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Mcminnville, Oregon - 9 schools
An equity score of 52/100 ranks Mcminnville Sd 40 #70 of 160 districts in Oregon (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $14,562 per pupil, Mcminnville Sd 40 ranks #125 of 194 Oregon districts by per-pupil spending (Oregon districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
6,510
Total Enrollment
9
Schools
$14,562
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Mcminnville Sd 40 operates 9 public schools serving 6,510 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 Yamhill County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $14,562 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 29.4% local, 59.3% state, and 11.3% 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 52/100, ranked #70 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 (15 AP courses district-wide), a 406.5:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 36.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 55.8% White, 37.3% Hispanic or Latino, 0.7% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Newby Elementary School, with a diversity index of 56.3/100.
Its largest campus is Mcminnville High School, enrolling 2,228 students (35% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Wascher Elementary School, at 371 students, a 6x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Mcminnville High School accounts for 34.2% of all Mcminnville Sd 40 student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Mcminnville Sd 40-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. 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.
Mcminnville Sd 40 school enrollment varies 6.0× across entities
Mcminnville Sd 40 school enrollment ranges from 371 students (lowest) to 2,228 students (highest), a spread of 1,857 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.
Mcminnville Sd 40 has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 60.3% 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.
Mcminnville Sd 40 student-counselor ratio is 407:1 — 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.
Mcminnville Sd 40 chronic absenteeism rate is 36.6% — 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.