Willamette Leadership Academy

Willamette Leadership Academy operates as a modestly sized high school in Springfield, Oregon, part of Springfield SD 19. Current enrollment sits at 258 students spanning grades 6 through 12. By comparison, Oregon's public schools average about 630 students each, so Willamette Leadership Academy sits 59% below that benchmark.

Within Springfield SD 19, which oversees 21 schools and 8,928 students, Willamette Leadership Academy is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Willamette Leadership Academy shows that White students make up the majority at 71%. The remainder comes out to 20% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 81%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 28.7:1. The state averages around 19.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 102% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is higher than Lane County's rate of about 76%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Willamette Leadership Academy tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 22.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 10.1%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Lane County indicate median household earnings sit near $71,544, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Lane County runs 117 public schools (combined enrollment of about 42,240 students), of which Willamette Leadership Academy is one.

The closest other public school is TEACH-NW, roughly 1.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Willamette Leadership Academy at 7th of 7; the average score across the group is 45.8%.

Willamette Leadership Academy operates from a residential location. Willamette Leadership Academy is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Over the past 7-year window. Willamette Leadership Academy's enrollment has shrank 19% since 2018, when it stood at 317 (now 258). The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 21.3:1 in 2018 to 28.7:1 today.

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