An equity score of 57/100 ranks Hermiston Sd 8 #52 of 160 districts in Oregon (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $15,541 per pupil, Hermiston Sd 8 ranks #132 of 196 Oregon districts by per-pupil spending (Oregon districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
5,466
Total Enrollment
9
Schools
$15,541
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Hermiston Sd 8 operates 9 public schools serving 5,466 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Oregon. The school portfolio breaks down into 6 elementary, 2 middle, 1 high 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 Umatilla County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $15,541 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 24.0% local, 67.1% state, and 8.9% 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 57/100, ranked #52 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 9 schools offering Advanced Placement (10 AP courses district-wide), a 410.4:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 52.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 63.0% Hispanic or Latino, 32.0% White, 0.6% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Desert View Elementary School, with a diversity index of 55.5/100.
Its largest campus is Hermiston High School, enrolling 1,705 students (32% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Highland Hills Elementary School, at 308 students, a 6x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Hermiston High School accounts for 31.2% of all Hermiston Sd 8 student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Hermiston Sd 8-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.
Hermiston Sd 8 school enrollment varies 5.5× across entities
Hermiston Sd 8 school enrollment ranges from 308 students (lowest) to 1,705 students (highest), a spread of 1,397 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous campus portfolio, most districts have a wider mix of school sizes. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
The reported share clears the 50% majority mark. 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.
Hermiston Sd 8 student-counselor ratio is 410:1 — 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.
Hermiston Sd 8 chronic absenteeism rate is 52.4% — 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.