NCES CCD 2024-25 19 schools OR

Best-Resourced Schools in Klamath Falls, OR

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

19
Schools
7,647
Students
35.2/100
Avg Resource Index
19.8:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Lean reported-resource profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Klamath Falls has more public-school enrollment than 72% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Klamath Falls'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

10 of Klamath Falls's 19 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 3 middle and 5 high-school records. Families comparing later grades should rely on those individual rows rather than the all-school mean.

High measured need meets a thin staffing ratio

Klamath Falls's reporting schools show 78.6% free-lunch eligibility across measured enrollment, alongside an average 19.8:1 student-teacher ratio. These are separate constraints: one describes the economic context of enrolled students and the other compares student and teacher headcounts. The 46-point gap between Eagleridge High School and Roosevelt Elementary School is therefore more useful than the city mean alone. A school with a similar ratio may still report different counselor access, attendance, or gifted-program availability, so open the campus records before drawing conclusions about student support.

City enrollment
Top 28%
School count
Top 16%
Resource Index average
26th percentile
Teacher staffing
16th percentile

Klamath Falls school enrollment varies 16× across entities

Klamath Falls school enrollment ranges from 45 students (lowest) to 720 students (highest), a spread of 675 students. That spread reflects typical urban portfolio variation between specialty programs and large neighbourhood schools. 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

Klamath Falls reports 78.6% free-lunch eligibility

The reported share is at least 75%, indicating a high concentration of measured economic need. 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

Klamath Falls student-teacher ratio is 19.8:1 — 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

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Klamath Falls

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 Mills Elementary School 63.7/100
  2. 2 Ponderosa Middle School 62.4/100
  3. 3 Klamath Union High School 61.2/100
  4. 4 Klamath Learning Center 60.7/100
  5. 5 Shasta Elementary School 60.4/100

What do families ask about schools in Klamath Falls?

Which Klamath Falls school has the highest Resource Investment Index?

Eagleridge High School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Klamath Falls schools in this federal-data comparison at 63/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Klamath Falls, OR?

Klamath Falls has 19 public schools with a total enrollment of 7,647 students. 1 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 19.8:1.

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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.