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Harrisburg, Oregon - 3 schools
An equity score of 48/100 ranks Harrisburg Sd 7j #84 of 160 districts in Oregon (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $14,651 per pupil, Harrisburg Sd 7j ranks #123 of 194 Oregon districts by per-pupil spending (Oregon districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
776
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$14,651
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Harrisburg Sd 7j operates 3 public schools serving 776 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Oregon. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 elementary, 1 high 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 Linn County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $14,651 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 22.6% local, 63.3% state, and 14.1% 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 48/100, ranked #84 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 3 schools offering Advanced Placement (5 AP courses district-wide), a 287:1 student-counselor ratio, somewhat above the 250:1 ASCA recommendation, and 35.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 76.4% White, 15.0% Hispanic or Latino, 0.1% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Harrisburg Elementary School, with a diversity index of 39.8/100.
Its largest campus is Harrisburg Elementary School, enrolling 338 students (39% of the district's total enrollment).
Harrisburg Elementary School accounts for 39.3% of all Harrisburg Sd 7j student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Harrisburg Sd 7j-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.
Harrisburg Sd 7j has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 53.3% 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.
Harrisburg Sd 7j student-counselor ratio is 287:1 — 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 Harrisburg Sd 7j is typically wider than the Harrisburg Sd 7j-aggregate figure suggests.
Harrisburg Sd 7j chronic absenteeism rate is 35.4% — 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.