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Gladstone, Oregon - 4 schools
An equity score of 49/100 ranks Gladstone Sd 115 #81 of 160 districts in Oregon (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $15,400 per pupil, Gladstone Sd 115 ranks #100 of 194 Oregon districts by per-pupil spending (Oregon districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,677
Total Enrollment
4
Schools
$15,400
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Gladstone Sd 115 operates 4 public schools serving 1,677 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Oregon. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 elementary, 1 high, 1 middle, 1 combined 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 Clackamas County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $15,400 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 34.4% local, 54.7% state, and 10.9% 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 49/100, ranked #81 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 4 schools offering Advanced Placement (1 AP courses district-wide), a 282.6:1 student-counselor ratio, somewhat above the 250:1 ASCA recommendation, and 47.0% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 70.9% White, 17.4% Hispanic or Latino, 0.6% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Walter L Kraxberger Middle School, with a diversity index of 48.0/100.
John Wetten Elementary School accounts for 35.1% of all Gladstone Sd 115 student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Gladstone Sd 115-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.
Gladstone Sd 115 school enrollment varies 5.4× across entities
Gladstone Sd 115 school enrollment ranges from 109 students (lowest) to 589 students (highest), a spread of 480 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.
Gladstone Sd 115 student-counselor ratio is 283:1 — 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 Gladstone Sd 115 is typically wider than the Gladstone Sd 115-aggregate figure suggests.
Gladstone Sd 115 chronic absenteeism rate is 47.0% — 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.