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Newberg, Oregon - 9 schools
An equity score of 44/100 ranks Newberg Sd 29j #99 of 160 districts in Oregon (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $15,536 per pupil, Newberg Sd 29j ranks #96 of 194 Oregon districts by per-pupil spending (Oregon districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
4,206
Total Enrollment
9
Schools
$15,536
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Newberg Sd 29j operates 9 public schools serving 4,206 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 $15,536 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 194 Oregon districts by per-pupil spending. See how Oregon compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 42.1% local, 48.9% state, and 9.0% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one. The district's equity score is 44/100, ranked #99 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 (9 AP courses district-wide), a 228.2:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 33.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 67.5% White, 23.7% Hispanic or Latino, 1.2% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Edwards Elementary School, with a diversity index of 54.7/100.
Its largest campus is Newberg Senior High School, enrolling 1,244 students (32% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Ewing Young Elementary School, at 172 students, a 7x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Newberg Senior High School accounts for 29.6% of all Newberg Sd 29j student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Newberg Sd 29j-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.
Newberg Sd 29j school enrollment varies 7.2× across entities
Newberg Sd 29j school enrollment ranges from 172 students (lowest) to 1,244 students (highest), a spread of 1,072 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.
Newberg Sd 29j student-counselor ratio is 228:1 — 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.
Newberg Sd 29j chronic absenteeism rate is 33.4% — 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.