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Burns, Oregon - 4 schools
An equity score of 68/100 ranks Harney County Sd 3 #29 of 160 districts in Oregon (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $16,018 per pupil, Harney County Sd 3 ranks #88 of 194 Oregon districts by per-pupil spending (Oregon districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
742
Total Enrollment
4
Schools
$16,018
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Harney County Sd 3 operates 4 public schools serving 742 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 Harney County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $16,018 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 194 Oregon districts by per-pupil spending. See how Oregon compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 23.9% local, 60.4% state, and 15.7% 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 68/100, ranked #29 of 160 in Oregon against a state average of 50, notably more even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 4 schools offering Advanced Placement (4 AP courses district-wide), a 164:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 55.8% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 81.4% White, 7.5% Hispanic or Latino, 0.1% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Hines Middle School, with a diversity index of 36.5/100.
Its largest campus is Henry L Slater Elementary School, enrolling 297 students (43% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Burns High Desert Academy, at 7 students, a 42x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Henry L Slater Elementary School accounts for 40.0% of all Harney County Sd 3 student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Harney County Sd 3-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.
Harney County Sd 3 school enrollment varies 42× across entities
Harney County Sd 3 school enrollment ranges from 7 students (lowest) to 297 students (highest), a spread of 290 students. That ratio is among the widest observed and reflects extreme enrollment heterogeneity, the district operates both small specialty programs and large comprehensive campuses inside a single budgeting unit. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Harney County Sd 3 student-counselor ratio is 164:1 — 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.
Harney County Sd 3 chronic absenteeism rate is 55.8% — 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.