NCES CCD 2024-25 21 schools OR

Best-Resourced Schools in Grants Pass, OR

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21 public K-12 schools in Grants Pass from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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21
Schools
8,498
Students
29.8/100
Avg Resource Index
19.3:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Lean reported-resource profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Grants Pass has more public-school enrollment than 76% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Grants Pass's average Resource Investment Index falls in the lower portion of the 4,487-city comparison set. The index is a resource snapshot, not an academic grade: it reflects the federal staffing, counselor, gifted-program, and attendance fields available for local campuses. The most useful next step is to open the individual schools below and identify which component is pulling each score down, because the same city average can hide very different campus-level constraints.

The school portfolio is elementary-weighted

11 of Grants Pass's 21 listed schools are elementary campuses. That composition means citywide enrollment and staffing averages are influenced more by early-grade operating patterns than by the city's 4 middle and 4 high-school records. Families comparing later grades should rely on those individual rows rather than the all-school mean.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 38-point gap between New Bridge High School and Gpflex School shows the range hidden by Grants Pass's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment
Top 24%
School count
Top 14%
Resource Index average
12th percentile
Teacher staffing
18th percentile

Grants Pass High School accounts for 19.5% of all Grants Pass public-school enrollment

That concentration means Grants Pass-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Grants Pass school enrollment varies 49× across entities

Grants Pass school enrollment ranges from 34 students (lowest) to 1,658 students (highest), a spread of 1,624 students. That ratio is among the widest observed and reflects extreme heterogeneity inside a single city, with small specialty programs listed alongside large comprehensive campuses. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Grants Pass reports 61.5% free-lunch eligibility

The reported share clears the 50% majority mark. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Grants Pass student-teacher ratio is 19.3:1 — high (typically associated with larger urban scale or staffing constraints that have widened the headcount gap)

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. New Bridge High School 48
2. Gladiola High School 45
3. Fruitdale Elementary School 40
4. North Valley High School 39
5. Hidden Valley High School 34
6. Lincoln Savage Middle School 34
7. Ft Vannoy Elementary School 34
8. Riverside Elementary School 33
9. Madrona Elementary School 33
10. Lincoln Elementary School 32
11. Fleming Middle School 31
12. Highland Elementary School 31
13. Redwood Elementary School 30
14. Allen Dale Elementary School 29
15. North Middle School 25
16. South Middle School 24
17. Parkside Elementary 23
18. Manzanita Elementary School 19
19. Woodland Charter School 16
20. Grants Pass High School 15
21. Gpflex School 10

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Grants Pass

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Redwood Elementary School 51.1/100
  2. 2 Lincoln Elementary School 46.6/100
  3. 3 North Middle School 46.5/100
  4. 4 Gladiola High School 45.6/100
  5. 5 South Middle School 44.0/100

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Which Grants Pass school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

New Bridge High School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Grants Pass schools in this federal-data comparison at 48/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Grants Pass, OR? ▼

Grants Pass has 21 public schools with a total enrollment of 8,498 students. 1 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 19.3:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.