Dallas Community Charter, Dallas OR

Original Research by School Decision on Dallas Community Charter

Dallas Community Charter serves kindergarten through eleventh grade as a public charter school in the town of Dallas, Oregon, a county seat with a population that was reported in the 2020 census as a moderate-sized town. The school is part of the Dallas SD 2 district, but operates as its own legal entity. It is a regular school by classification, meaning it follows the state’s core curriculum requirements. Enrollment is small, with a student body that is predominantly white. The school draws from the local community, which historically relied on the timber industry before the closure of the Weyerhaeuser mill, and which now promotes itself as business-friendly with available industrial sites.

State testing data from the most recent school year provides a clear picture of academic performance that varies noticeably by subject. In English language arts, students across grades three through eight showed a mixed range, with higher grades performing slightly stronger than lower ones in some years, but overall the school’s combined proficiency across all tested grades and subjects lands above the midpoint relative to other districts in Polk County. Math proficiency is considerably lower, with results that fall well below what many families would consider competitive, and the gap between ELA and math is wide enough that a parent may want to investigate the school’s math instruction and support structures. Science proficiency was reported for grades five and eight, and sits at a level that suggests room for strengthening. This is a school where literacy outcomes are a relative bright spot, while math and science present clear challenges.

Because the school serves through eleventh grade only, no graduation rate is reported, and the data does not include information on chronic absenteeism or discipline, so a parent would need to ask the school directly about student attendance patterns and school climate. Free or reduced-price meal eligibility data was not available, which makes it harder to assess the economic profile of the student body, though the town’s housing market shows a home value that is near the state average, and rents are slightly below what is typical. The median household income nationally is a helpful benchmark, but without school-level economic data, a parent should consider that context carefully.

The school environment data does not include any information on course access, staffing ratios, or special education and English learner counts, so it is not possible to assess the breadth of programming or the level of student support from the available record. The school’s charter status means it has flexibility in its operations, but the available evidence does not describe any particular instructional model or specialization. A parent interested in this school would want to visit, ask about math intervention, and learn how the school supports its older students who are nearing graduation age, since the school does not yet serve grade twelve. The town of Dallas offers some civic anchors including parks, a trail system, and a community college satellite campus, but the school’s relationship to these resources is not specified in the data.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 324%

School 24% · District 38% · ▼ 14 pts below district

▼ 15 pts below state median · ▼ 13 pts below county median

Grade 433%

School 33% · District 30% · ▲ 3 pts above district

▼ 1 pts below state median · even with county median

Grade 513%

School 13% · District 29% · ▼ 16 pts below district

▼ 15 pts below state median · ▼ 10 pts below county median

Grade 613%

School 13% · District 27% · ▼ 15 pts below district

▼ 14 pts below state median

Grade 711%

School 11% · District 21% · ▼ 10 pts below district

▼ 18 pts below state median

Grade 89%

School 9% · District 24% · ▼ 15 pts below district

▼ 18 pts below state median

English language arts

Grade 341%

School 41% · District 29% · ▲ 12 pts above district

▲ 2 pts above state median · ▲ 1 pts above county median

Grade 440%

School 40% · District 38% · ▲ 2 pts above district

▼ 1 pts below state median · ▲ 1 pts above county median

Grade 553%

School 53% · District 49% · ▲ 5 pts above district

▲ 8 pts above state median · ▲ 8 pts above county median

Grade 650%

School 50% · District 46% · ▲ 4 pts above district

▲ 10 pts above state median

Grade 730%

School 30% · District 53% · ▼ 23 pts below district

▼ 15 pts below state median

Grade 855%

School 55% · District 49% · ▲ 6 pts above district

▲ 14 pts above state median

Science

Grade 536%

School 36% · District 33% · ▲ 3 pts above district

▲ 7 pts above state median · ▲ 6 pts above county median

Grade 827%

School 27% · District 28%

▲ 1 pts above state median

This schoolDallas SD 2, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.