An equity score of 55/100 ranks Klamath Falls City Schools #63 of 160 districts in Oregon (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $16,678 per pupil, Klamath Falls City Schools ranks #107 of 196 Oregon districts by per-pupil spending (Oregon districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
2,721
Total Enrollment
9
Schools
$16,678
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Klamath Falls City Schools operates 9 public schools serving 2,721 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Oregon. The school portfolio breaks down into 5 elementary, 3 high, 1 middle 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 Klamath County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $16,678 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 23.0% local, 57.9% state, and 19.1% 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 55/100, ranked #63 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 (2 AP courses district-wide), a 187.2:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 52.7% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 58.8% White, 22.9% Hispanic or Latino, 1.7% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Mills Elementary School, with a diversity index of 63.7/100.
Its largest campus is Klamath Union High School, enrolling 671 students (25% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Klamath Home Learning Academy, at 45 students, a 15x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Klamath Union High School accounts for 24.7% of all Klamath Falls City Schools student enrollment
That concentration means Klamath Falls City Schools-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.
Klamath Falls City Schools school enrollment varies 15× across entities
Klamath Falls City Schools school enrollment ranges from 45 students (lowest) to 671 students (highest), a spread of 626 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.
Klamath Falls City Schools reports 88.6% free-lunch eligibility
The reported share is above 87.5%, so economic need is widespread across the measured student population. 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.
Klamath Falls City Schools student-counselor ratio is 187:1 — 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.
Klamath Falls City Schools chronic absenteeism rate is 52.7% — 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.