Sweet Home’s public schools beat 60% of Oregon districts
The public schools Sweet Home’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 60% of Oregon’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.
The short version on Sweet Home’s schools
Holds up better next to similar towns
Against all Oregon districts, Sweet Home beats only 60%. Against the 141 towns with similar household incomes, it beats 72%. Part of the low grade reflects local incomes rather than the schools alone. How it compares ↓
Which school depends on your street
With three elementary schools, the school a child attends depends on your address. Elementary grades range from C to B, so it’s worth checking the specific school, not just the town. After that, everyone goes to Sweet Home Junior High School and Sweet Home High School. See the path ↓
Average results for less money
Sweet Home spends 18% less per student than the state average, yet lands near the middle on results. Classes aren’t bigger for it: each teacher has about 17 students, compared with 18 statewide. Test scores ↓
This summary is written from the data on this page. Test scores are from 2020–21, a pandemic year, so treat small gaps with caution.
How Sweet Home compares
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Oregon’s state tests against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown but don’t count. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids through every district that serves it, weighted by students tested. Tests count 60%, graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are compared with the rest of Oregon only. A+ is the top 5%, A the next 10%, A− the next 10%, the B range the next 30%, the C range the next 30%, D the rest.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income, so we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Sweet Home.
The district
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
How students score
Every school in Sweet Home
5 schools. Grades are based on state tests and graduation. Any other ratings are made by neighbors.
Parents talk
What Sweet Home families are saying about school.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Colleges near Sweet Home
There’s no college in Sweet Home, but 1 is within 30 miles. The closest is Linn-Benton Community College in Albany, 24 miles away.
Straight-line distance from the center of Sweet Home. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus · College Scorecard · IPEDS.
School data: U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts, F-33 school finance). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within Oregon. Stars are from neighbors.