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Dayton, Oregon - 3 schools
An equity score of 28/100 ranks Dayton Sd 8 #142 of 160 districts in Oregon (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $6,104 per pupil, Dayton Sd 8 ranks #190 of 194 Oregon districts by per-pupil spending (Oregon districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
873
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$6,104
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 $6,104 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the bottom 20 of 194 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 28/100, ranked #142 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.
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 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.
Dayton Sd 8 has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 81.6% 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). Areas above 75% eligibility — including this one — receive concentration grants on top of the basic Title I formula. 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.
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.