Summary:
Zip code 97814 covers Baker City, Oregon, and is home to 11 schools — four elementary, two middle, three high, and two alternative — all part of Baker School District 5J, which ranks 43rd of 141 districts in Oregon (70th percentile, 4 stars). Grades served span early learning and kindergarten through 12th grade. Total enrollment is 5,201 students, but that total is dominated by a single school: Baker Web Academy enrolls 3,066 students (about 59%), while the other 10 schools together serve 2,135.
Baker Early College is the clear academic standout, ranking among the top 1–6 high schools statewide in recent years, with a 93.7% graduation rate and proficiency far above district and state levels (ELA 86.4%, math 46.5%, science 68.8%) — though its chronic absenteeism of 57.1% is far above both. Haines Elementary School is the strongest traditional elementary, with ELA at 65.3% and math at 55.6%, well above district and state averages despite 91.43% free/reduced lunch; science is its weak spot at 22.2%. Keating Elementary School has the lowest chronic absenteeism in the group at 7.1%, though it enrolls only 26 students, so results should be read cautiously.
Several schools show real challenges. Baker High School graduates 92.6% of students and posts ELA above the state average, but math proficiency is only 7.7% against 28.4% district and 32.9% state, and it spends the most per student at $28,674. Eagle Cap Innovative Junior/Senior High School has the lowest graduation rate (43.8%) and highest chronic absenteeism (76.5%). Brooklyn Primary School reports the lowest elementary proficiency (16.5% in both ELA and math) while spending more per student ($22,721) than Haines ($16,590). Baker Virtual Academy has test scores suppressed by the state, and Baker Early Learning Center reports an impossible free/reduced lunch figure of 196.91%, both of which should be treated as unknown or data errors rather than performance signals.
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