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Baker City, Oregon - 11 schools
An equity score of 26/100 ranks Baker Sd 5j #146 of 160 districts in Oregon (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $6,248 per pupil, Baker Sd 5j ranks #189 of 194 Oregon districts by per-pupil spending (Oregon districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
4,453
Total Enrollment
11
Schools
$6,248
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Baker Sd 5j operates 11 public schools serving 4,453 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Oregon. The school portfolio breaks down into 5 elementary, 3 combined, 2 high, 1 middle schools, a compact enough portfolio that families can compare every campus directly before they move, rent, or enrol. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Baker County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $6,248 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the bottom 20 of 194 Oregon districts by per-pupil spending. See how Oregon compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 19.4% local, 72.0% state, and 8.7% 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 26/100, ranked #146 of 160 in Oregon against a state average of 50, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 11 schools offering Advanced Placement (3 AP courses district-wide), a 219.6:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 39.9% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 86.2% White, 8.1% Hispanic or Latino, 0.5% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Baker Web Academy, with a diversity index of 40.1/100.
Its largest campus is Baker Web Academy, enrolling 3,066 students (59% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Keating Elementary School, at 26 students, a 118x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Baker Web Academy accounts for 59.0% of all Baker Sd 5j student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Baker Sd 5j a distant remainder — means Baker Sd 5j-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: combined. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Baker Sd 5j school enrollment varies 118× across entities
Baker Sd 5j school enrollment ranges from 26 students (lowest) to 3,066 students (highest), a spread of 3,040 students. That ratio is an extreme outlier spread — among the widest gaps observed anywhere in this dataset. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Baker Sd 5j has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 70.6% of the population qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch
free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is the federal threshold for Title I funding allocations, established under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015). Eligibility here is approaching the 75% concentration-grant threshold; it does not yet unlock the extra funding tier but sits meaningfully above the baseline 50% majority mark. Regions with eligibility this high typically draw a substantially larger federal funding share relative to their local tax base, which can either offset or reinforce existing gaps depending on allocation policy.
Baker Sd 5j student-counselor ratio is 220:1 — 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.
Baker Sd 5j chronic absenteeism rate is 39.9% — 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.