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Crane, Oregon - 2 schools
An equity score of 29/100 ranks Harney County Sd 4 #136 of 160 districts in Oregon (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $8,704 per pupil, Harney County Sd 4 ranks #185 of 194 Oregon districts by per-pupil spending (Oregon districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
914
Total Enrollment
2
Schools
$8,704
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Harney County Sd 4 operates 2 public schools serving 914 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Oregon. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined, 1 elementary 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 $8,704 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the bottom 20 of 194 Oregon districts by per-pupil spending. See how Oregon compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 5.3% local, 91.1% state, and 3.6% 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 29/100, ranked #136 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.
a 186:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 23.9% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 87.3% White, 6.3% Hispanic or Latino, 0.8% Asian across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Oregon Family School, enrolling 919 students (83% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Crane Elementary School, at 186 students, a 5x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Oregon Family School accounts for 83.2% of all Harney County Sd 4 student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Harney County Sd 4 a distant remainder — means Harney County Sd 4-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: combined. 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 4 student-counselor ratio is 186:1 — 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 4 chronic absenteeism rate is 23.9% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
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 Variation between sub-units within Harney County Sd 4 is typically wider than the Harney County Sd 4-aggregate figure suggests.