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Portland, Oregon - 9 schools
An equity score of 46/100 ranks Centennial Sd 28j #89 of 160 districts in Oregon (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $14,666 per pupil, Centennial Sd 28j ranks #122 of 194 Oregon districts by per-pupil spending (Oregon districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
5,515
Total Enrollment
9
Schools
$14,666
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Centennial Sd 28j operates 9 public schools serving 5,515 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Oregon. The school portfolio breaks down into 6 elementary, 2 middle, 1 high 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 Multnomah County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $14,666 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 194 Oregon districts by per-pupil spending. See how Oregon compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 27.7% local, 59.8% state, and 12.5% 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 46/100, ranked #89 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 9 schools offering Advanced Placement (12 AP courses district-wide), a 375.3:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 52.8% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 33.2% Hispanic or Latino, 32.9% White, 13.8% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Powell Butte Elementary School, with a diversity index of 75.8/100.
Its largest campus is Centennial High School, enrolling 1,731 students (33% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Patrick Lynch Elementary, at 316 students, a 5x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Centennial High School accounts for 31.4% of all Centennial Sd 28j student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Centennial Sd 28j-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. 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.
Centennial Sd 28j school enrollment varies 5.5× across entities
Centennial Sd 28j school enrollment ranges from 316 students (lowest) to 1,731 students (highest), a spread of 1,415 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.
Centennial Sd 28j has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 68.6% 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.
Centennial Sd 28j student-counselor ratio is 375:1 — 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.
Centennial Sd 28j chronic absenteeism rate is 52.8% — 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.