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Albany, Oregon - 20 schools
An equity score of 37/100 ranks Greater Albany Public Sd 8j #115 of 160 districts in Oregon (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $14,435 per pupil, Greater Albany Public Sd 8j ranks #130 of 194 Oregon districts by per-pupil spending (Oregon districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
9,060
Total Enrollment
20
Schools
$14,435
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Greater Albany Public Sd 8j operates 20 public schools serving 9,060 students, placing it in the mid-size range in Oregon. The school portfolio breaks down into 14 elementary, 3 high, 3 middle schools, giving families a clear picture of grade-band coverage 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 Linn County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $14,435 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 30.6% local, 57.3% state, and 12.1% 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 37/100, ranked #115 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 2 of 20 schools offering Advanced Placement (24 AP courses district-wide), a 302.8:1 student-counselor ratio, somewhat above the 250:1 ASCA recommendation, and 42.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 64.3% White, 25.5% Hispanic or Latino, 0.8% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Waverly Elementary School, with a diversity index of 57.9/100.
Its largest campus is South Albany High School, enrolling 1,466 students (17% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Takena Elementary School, at 122 students, a 12x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
South Albany High School accounts for 16.2% of all Greater Albany Public Sd 8j student enrollment
That concentration means Greater Albany Public Sd 8j-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.
Greater Albany Public Sd 8j school enrollment varies 12× across entities
Greater Albany Public Sd 8j school enrollment ranges from 122 students (lowest) to 1,466 students (highest), a spread of 1,344 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.
Greater Albany Public Sd 8j has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 59.7% 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 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.
Greater Albany Public Sd 8j student-counselor ratio is 303:1 — 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 Greater Albany Public Sd 8j is typically wider than the Greater Albany Public Sd 8j-aggregate figure suggests.
Greater Albany Public Sd 8j chronic absenteeism rate is 42.3% — 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.