Huntington School

Huntington School operates as a tiny all-grades campus in Huntington, Oregon, run under Huntington SD 16J. Current enrollment sits at 82 students spanning grades K through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 79% smaller than the state mean of about 384.

Operationally, Huntington School answers to Huntington SD 16J, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

Looking at the student body, Huntington School logs that 79% of the student body identifies as White; the rest consists of 11% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 2% Native American. By comparison, Baker County as a whole is about 89% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Huntington School lists 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 7.8:1. The state averages around 22.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 88% of students at Huntington School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Huntington School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 28.5%, the actual is 22.1%, a residual of -6.4 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Baker County put the typical household earns roughly $60,936 per year, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Baker County runs 15 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,551 students), of which Huntington School is one.

Nearest neighbor: INDIANHEAD ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL, around 15.1 miles off.

The campus sits in a countryside setting. Huntington School is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Huntington School has declined 11%, going from 92 students in 2018 to 82 in 2025. Over the same period, the Asian share edged down from 7% to 1%. Class-load math has fell: from 11.5:1 in 2018 to 7.8:1 in 2025.

On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.