Oregon Connections Academy


Oregon Connections Academy is a virtual charter school affiliated with the Santiam Canyon School District in Mill City, Oregon, United States. The school is operated by Oregon Connections Academy, a nonprofit corporation, through a contract with Connections Academy of Oregon, LLC, to provide its educational program and other services. The school is governed by an independent board of directors, and all board meetings are open to the public.

School profile

Oregon Connections Academy, which opened in 2005, is a full-time, tuition-free, K–12 online public school. As of September 2019, enrollment for the school was 3,909 students. In the 2020–2021 school year, Oregon Connections Academy will become Oregon Charter Academy.

Academics

The school has been provisionally accredited by the Northwest Association of Accredited Schools since 2006.
The academic record of Connections Academy in other states was called "spotty" by The Oregonian in 2005, comparing the 1:50 teacher:student ratio to the 1:20 ratio of the Clackamas Web Academy.

Location

The academy office is located in an office in Mill City, Oregon. Since the school is online, the physical location is largely a matter of formality, and does not reflect the physical location of the school's servers, instructors, etc. The school lists the location as its administrative office.