An equity score of 80/100 ranks Athena-Weston Sd 29rj #14 of 160 districts in Oregon (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $18,303 per pupil, Athena-Weston Sd 29rj ranks #73 of 196 Oregon districts by per-pupil spending (Oregon districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
557
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$18,303
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Athena-Weston Sd 29rj operates 3 public schools serving 557 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Oregon. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 elementary, 1 high, 1 combined 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 Umatilla County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $18,303 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 22.7% local, 69.7% state, and 7.6% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 80/100, ranked #14 of 160 in Oregon against a state average of 50, notably more even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 3 schools offering Advanced Placement (9 AP courses district-wide), and 63.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 72.1% White, 13.6% Hispanic or Latino, 0.2% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Weston-Mcewen High School, with a diversity index of 46.8/100.
Its largest campus is Weston Middle School, enrolling 187 students (39% of the district's total enrollment).
Weston Middle School accounts for 33.6% of all Athena-Weston Sd 29rj student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Athena-Weston Sd 29rj-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: elementary. 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.
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.
Athena-Weston Sd 29rj chronic absenteeism rate is 63.4% — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
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 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.