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Medford, Oregon - 24 schools
An equity score of 35/100 ranks Medford Sd 549c #121 of 160 districts in Oregon (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $12,367 per pupil, Medford Sd 549c ranks #181 of 194 Oregon districts by per-pupil spending (Oregon districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
13,866
Total Enrollment
24
Schools
$12,367
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Medford Sd 549c operates 24 public schools serving 13,866 students, placing it in the mid-size range in Oregon. The school portfolio breaks down into 16 elementary, 3 high, 3 middle, 2 combined schools, giving families a clear picture of grade-band coverage 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 Jackson County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $12,367 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 27.7% local, 58.6% state, and 13.7% 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 35/100, ranked #121 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.
Academic infrastructure includes 2 of 24 schools offering Advanced Placement (30 AP courses district-wide), a 531.4:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 47.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 62.4% White, 28.5% Hispanic or Latino, 1.2% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Medford Online Academy, with a diversity index of 58.7/100.
Its largest campus is South Medford High School, enrolling 1,856 students (14% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Medford Online Academy, at 69 students, a 27x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Medford Sd 549c school enrollment varies 27× across entities
Medford Sd 549c school enrollment ranges from 69 students (lowest) to 1,856 students (highest), a spread of 1,787 students. That spread is wider than typical and predicts noticeable gaps in service quality between the highest and lowest areas. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Medford Sd 549c has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 72.3% 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). Eligibility here is approaching the 75% concentration-grant threshold; it does not yet unlock the extra funding tier but sits meaningfully above the baseline 50% majority mark. 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.
Medford Sd 549c student-counselor ratio is 531:1 — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
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 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.
Medford Sd 549c chronic absenteeism rate is 47.1% — 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.