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Gaston, Oregon - 2 schools
An equity score of 54/100 ranks Gaston Sd 511j #63 of 160 districts in Oregon (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $15,206 per pupil, Gaston Sd 511j ranks #106 of 194 Oregon districts by per-pupil spending (Oregon districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
483
Total Enrollment
2
Schools
$15,206
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Gaston Sd 511j operates 2 public schools serving 483 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Oregon. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined, 1 elementary 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 Washington County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $15,206 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 26.0% local, 64.4% state, and 9.6% 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 54/100, ranked #63 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 2 schools offering Advanced Placement (3 AP courses district-wide), and 45.0% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 81.1% White, 15.1% Hispanic or Latino, 0.4% Asian across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Gaston Jr/Sr High School, enrolling 246 students (52% of the district's total enrollment).
Gaston Jr/Sr High School accounts for 50.9% of all Gaston Sd 511j student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Gaston Sd 511j a distant remainder — means Gaston Sd 511j-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: combined. 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.
Gaston Sd 511j chronic absenteeism rate is 45.0% — 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.