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Grants Pass, Oregon - 11 schools
An equity score of 47/100 ranks Grants Pass Sd 7 #86 of 160 districts in Oregon (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $14,765 per pupil, Grants Pass Sd 7 ranks #118 of 194 Oregon districts by per-pupil spending (Oregon districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
5,725
Total Enrollment
11
Schools
$14,765
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Grants Pass Sd 7 operates 11 public schools serving 5,725 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Oregon. The school portfolio breaks down into 6 elementary, 2 high, 2 middle, 1 combined 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 Josephine County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $14,765 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 24.6% local, 62.4% state, and 13.1% 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 47/100, ranked #86 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 11 schools offering Advanced Placement (18 AP courses district-wide), a 367.2:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 31.8% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 72.9% White, 17.1% Hispanic or Latino, 0.5% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Redwood Elementary School, with a diversity index of 51.1/100.
Its largest campus is Grants Pass High School, enrolling 1,658 students (30% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Gladiola High School, at 158 students, a 10x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Grants Pass High School accounts for 29.0% of all Grants Pass Sd 7 student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Grants Pass Sd 7-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.
Grants Pass Sd 7 school enrollment varies 10× across entities
Grants Pass Sd 7 school enrollment ranges from 158 students (lowest) to 1,658 students (highest), a spread of 1,500 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.
Grants Pass Sd 7 has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 65.8% 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). Eligibility here is approaching the 75% concentration-grant threshold; it does not yet unlock the extra funding tier but sits meaningfully above the baseline 50% majority mark. 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.
Grants Pass Sd 7 student-counselor ratio is 367:1 — 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.
Grants Pass Sd 7 chronic absenteeism rate is 31.8% — 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.