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Nyssa, Oregon - 4 schools
An equity score of 83/100 ranks Nyssa Sd 26 #12 of 160 districts in Oregon (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $16,357 per pupil, Nyssa Sd 26 ranks #77 of 194 Oregon districts by per-pupil spending (Oregon districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,321
Total Enrollment
4
Schools
$16,357
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Nyssa Sd 26 operates 4 public schools serving 1,321 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Oregon. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined, 1 elementary, 1 high, 1 middle 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 Malheur County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $16,357 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 8.7% local, 71.3% state, and 19.9% 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 83/100, ranked #12 of 160 in Oregon against a state average of 50, notably more even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
a 376:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 39.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 54.7% Hispanic or Latino, 41.3% White, 0.2% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Nyssa High School, with a diversity index of 43.4/100.
Its largest campus is Nyssa Virtual School, enrolling 987 students (47% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Nyssa Middle School, at 291 students, a 3x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Nyssa Virtual School accounts for 46.7% of all Nyssa Sd 26 student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Nyssa Sd 26 a distant remainder — means Nyssa Sd 26-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.
Nyssa Sd 26 school enrollment varies 3.4× across entities
Nyssa Sd 26 school enrollment ranges from 291 students (lowest) to 987 students (highest), a spread of 696 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.
Nyssa Sd 26 has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 91.4% 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 a supermajority of the population — well past the 75% concentration-grant threshold that unlocks extra funding 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.
Nyssa Sd 26 student-counselor ratio is 376:1 — 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.
Nyssa Sd 26 chronic absenteeism rate is 39.6% — 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.