An equity score of 57/100 ranks Forest Grove Sd 15 #51 of 160 districts in Oregon (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $16,890 per pupil, Forest Grove Sd 15 ranks #100 of 196 Oregon districts by per-pupil spending (Oregon districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
5,778
Total Enrollment
10
Schools
$16,890
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Forest Grove Sd 15 operates 10 public schools serving 5,778 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Oregon. The school portfolio breaks down into 4 elementary, 4 combined, 1 high, 1 middle schools, a compact enough portfolio that families can compare every campus directly before they move, rent, or enrol. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Washington County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $16,890 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 27.4% local, 60.8% state, and 11.8% 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 57/100, ranked #51 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.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 10 schools offering Advanced Placement (19 AP courses district-wide), a 227.7:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 37.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 55.7% Hispanic or Latino, 37.0% White, 1.0% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Harvey Clarke Elementary School, with a diversity index of 57.5/100.
Its largest campus is Forest Grove High School, enrolling 1,849 students (33% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Dilley Elementary School, at 201 students, a 9x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Forest Grove High School accounts for 32.0% of all Forest Grove Sd 15 student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Forest Grove Sd 15-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.
Forest Grove Sd 15 school enrollment varies 9.2× across entities
Forest Grove Sd 15 school enrollment ranges from 201 students (lowest) to 1,849 students (highest), a spread of 1,648 students. That spread reflects typical mixed-portfolio variation between specialty programs and large neighbourhood schools. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Forest Grove Sd 15 student-counselor ratio is 228:1 — low (typically associated with meeting or exceeding the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommended 250:1 benchmark, which correlates with stronger college and career counseling capacity)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Forest Grove Sd 15 chronic absenteeism rate is 37.6% — 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.