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Gervais, Oregon - 4 schools
An equity score of 55/100 ranks Gervais Sd 1 #57 of 160 districts in Oregon (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $12,866 per pupil, Gervais Sd 1 ranks #178 of 194 Oregon districts by per-pupil spending (Oregon districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,223
Total Enrollment
4
Schools
$12,866
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Gervais Sd 1 operates 4 public schools serving 1,223 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Oregon. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 elementary, 1 combined, 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 Marion County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $12,866 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 16.3% local, 69.5% state, and 14.3% 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 55/100, ranked #57 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.
a 184:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 37.9% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 59.6% Hispanic or Latino, 36.5% White, 0.7% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Frontier Charter Academy, with a diversity index of 48.6/100.
Its largest campus is Gervais Elementary School, enrolling 384 students (31% of the district's total enrollment).
Gervais Elementary School accounts for 30.8% of all Gervais Sd 1 student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Gervais Sd 1-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.
Gervais Sd 1 has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 75.1% 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.
Gervais Sd 1 student-counselor ratio is 184:1 — 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.
Gervais Sd 1 chronic absenteeism rate is 37.9% — 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.