Willamette High School

Willamette High School is a senior high of well-populated scale in Eugene, Oregon, part of Bethel SD 52, works with 1,455 students in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 131% larger than the state mean of about 630.

Across the 11 schools in Bethel SD 52 (4,988 students total), Willamette High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Willamette High School records that White students make up the majority at 57%. The remainder reads as 29% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 3% Asian. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 81%.

On the resource side, On paper, Willamette High School has 75 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 19.4:1. The state averages about 19.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 87% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Lane County (around 76%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Willamette High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 28.6%, the actual is 18.6%, a residual of -10.0 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Lane County shows the typical household earns roughly $71,544 per year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Willamette High School is one of 117 public schools in Lane County (combined enrollment of about 42,240 students).

The closest other public school is Cascade Middle School, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Willamette High School comes 6th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 22.3%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Willamette High School has held roughly steady, going from 1,492 students in 2018 to 1,455 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 67% to 57%. Class-load math has tightened: from 25.6:1 in 2018 to 19.4:1 in 2025.

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