An equity score of 41/100 ranks Grants Pass Sd 7 #102 of 160 districts in Oregon (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $15,243 per pupil, Grants Pass Sd 7 ranks #142 of 196 Oregon districts by per-pupil spending (Oregon districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
5,725
Total Enrollment
11
Schools
$15,243
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 $15,243 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 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 41/100, ranked #102 of 160 in Oregon against a state average of 50, notably less even than the typical district in 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.
Enrollment across the district's NCES-reporting campuses fell 3.3% between 2022-23 and 2023-24 (5,719 to 5,533 students), and the student-teacher ratio tightened by 1.1 students per teacher as staffing held steadier than enrollment, per the NCES Common Core of Data annual universe files.
Of the district's $88,903,000 in reported FY2023 expenditures, 60.9% went to instruction, 33.3% to support services, and 1.8% to capital outlay, a fairly typical instruction/support/capital split for a public school district. Figures come from the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey's function-level breakdown, not the aggregate per-pupil figure above.
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 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.
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.
The reported share sits between 62.5% and 75%, above a simple majority but below the highest descriptive band used here. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.
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.