Central Point School District 6 is a
school district
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in the
U.S. state
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of
Oregon
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that operates schools in the communities of
Central Point,
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Canada
* Gold Hill, British Columbia
United Kingdom
* Gold Hill, Shaftesbury, Dorset, a steep street used in Hovis commercial
United States
;Alabama
* Gold Hill, Alabama
;California
* Gold Hill, El Dorado County, C ...
and
Sams Valley. The district is bordered directly to the south by the
Medford School District, the largest school district in southern Oregon.
Demographics
In the 2009 school year, the district had 72 students classified as homeless by the
Department of Education
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, or 2.4% of students in the district.
Schools
Elementary schools
*Central Point Elementary School (Mascot:
Roadrunner
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) - Central Point
*Jewett Elementary School (Mascot:
Jaguar
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) - Central Point
*Mae Richardson Elementary School (Mascot:
Ram
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* Ram cichlid, a freshwater tropical fish
People
* Ram (given name)
* Ram (surname)
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) - Central Point
*Patrick Elementary School (Mascot:
Panther
Panther may refer to:
Large cats
*Pantherinae, the cat subfamily that contains the genera ''Panthera'' and ''Neofelis''
**'' Panthera'', the cat genus that contains tigers, lions, jaguars and leopards.
*** Jaguar (''Panthera onca''), found in So ...
) - Gold Hill
*Sams Valley Elementary School (Mascot:
Hawk
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* The subfamily Accipitrinae includes goshawks, sparrowhawks, sharp-shinned hawks and others. Th ...
) - Sams Valley
Middle schools
*Hanby Middle School (Mascot:
Husky
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) - Gold Hill
*Scenic Middle School (Mascot:
Sparta
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n) - Central Point
High schools
*
Crater High School
Crater High School is a public high school in Central Point, Oregon, United States.
Small School Initiative
Beginning in the 2007-2008 school year, a program called the Small School Initiative was established in Crater after a monetary grant f ...
(Mascot:
Comet
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) - Central Point
See also
*
Medford School District
*
List of school districts in Oregon
This is a list of public school districts in Oregon, a U.S. state. The Oregon Department of Education has authority over public schools. Oregon has 188 public school districts.
History
In previous eras, the state had around 2,000 school distric ...
References
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External links
Central Point School District 6(official website)
School districts in Oregon
Education in Jackson County, Oregon
Central Point, Oregon