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Bandon, Oregon - 3 schools
An equity score of 58/100 ranks Bandon Sd 54 #50 of 160 districts in Oregon (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $17,029 per pupil, Bandon Sd 54 ranks #71 of 194 Oregon districts by per-pupil spending (Oregon districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
670
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$17,029
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Bandon Sd 54 operates 3 public schools serving 670 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Oregon. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 elementary, 1 high 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 Coos County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $17,029 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 194 Oregon districts by per-pupil spending. See how Oregon compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 37.1% local, 46.6% state, and 16.3% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one. The district's equity score is 58/100, ranked #50 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.
and 41.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 73.1% White, 14.5% Hispanic or Latino, 0.6% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Bandon Senior High School, with a diversity index of 47.8/100.
Its largest campus is Ocean Crest Elementary School, enrolling 240 students (37% of the district's total enrollment).
Ocean Crest Elementary School accounts for 35.8% of all Bandon Sd 54 student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Bandon Sd 54-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: elementary. 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.
Bandon Sd 54 has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 54.5% 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). Areas above 75% eligibility receive concentration grants on top of the basic Title I formula. 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.
Bandon Sd 54 chronic absenteeism rate is 41.6% — 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.