Early College High School
#9 Best Public High School Teachers in Salem Area
Alum: Overall, this is a great school for academics. You have to be willing to give up a lot of extracurricular-type activities if you want to go here. Small class sizes make it easy to form connections with teachers. They also mean you know everyone in your grade - both a good and bad thing. You'll spend half of your school career at Chemeketa, which is an average college. The campus isn't anything to write home about, and I've had some classes that were complete jokes, but at the end of the day it was a good education. Teachers can be a little overbearing about the AVID-type stuff. I suppose the kids are so well-behaved they need something to get onto them about. Not many students get into prestigious universities, so don't go here if you want it to get you into an Ivy or something. Good for state and local university prep. You'll spend most of your time with the same 5 people in your friend group, so a good school for introverts. First 2 years are intense, second 2 are better...Read 54 Reviews