Academy for Character Education

Cottage Grove · OR · South Lane SD 45J3 · Public charter · K-12 combined


📋 At a glance

Programs & features
  • 📚 6 AP courses offered — Moderate
  • ✅ Gifted & talented program
Academic signals
  • 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 50% of US high schools

Composed from federal CRDC offerings, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.

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How Academy for Character Education compares for families

Solid mid-tier academic profile.

  • LocallyOR sits right at the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math — local school quality will set your kid apart.
  • vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Twin Rivers Charter School, LESD Life Skills, Transitions and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.

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🎓 Academic rigor

AP + advanced-course offerings

Moderate — some AP / advanced course access

Bottom 50% of US high schools

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AP courses offered
6
Math ✓
Students taking AP courses
11
≈15 per 100 students · uptake, not just offerings
Lab science classes
1
0 physics · 1 chemistry
Other rigor signals
✅ Gifted/talented program

Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). CRDC reports what's offered + enrolled — it doesn't collect AP exam pass rates (College Board owns that data and doesn't release it school-level).

SAT / ACT participation

CRDC federal data · 2020-21
SAT/ACT test-takers
0
11th-12th graders who took 1+ college admissions test
Test-taking intensity
0.0
takers per 100 students in grades 9-12

Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.

👩‍🏫 Teacher workforce · federal CRDC

Teacher experience & reliability

% inexperienced teachers (1st-2nd yr)
6.2%
Strong: experienced corps. New teachers rotate through but most have ≥3 years in.
% chronic teacher absence (≥10 days/yr)
0.0%
Strong attendance culture among teachers.

Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.

🏛️ Your state's public flagship

University of Oregon

85%
admit rate
$16,137
in-state tuition/yr · $44,598 out-of-state
1130–1360
SAT 25–75 · ACT 22–30

The in-state tuition gap is the flagship's biggest draw — most in-state families pay far less than the out-of-state sticker. Average net price after aid runs about $22,182/yr. Admission odds depend on your student's GPA and test scores, not which high school they attend.

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Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.

Chronic absenteeism

Share of students absent 15+ days
4.0%
Below 10% — strong attendance culture. Chronic absence is a leading indicator of dropout and disengagement; a low rate signals families staying connected to the school.
Students absent 15+ days
14
Federal definition: absent (excused or unexcused) for at least 15 of ~180 school days — about 10% of the school year.

Why this matters to enrollment: A low chronic-absence rate is the cleanest school-level signal of strong family connection, classroom culture, and student engagement — all upstream drivers of enrollment stability.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2024 total enrollment.

Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).

If the recent trend holds…

At its recent rate of +1.3%/year, projecting from 2024's 354 students:

2025
359
2027
368
2029
378

An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.

Revenue upside

At $16,844 per student in district revenue, the 24 students projected to be gained by 2029 represent ≈ $404,256/year in additional funding.

District total revenue ÷ enrollment, NCES F-33. Public funding largely follows enrollment, so a shrinking class is a recurring budget hit.

Most similar nearby high schools

The schools most like this one — same type, blended on distance and size — and where their enrollment is heading. These are the schools families here weigh against each other.

SchoolTypeMilesHS enrollmentTrend
Twin Rivers Charter School
Eugene
Public · charter 16.7 45
LESD Life Skills
Eugene
Public 20.2 52
Transitions
Eugene
Public 17.7 40
Bridge Charter Academy
Lowell
Public · charter 16.4 138 +39.4%
Elkton Charter School
Elkton
Public · charter 27.6 84 -6.7%
Lane School
Eugene
Public 17.7
Gilchrist Junior/Senior High School
Gilchrist
Public 72.0 74 +34.5%
Prospect Charter School
Prospect
Public · charter 77.2 81 +11.0%

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