Chemeketa serves nearly 30,000 students each year in a district that covers 2,600 square miles (6,700 km2) in Marion, Polk, most of Yamhill, and part of Linn counties.

It offered two programs, Nursing and Electronics, which took place in the school at the corner of 3rd and Gerth St. NW.

The winning entry came from student Susan Blum, whose submission said that the term "Chemeketa" means "a peaceful gathering place" in the language of the regional Kalapuya tribe.

The Northwest Wine Studies Center in Eola, west of Salem,[2] includes a working vineyard.

This program was the first of its kind in Oregon and was developed because of the growth of the Willamette Valley as the center of wine industry.