The top reported proficiency rate is 38% in English language arts. The lowest is 18% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Arlington Community Charter School
Arlington Community Charter School serves kindergarten through twelfth grade in the town of Arlington, a small Columbia River community in Gilliam County. The school operates as a regular public charter school and is the only school in the Arlington SD 3 district.
Arlington sits at the intersection of Interstate 84 and Oregon Route 19, surrounded by wheat, barley, and cattle farmland. The local economy is shaped by large industrial operations including a Waste Management landfill that receives trash from Seattle and Portland, multiple wind farms, and an Amazon data center expansion that is in the planning stages. The town relocated to higher ground in the 1960s when the John Day Dam was built, and the grade school was rebuilt on the surrounding hills during that move. The area is on the cusp of major growth driven by the planned data center, with local officials hoping to use new resources to encourage housing development and improve schools and parks.
The school has a small enrollment, with students spread across all grade levels from kindergarten through twelfth grade. The student body is predominantly white, with a small share of Hispanic students and even smaller shares of American Indian or Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander students. A substantial share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating that many families have lower household incomes.
State testing data for the most recent school year is available for some grade levels but suppressed for others, which is common when the number of students tested is too small to report publicly. In the grades where data was reported, proficiency rates varied by subject and grade. In English language arts, proficiency rates were above the midpoint of the median of all districts in Gilliam County; in math, proficiency rates were near the county median. The school's overall proficiency across all tested subjects and grades positions it above the midpoint of the county's districts, based on the index that combines all available results. A parent may want to ask the school directly about academic performance in the younger grades where results were suppressed, as these small-group numbers can be hard to interpret from the public data alone.
Graduation rate information was not available. Chronic absenteeism data was also not available. It is typical for small schools to have suppressed or missing data, as the state suppresses results when the student group is too small to protect individual privacy.
The school is a charter school, which means it operates with some flexibility from state regulations while remaining a public school. No detailed information about course offerings, special education services, or English learner programs was available in the data provided. The school's website was not included in the data, so a parent may want to contact the school directly to learn about its curriculum, extracurricular offerings, and student support services.
Housing values in the area are modest relative to the state, where the typical home value is somewhat higher. The typical home in the Arlington area is priced well below the state median, making it a relatively affordable market compared to much of Oregon. The 30-year fixed mortgage rate has been around the mid-single digits.
Arlington is a small town with limited street life and commercial density, oriented around highway access and riverfront use. The Port of Arlington provides Columbia River access with a marina, and the town has a main riverfront park, a golf course, and an annual rodeo. The largest local employer is the Waste Management landfill, and renewable energy companies with wind farms in the surrounding county also provide jobs. No public library was identified in the town's public information. The school serves as the sole educational institution in the district, making it the central educational hub for families in the area.
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