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Clatskanie, Oregon - 2 schools
An equity score of 57/100 ranks Clatskanie Sd 6j #54 of 160 districts in Oregon (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $17,767 per pupil, Clatskanie Sd 6j ranks #61 of 194 Oregon districts by per-pupil spending (Oregon districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Clatskanie Sd 6j operates 2 public schools serving 689 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Oregon. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 elementary, 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 Columbia County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $17,767 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 44.2% local, 47.1% state, and 8.7% 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 57/100, ranked #54 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.
a 307:1 student-counselor ratio, somewhat above the 250:1 ASCA recommendation, and 41.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 81.8% White, 9.6% Hispanic or Latino, 0.6% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Clatskanie Elementary School, enrolling 387 students (56% of the district's total enrollment).
Clatskanie Elementary School accounts for 55.8% of all Clatskanie Sd 6j student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Clatskanie Sd 6j a distant remainder — means Clatskanie Sd 6j-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.
Clatskanie Sd 6j student-counselor ratio is 307:1 — near the typical range (US average ~408) — within the typical range for U.S. public districts
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 Variation between sub-units within Clatskanie Sd 6j is typically wider than the Clatskanie Sd 6j-aggregate figure suggests.
Clatskanie Sd 6j chronic absenteeism rate is 41.1% — 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.