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South Salem High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
1910 Church St Se
Salem, OR 97302
Phone
(503) 399-3252
District
Salem-Keizer SD 24J
County
MARION COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
2256
Classroom Teachers
103

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Oregon

6

(10 is best)

Better than 53.1% of all OR schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

5

(10 is best)

South Salem High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 11

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
32%
33%
47%
46%
17%
21%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

25 20 15 10 5 0
22
19
18
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 614 27.2%
Grade 10 585 25.9%
Grade 11 564 25.0%
Grade 12 493 21.9%
Total 2256 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 52.5% 43.0% 63.6%
Black 1.9% 1.6% 2.6%
Hispanic 39.2% 49.2% 27.2%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 3.0% 2.3% 4.4%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 3.4% 3.9% 2.2%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 95.7% 80.9% 51.4%
Free lunch eligible 95.7% 80.8% 49.4%
Reduced lunch eligible 0.0% 0.1% 2.0%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 271,362 4,240,137
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 1,600.5 43
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 6.1% 5.1%
5-19 YEARS OLD 20.2% 17.6%
20-44 YEARS OLD 35.2% 34.2%
45-64 YEARS OLD 22.7% 24.8%
65 OR OLDER 15.8% 18.3%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 99,905 1,680,800
Single Parent Households With Children 10.4% 7.5%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 87.4% 91.6%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 27.9% 35.5%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 15.2% 19.6%
$100,000 - $149,999 18.8% 18.0%
$75,000 - $99,999 13.2% 13.4%
$50,000 - $74,999 19.1% 16.5%
$30,000 - $49,999 15.7% 14.4%
$15,000 - $29,999 10.6% 10.2%
$15,000 or less 7.4% 7.9%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,429 $332,090,000 42.0%
Support Expenditures
Student $962 $37,896,000 4.8%
Staff $606 $23,874,000 3.0%
General Administration $62 $2,441,000 0.3%
School Administration $1,018 $40,093,000 5.1%
Operation $838 $33,032,000 4.2%
Transportation $533 $20,988,000 2.7%
Other $875 $34,481,000 4.4%
Total Support $4,894 $192,805,000 24.4%
Non-instructional Expenditures $6,735 $265,342,000 33.6%
Total Expenditures $20,057 $790,237,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,108 $4,480,175,000 42.8%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,236 $682,861,000 6.5%
Staff $567 $313,153,000 3.0%
General Administration $204 $112,811,000 1.1%
School Administration $916 $506,381,000 4.8%
Operation $1,083 $598,214,000 5.7%
Transportation $510 $281,831,000 2.7%
Other $1,047 $578,502,000 5.5%
Total Support $5,563 $3,073,753,000 29.4%
Non-instructional Expenditures $5,274 $2,914,323,000 27.8%
Total Expenditures $18,944 $10,468,251,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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