Eddyville Charter School, Eddyville OR

Original Research by School Decision on Eddyville Charter School

Eddyville Charter School is a K-12 regular public school that operates as a charter school within the Lincoln County School District. It serves the rural, unincorporated community of Eddyville, which sits at a highway crossroads deep in the Oregon Coast Range. With no downtown or commercial district, the school functions as a standalone civic anchor in a very low-density landscape. The area’s economy centers on logging, fishing, and tourism; the nearest larger towns, Toledo and Newport, are a drive away.

The student body is small and spans all thirteen grades. A substantial share of students come from low-income households, as measured by eligibility for free or reduced-price meals. The enrollment is predominantly white, with smaller shares of students who are Hispanic, American Indian or Alaska Native, or of two or more races. The school’s charter status means it has some flexibility in its operations compared with a traditional district school, though the available data does not detail any specific programs it offers.

Academic performance on Oregon’s state assessments, available for the most recent testing year, shows mixed results. In math, proficiency rates varied widely by grade. One early-elementary grade had a rate above half of students meeting the state standard, but across most other tested grades, the portion of students achieving proficiency was substantially lower, often in the single digits or teens. In English language arts, rates were also modest: a few elementary grades approached or slightly exceeded a third proficient, while middle school results in grades seven and eight were suppressed because so few students tested that the state did not report a precise rate. Science results for the tested elementary grade were in a similar low range, and the middle school science result was also suppressed. A single year of data offers only a snapshot, and in a school this small, year-to-year changes can be large. A parent may want to discuss individual student supports and curriculum approaches directly with the school.

Several pieces of information are missing from the available record. The school’s four-year graduation rate was not reported, so it is not possible to assess how successfully students complete high school here. Data on chronic absenteeism, discipline, course access, and staffing are also absent. The comparison that would place this school’s performance against other districts in Lincoln County could not be calculated because the cohort of comparable schools was too small. These gaps mean a family seeking a full picture will need to reach out to the school.

Eddyville Charter School offers local education from kindergarten through high school in a deeply rural setting where options are few. The academic achievement numbers suggest that many students are not currently meeting state benchmarks, though individual grade-level results vary. For a family committed to a small, remote community school and willing to investigate further, this is the only public K-12 option in the area.

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Academic performance

State test results and graduation outcomes.

Graduation rate (ACGR)

>=80%Cohort of 20 students · Class of 2021

The federal source publishes a banded range instead of an exact rate when the graduating cohort is small enough that an exact number could risk identifying individual students.

How this school compares to all schools in this state

Each dot is one school’s SY 2020-21 graduation rate, binned by integer rate. Taller columns mean more schools at that rate. This school is highlighted.

326 schools plotted. 10 additional schools' rates are federally suppressed and not shown. Data: EDFacts SY 2020-21.

Math

Grade 353%

School 53% · District 28% · ▲ 25 pts above district

▲ 15 pts above state median

Grade 46%

School 6% · District 21% · ▼ 15 pts below district

▼ 28 pts below state median

Grade 517%

School 17% · District 13% · ▲ 3 pts above district

▼ 12 pts below state median

Grade 613%

School 13% · District 16% · ▼ 3 pts below district

▼ 13 pts below state median

Grade 714%

School 14% · District 24% · ▼ 9 pts below district

▼ 15 pts below state median

Grade 88%

School 8% · District 13% · ▼ 5 pts below district

▼ 20 pts below state median

English language arts

Grade 320%

School 20% · District 30% · ▼ 10 pts below district

▼ 20 pts below state median

Grade 438%

School 38% · District 30% · ▲ 8 pts above district

▼ 3 pts below state median

Grade 528%

School 28% · District 32% · ▼ 4 pts below district

▼ 18 pts below state median

Grade 621%

School 21% · District 33% · ▼ 12 pts below district

▼ 19 pts below state median

Science

Grade 522%

School 22% · District 17% · ▲ 5 pts above district

▼ 6 pts below state median

This schoolLincoln County SD, 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.