An equity score of 42/100 ranks Cascade Sd 5 #100 of 160 districts in Oregon (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $16,042 per pupil, Cascade Sd 5 ranks #122 of 196 Oregon districts by per-pupil spending (Oregon districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
2,687
Total Enrollment
6
Schools
$16,042
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Cascade Sd 5 operates 6 public schools serving 2,687 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Oregon. The school portfolio breaks down into 3 elementary, 2 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 Marion County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $16,042 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 196 Oregon districts by per-pupil spending. See how Oregon compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 26.6% local, 62.9% state, and 10.5% 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 42/100, ranked #100 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 6 schools offering Advanced Placement (5 AP courses district-wide), a 357.8:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 28.9% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 75.7% White, 16.7% Hispanic or Latino, 1.1% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Aumsville Elementary School, with a diversity index of 46.4/100.
Its largest campus is Cascade Senior High School, enrolling 795 students (29% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Cascade Opportunity Center, at 83 students, a 10x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Cascade Senior High School accounts for 29.1% of all Cascade Sd 5 student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Cascade 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.
Cascade Sd 5 school enrollment varies 9.6× across entities
Cascade Sd 5 school enrollment ranges from 83 students (lowest) to 795 students (highest), a spread of 712 students. That spread reflects typical mixed-portfolio variation between specialty programs and large neighbourhood schools. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Cascade Sd 5 student-counselor ratio is 358:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Cascade Sd 5 chronic absenteeism rate is 28.9% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
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 Variation between sub-units within Cascade Sd 5 is typically wider than the Cascade Sd 5-aggregate figure suggests.