207 | #15 of 20 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.7% | #55 of 102 | #6 of 13 |
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
1,215
-29 (-2%) vs 2020
-5% since 1990-91, when it was 1,276
Student : Teacher
20.9:1
was 23.9:1
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 | 1,215 | 58.2 | 20.9:1 | 65% (795) |
| 2023-24 | 1,236 | 56.9 | 21.7:1 | 64% (791) |
| 2022-23 | 1,277 | 55.6 | 23.0:1 | 65% (826) |
| 2020-21 | 1,244 | 52 | 23.9:1 | 39% (489) |
| 2017-18 | 1,316 | 53.6 | 24.6:1 | 41% (534) |
| 2015-16 | 1,371 | 56 | 24.5:1 | 46% (626) |
| 2010-11 | 1,518 | 61 | 24.9:1 | 42% (632) |
| 2000-01 | 1,500 | 64 | 23.4:1 | 19% (286) |
| 1990-91 | 1,276 | 62 | 20.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Thurston High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (1,316 to 1,215); teachers up 9% (53.6 to 58.2).
About Thurston High School
Thurston High School is a large high school in Oregon, located in Springfield. It enrolled 1,215 students in grades 9 through 12 for the 2024-25 school year. For comparison, high schools in Oregon average about 630 students.
Springfield SD 19 oversees Thurston High School and 20 other schools, with 8,928 students in total.
Thurston High School is 74% White by enrollment. The rest of enrollment is 17% Hispanic and 6% multiracial. Thurston High School's diversity index is 42%, against a US figure of 70%.
Federal staffing data show 58.2 full-time-equivalent teachers at Thurston High School and a ratio of 20.9:1. The school has more students per teacher than the 19.8:1 average for high schools in Oregon. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 65% of enrollment. On average, public schools in Lane County report 76%.
allk12 grades Thurston High School a C. The grade compares the school only with Oregon public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Thurston High School falls in the middle 80% of Oregon schools: 25.3% actual against 37.2% predicted.
Thurston High School is located in Lane County, where the median household income is $71,544, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Thurston High School is one of 117 public schools in the county.
The nearest public school is Thurston Middle School, at about 0.5 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Among 8 nearby schools that report test results, Thurston High School ranks 6th on proficiency.
The school's federal locale classification is City: Small.
Enrollment at Thurston High School was 1,244 in 2020-21 and 1,215 in 2024-25, a change of less than 3%. The ratio was 23.9:1 in 2020-21 and 20.9:1 in 2024-25.
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Lane County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
384,207
Census ACS
Median income
$71,544
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
117
42,240 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Springfield SD 19
- Springfield High SchoolHigh · 1,229 students
- Hamlin Middle SchoolMiddle · 573 students
- Thurston Middle SchoolMiddle · 524 students
- Agnes Stewart Middle SchoolMiddle · 460 students
- Riverbend Elementary SchoolElementary · 424 students
- Briggs Middle SchoolMiddle · 419 students
Other schools in Springfield
- Springfield High SchoolHigh · 1,229 students
- Hamlin Middle SchoolMiddle · 573 students
- Thurston Middle SchoolMiddle · 524 students
- Agnes Stewart Middle SchoolMiddle · 460 students
- Riverbend Elementary SchoolElementary · 424 students
- Briggs Middle SchoolMiddle · 419 students
Nearby schools
- Thurston Middle School0.5 mi · 524
- Ridgeview Elementary School0.6 mi · 371
- Riverbend Elementary School1.0 mi · 424
- Thurston Elementary School1.5 mi · 348
- Mt Vernon Elementary School2.2 mi · 354
- Douglas Gardens Elementary School2.7 mi · 293
Frequently asked questions
About Thurston High SchoolHow large is Thurston High School?
Thurston High School enrolls approximately 1,215 students in grades 09-12.
Is Thurston High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Thurston High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Thurston High School have?
Thurston High School employs 58 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.9:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Thurston High School?
At Thurston High School, the student body is approximately 74% White, 17% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Thurston High School public or private?
Thurston High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Springfield SD 19.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.