An equity score of 36/100 ranks Dallas Sd 2 #119 of 160 districts in Oregon (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $14,159 per pupil, Dallas Sd 2 ranks #166 of 196 Oregon districts by per-pupil spending (Oregon districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
3,030
Total Enrollment
7
Schools
$14,159
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Dallas Sd 2 operates 7 public schools serving 3,030 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Oregon. The school portfolio breaks down into 4 elementary, 1 high, 1 middle, 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 Polk County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $14,159 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 27.5% local, 62.3% state, and 10.1% 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 36/100, ranked #119 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 7 schools offering Advanced Placement (11 AP courses district-wide), a 366:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 49.5% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 77.8% White, 13.9% Hispanic or Latino, 0.7% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Lyle Elementary School, with a diversity index of 43.0/100.
Its largest campus is Dallas High School, enrolling 948 students (32% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Luckiamute Valley Charter School, at 213 students, a 4x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Dallas High School accounts for 31.3% of all Dallas Sd 2 student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Dallas Sd 2-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.
Dallas Sd 2 school enrollment varies 4.5× across entities
Dallas Sd 2 school enrollment ranges from 213 students (lowest) to 948 students (highest), a spread of 735 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.
Dallas Sd 2 student-counselor ratio is 366:1 — 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.
Dallas Sd 2 chronic absenteeism rate is 49.5% — 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.