Oregon received its first six-year GEAR UP grant in 2002, working with 16 clusters (consisting of a high school and one or more feeder middle schools) around the state. A second federal grant began in 2008 with a focus on supporting 12 new rural communities. An additional group of 10 clusters, concentrated in Curry, Coos, and Douglas counties, joined in 2011, with support from The Ford Family Foundation. A third federal GEAR UP grant began in 2014, serving 21 communities until 2021. In 2016, we started the Affiliate program in order to serve additional communities.
Click on the name of a community to learn about the schools involved. To see former GEAR UP sites, click on the icon in the upper left-hand corner of the map.
2014-2021 Schools | |
City | Schools |
Bandon |
Harbor Lights Middle School Bandon High School |
Blue River | McKenzie River Community School |
Boardman | Riverside Junior/Senior High School |
Cave Junction |
Lorna Byrne Middle School Illinois Valley High School |
Chiloquin | Chiloquin Junior/Senior High School |
Cottage Grove |
Lincoln Middle School Kennedy High School Cottage Grove High School |
Culver |
Culver Middle School Culver High School |
Dayton |
Dayton Junior High School Dayton High School |
Elgin | Elgin High School |
Gold Beach |
Riley Creek Elementary School Gold Beach High School |
Klamath Falls |
Ponderosa Middle School Klamath Union High School |
La Pine |
La Pine Middle School La Pine High School |
Lebanon |
Hamilton Creek School Lacomb School Seven Oak Middle School Lebanon High School |
Lincoln City | Taft 7-12 School |
Lowell | Lowell Junior/Senior High School |
Myrtle Creek |
Coffenberry Middle School South Umpqua High School |
Newport |
Newport Middle School Newport High School |
Oakridge |
Oakridge Junior High School Oakridge High School |
Rogue River | Rogue River Junior/Senior High School |
Stanfield | Stanfield Secondary School |
Umatilla |
Clara Brownell Middle School Umatilla High School |