Summary:
Baker City, Oregon has 11 schools serving students from early elementary through high school, all within Baker School District 5J. The mix includes four elementary schools, two middle schools, three high schools, and two alternative schools. The district is ranked 43rd of 141 in Oregon, placing it at the 70th percentile with 4 stars. Total enrollment across the city is 5,201 students, but that figure is dominated by Baker Web Academy, an alternative school with 3,066 students — about 59% of the city total. The median school enrollment is just 226, so most schools in Baker City are small.
Baker Early College is the clearest academic standout, ranked 6th of 271 in 2025-2026 with 5 stars, posting 86.4% ELA and 46.5% math proficiency, and a 93.7% graduation rate — well above the district's 77.1% and the state's 83.0%. Its chronic absenteeism, however, is 57.1%, far higher than the district's 26.1%. Among elementary schools, Haines Elementary School leads with 65.3% ELA and 55.6% math, though its science proficiency is 22.2%, below district and state. Keating Elementary School has by far the lowest chronic absenteeism at 7.1%.
Math is a district-wide weak point: among reporting schools, only Haines and Baker Early College exceed the state's 32.9% math proficiency. Baker High School shows a striking mismatch — a 92.6% graduation rate and the city's highest per-student spending at $28,674, yet only 7.7% math proficiency. Eagle Cap Innovative Junior/Senior High School has the lowest graduation rate at 43.8% and the highest absenteeism at 76.5%. Families should note that some schools have suppressed test scores (shown as "—"), meaning performance is unknown rather than zero.
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