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Mitchell, Oregon - 4 schools
An equity score of 28/100 ranks Mitchell Sd 55 #140 of 160 districts in Oregon (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $1,588 per pupil, Mitchell Sd 55 ranks #194 of 194 Oregon districts by per-pupil spending (Oregon districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,027
Total Enrollment
4
Schools
$1,588
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Mitchell Sd 55 operates 4 public schools serving 1,027 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Oregon. The school portfolio breaks down into 3 combined, 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 Wheeler County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $1,588 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 5.1% local, 93.0% state, and 1.9% 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 28/100, ranked #140 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.
a 355.6:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 27.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 62.8% White, 22.4% Hispanic or Latino, 2.6% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Cascade Virtual Academy, with a diversity index of 58.0/100.
Its largest campus is Cascade Virtual Academy, enrolling 1,226 students (78% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Mitchell School, at 47 students, a 26x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Cascade Virtual Academy accounts for 78.4% of all Mitchell Sd 55 student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Mitchell Sd 55 a distant remainder — means Mitchell Sd 55-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: combined. 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.
Mitchell Sd 55 school enrollment varies 26× across entities
Mitchell Sd 55 school enrollment ranges from 47 students (lowest) to 1,226 students (highest), a spread of 1,179 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.
Mitchell Sd 55 student-counselor ratio is 356:1 — 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.
Mitchell Sd 55 chronic absenteeism rate is 27.6% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
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 Variation between sub-units within Mitchell Sd 55 is typically wider than the Mitchell Sd 55-aggregate figure suggests.