Sand Ridge Charter School, Lebanon OR

Original Research by School Decision on Sand Ridge Charter School

Sand Ridge Charter School serves kindergarten through eighth grade in Lebanon, Oregon, operating as a regular public school with a charter designation. It sits within the Lebanon Community SD 9 district, and a parent considering this school will want to understand it as a distinct program with a particular academic profile rather than a conventional neighborhood school.

The student body is predominantly white, with a small share of Hispanic students and other groups present in modest numbers. A substantial share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which places the school in a high-need economic context. This is a relatively small school for its grade band, with an enrollment spread across all elementary and middle grades, though the cohort sizes are notably smaller by the time students reach the upper middle school grades.

On state assessments in the most recent testing year, Sand Ridge posted results that, when aggregated across subjects and grades, placed it well above the midpoint among the districts in Linn County in terms of overall proficiency. In English language arts, the school shows a pattern of climbing proficiency through the grades, with particularly strong results in the middle school years, where a very high share of students met the bar. Math proficiency is more consistent across grade levels, with a solid majority of students meeting the mark each year, though the rate is softer at the eighth-grade level. Science testing occurs at two points, and here the results are more uneven, with a modest share of fifth graders proficient and a lower share of eighth graders hitting the standard. A parent may want to ask the school how it supports science learning, especially for older students who will need that foundation in high school.

Because the school serves only through eighth grade, there are no high school metrics such as graduation rate, AP offerings, or dual-credit programs to evaluate. The comparison data available also does not include chronic absenteeism figures, so the full picture of daily attendance is not clear from this set. The school environment data, including staffing ratios and disciplinary records, was not supplied.

Lebanon itself is a growing city on the eastern edge of the Willamette Valley, historically tied to agriculture and timber but now seeing investment in medical education and healthcare-related industries. The downtown has been undergoing a renovation of its Main Street storefronts, with new businesses opening. Housing values in the broader area have risen in recent years, and the cost of a home sits somewhat below the state average, which is relevant for a family weighing affordability. The district serves the community with multiple schools, but no recent parent-relevant changes or strategic initiatives were found in the publicly available information, so this school stands on its own academic record rather than on any districtwide shift.

For a family weighing options, Sand Ridge Charter School presents as a place where students, particularly in the middle grades, show strong literacy results, and where math achievement is reliably solid. The charter status may mean a specific educational approach or mission that families should investigate directly with the school, as that information was not provided here. The lower science scores and the high economic need among the student body are factors a parent would want to raise in a visit. This is a school that appears to serve a clear academic function within its community, and a family looking for a small, K-8 setting with above-average proficiency relative to other local options is the likely fit.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 365%

School 65% · District 43% · ▲ 22 pts above district

▲ 27 pts above state median · ▲ 28 pts above county median

Grade 468%

School 68% · District 42% · ▲ 27 pts above district

▲ 34 pts above state median · ▲ 34 pts above county median

Grade 563%

School 63% · District 29% · ▲ 34 pts above district

▲ 34 pts above state median · ▲ 41 pts above county median

Grade 660%

School 60% · District 28% · ▲ 32 pts above district

▲ 34 pts above state median · ▲ 33 pts above county median

Grade 762%

School 62% · District 28% · ▲ 33 pts above district

▲ 32 pts above state median · ▲ 34 pts above county median

Grade 859%

School 59% · District 22% · ▲ 37 pts above district

▲ 32 pts above state median · ▲ 35 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 365%

School 65% · District 45% · ▲ 21 pts above district

▲ 25 pts above state median · ▲ 24 pts above county median

Grade 453%

School 53% · District 39% · ▲ 14 pts above district

▲ 12 pts above state median · ▲ 15 pts above county median

Grade 572%

School 72% · District 41% · ▲ 32 pts above district

▲ 26 pts above state median · ▲ 39 pts above county median

Grade 670%

School 70% · District 39% · ▲ 31 pts above district

▲ 30 pts above state median · ▲ 33 pts above county median

Grade 790%

School 90% · District 44% · ▲ 45 pts above district

▲ 45 pts above state median · ▲ 51 pts above county median

Grade 877%

School 77% · District 44% · ▲ 33 pts above district

▲ 36 pts above state median · ▲ 40 pts above county median

Science

Grade 551%

School 51% · District 24% · ▲ 27 pts above district

▲ 23 pts above state median · ▲ 32 pts above county median

Grade 841%

School 41% · District 20% · ▲ 21 pts above district

▲ 15 pts above state median · ▲ 21 pts above county median

This schoolLebanon Community SD 9, 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.