NCES CCD 2024-25 9 schools OR

Best-Resourced Schools in Pendleton, OR

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

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9
Schools
3,008
Students
26.1/100
Avg Resource Index
25.6:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Lean reported-resource profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Pendleton has more public-school enrollment than 29% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Pendleton'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.

A full K–12 ladder sits inside the city boundary

Pendleton's list includes 3 elementary, 1 middle, and 3 high-school campuses, plus 2 combined-grade records. The city average spans every major grade stage, so the ranked table is more informative when read within level than as one interchangeable queue.

High measured need meets a thin staffing ratio

Pendleton's reporting schools show 66.3% free-lunch eligibility across measured enrollment, alongside an average 25.6:1 student-teacher ratio. These are separate constraints: one describes the economic context of enrolled students and the other compares student and teacher headcounts. The 20-point gap between Intermountain Virtual Learning Academy and Hawthorne Alternative High 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 71%
School count
Top 46%
Resource Index average
5th percentile
Teacher staffing
1st percentile

Pendleton High School accounts for 25.4% of all Pendleton public-school enrollment

That concentration means Pendleton-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

Pendleton school enrollment varies 14× across entities

Pendleton school enrollment ranges from 56 students (lowest) to 763 students (highest), a spread of 707 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

Pendleton reports 66.3% free-lunch eligibility

The reported share sits between 62.5% and 75%, above a simple majority but below the highest descriptive band used here. 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

Pendleton student-teacher ratio is 25.6:1 — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)

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 Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

1 of Pendleton's 9 listed schools are charters

11% of the city's listed public-school campuses are reported as charter schools in NCES CCD. Charter status identifies a different governance arrangement; it does not establish admissions availability, academic quality, or the share of city students enrolled in those campuses. Open each school record to compare enrollment and staffing directly.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

# School Score
1. Intermountain Virtual Learning Academy 35
2. Pendleton High School 31
3. Mckay Creek Elementary School 31
4. Sunridge Middle School 29
5. Pendleton Early Learning Center 25
6. Nixyaawii Community School 24
7. Sherwood Heights Elementary School 23
8. Washington Elementary School 22
9. Hawthorne Alternative High School 15

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Pendleton

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 Washington Elementary School 66.6/100
  2. 2 Pendleton Early Learning Center 57.4/100
  3. 3 Sunridge Middle School 57.3/100
  4. 4 Sherwood Heights Elementary School 55.9/100
  5. 5 Hawthorne Alternative High School 48.4/100

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Which Pendleton school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Intermountain Virtual Learning Academy has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Pendleton schools in this federal-data comparison at 35/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Pendleton, OR? ▼

Pendleton has 9 public schools with a total enrollment of 3,008 students. 1 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 25.6:1.

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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.