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Milwaukie, Oregon - 31 schools
An equity score of 29/100 ranks North Clackamas Sd 12 #133 of 160 districts in Oregon (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $14,929 per pupil, North Clackamas Sd 12 ranks #115 of 194 Oregon districts by per-pupil spending (Oregon districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
16,778
Total Enrollment
31
Schools
$14,929
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
North Clackamas Sd 12 operates 31 public schools serving 16,778 students, placing it in the mid-size range in Oregon. The school portfolio breaks down into 19 elementary, 7 high, 4 middle, 1 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 Clackamas County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $14,929 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 46.9% local, 45.8% state, and 7.4% 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 29/100, ranked #133 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 5 of 31 schools offering Advanced Placement (50 AP courses district-wide), a 159:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 33.0% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 55.4% White, 20.6% Hispanic or Latino, 10.0% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Beatrice Morrow Cannady Elementary, with a diversity index of 71.3/100.
Its largest campus is Adrienne C. Nelson High School, enrolling 1,536 students (9% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Sojourner School, at 159 students, a 10x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
North Clackamas Sd 12 school enrollment varies 9.7× across entities
North Clackamas Sd 12 school enrollment ranges from 159 students (lowest) to 1,536 students (highest), a spread of 1,377 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.
North Clackamas Sd 12 student-counselor ratio is 159:1 — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 below typical often correlate with unusually small scale or population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se — worth checking whether the underlying denominator is itself an outlier.
North Clackamas Sd 12 chronic absenteeism rate is 33.0% — 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.