Original Research by School Decision on Warrior Academy
Warrior Academy is an alternative school serving grades six through twelve in the Warrenton-Hammond School District, located in the small coastal city of Warrenton, Oregon. The city itself is a dispersed, low-density fishing and logging community made up of several formerly separate settlements, including Hammond, Flavel, and Fort Stevens, which gives it a multi-node character rather than a single dense center. Commercial activity concentrates along Main Avenue, the Hammond marina, and the Highway corridor, while the Skipanon waterway and Columbia River estuary support marine-dependent industries. The school sits within this spread-out geography, not integrated into a downtown civic core.
This is not a comprehensive neighborhood school in the traditional sense. As an alternative school, Warrior Academy is designed for students who may need a different learning environment than a conventional middle or high school provides. Its enrollment is very small, serving a population that is predominantly white, with a modest share of students identifying as two or more races and a small share identifying as Hispanic or Latino. Enrollment by grade shows that the school serves students from grade nine upward, with the largest numbers in the upper high school years and a single student in grade nine. No students were reported in grades six, seven, or eight in the data available, which means that while the school is authorized to serve those grades, its current population is entirely in high school.
State testing data for math, English language arts, and science was not available for Warrior Academy. This is not unusual for an alternative school, such settings may operate outside the standard state testing framework, or the student population may be small enough that results are suppressed to protect privacy. A parent who wants to understand academic performance at this school should contact the school or district directly for any internal assessments or progress measures they track. No graduation rate was reported in the data, which is also consistent with an alternative program that may serve students on non-traditional timelines.
The housing market in Warrenton reflects its position as a coastal community. Home values are at a level similar to the state benchmark for Oregon and above the national median. Housing costs relative to income are stretched, with the estimated monthly mortgage payment notably higher than typical rent, making homeownership a significant financial commitment. The Warrenton-Hammond district has seen a new middle school open in recent years, but no recent parent-relevant changes to district policy or programming were identified in publicly available sources. This may reflect a period of stability or simply limited public reporting, and families should check with the district for current updates.
Warrior Academy fits a specific and narrow need. It is a very small alternative program serving high school students, likely those who have struggled in a larger, more traditional setting. The absence of state test results and the school's alternative designation mean that a family should expect to learn directly from the school about its approach to instruction, credit recovery, student support, and post-graduation pathways. For a family looking for a conventional middle or high school experience with full extracurriculars and a broad academic program, this school is not that. For a family whose student needs a smaller, more flexible environment and is open to a different kind of high school experience, it may be worth a conversation with the staff to see if it is a good fit.
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