An equity score of 61/100 ranks Dayton Sd 8 #44 of 160 districts in Oregon (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $16,734 per pupil, Dayton Sd 8 ranks #104 of 196 Oregon districts by per-pupil spending (Oregon districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
873
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$16,734
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Dayton Sd 8 operates 3 public schools serving 873 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Oregon. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 elementary, 1 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 Yamhill County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $16,734 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 28.3% local, 63.3% state, and 8.4% 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 61/100, ranked #44 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.
a 278:1 student-counselor ratio, somewhat above the 250:1 ASCA recommendation, and 54.8% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 54.9% White, 39.6% Hispanic or Latino, 0.2% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Dayton Jr High School, with a diversity index of 56.7/100.
Its largest campus is Dayton Grade School, enrolling 320 students (38% of the district's total enrollment).
Dayton Grade School accounts for 36.7% of all Dayton Sd 8 student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Dayton Sd 8-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: elementary. 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.
The reported share is at least 75%, indicating a high concentration of measured economic need. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.
Dayton Sd 8 student-counselor ratio is 278:1 — 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 Dayton Sd 8 is typically wider than the Dayton Sd 8-aggregate figure suggests.
Dayton Sd 8 chronic absenteeism rate is 54.8% — 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.