An equity score of 51/100 ranks Ashland Sd 5 #70 of 160 districts in Oregon (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $18,714 per pupil, Ashland Sd 5 ranks #70 of 196 Oregon districts by per-pupil spending (Oregon districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
2,568
Total Enrollment
6
Schools
$18,714
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Ashland Sd 5 operates 6 public schools serving 2,568 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Oregon. The school portfolio breaks down into 4 elementary, 1 high, 1 middle schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Jackson County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $18,714 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 196 Oregon districts by per-pupil spending. See how Oregon compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 52.7% local, 31.8% state, and 15.5% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers. The district's equity score is 51/100, ranked #70 of 160 in Oregon against a state average of 50, in line with the typical spread seen across the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 6 schools offering Advanced Placement (12 AP courses district-wide), a 219.2:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 31.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 73.9% White, 12.3% Hispanic or Latino, 1.6% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Walker Elementary School, with a diversity index of 50.7/100.
Its largest campus is Ashland High School, enrolling 877 students (38% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Trails Outdoor School, at 157 students, a 6x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Enrollment across the district's NCES-reporting campuses held roughly steady from 2022-23 to 2023-24 (2,395 to 2,366 students, -1.2%), per the NCES Common Core of Data annual universe files.
Of the district's $86,898,000 in reported FY2023 expenditures, 31.5% went to instruction, 22.5% to support services, and 38.9% to capital outlay, a capital-heavy year, consistent with active construction, renovation, or major equipment purchases. Figures come from the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey's function-level breakdown, not the aggregate per-pupil figure above.
Ashland High School accounts for 34.2% of all Ashland Sd 5 student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Ashland Sd 5-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: high. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates 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.
Ashland Sd 5 school enrollment varies 5.6× across entities
Ashland Sd 5 school enrollment ranges from 157 students (lowest) to 877 students (highest), a spread of 720 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous campus portfolio, most districts have a wider mix of school sizes. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Ashland Sd 5 student-counselor ratio is 219:1 — low (typically associated with meeting or exceeding the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommended 250:1 benchmark, which correlates with stronger college and career counseling capacity)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Ashland Sd 5 chronic absenteeism rate is 31.1% — high (typically associated with higher-than-average disruption; recent CRDC data showed elevated rates persisting after pandemic-era schooling changes)
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.