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Elmira, Oregon - 5 schools
An equity score of 30/100 ranks Fern Ridge Sd 28j #132 of 160 districts in Oregon (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $14,112 per pupil, Fern Ridge Sd 28j ranks #139 of 194 Oregon districts by per-pupil spending (Oregon districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,429
Total Enrollment
5
Schools
$14,112
Per-Pupil Spending
High, Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Fern Ridge Sd 28j operates 5 public schools serving 1,429 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Oregon. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 high, 2 elementary, 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 Lane County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $14,112 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 32.8% local, 53.0% state, and 14.2% 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 30/100, ranked #132 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 5 schools offering Advanced Placement (4 AP courses district-wide), a 357.6:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 69.2% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 81.6% White, 10.9% Hispanic or Latino, 0.5% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Veneta Elementary School, with a diversity index of 41.8/100.
Its largest campus is Elmira High School, enrolling 374 students (27% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is West Lane Charter School, at 84 students, a 4x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Elmira High School accounts for 26.2% of all Fern Ridge Sd 28j student enrollment
That concentration means Fern Ridge 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.
Fern Ridge Sd 28j school enrollment varies 4.5× across entities
Fern Ridge Sd 28j school enrollment ranges from 84 students (lowest) to 374 students (highest), a spread of 290 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.
Fern Ridge Sd 28j student-counselor ratio is 358:1 — 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.
Fern Ridge Sd 28j chronic absenteeism rate is 69.2% — 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.