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Ontario, Oregon - 7 schools
An equity score of 64/100 ranks Ontario Sd 8c #34 of 160 districts in Oregon (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $14,496 per pupil, Ontario Sd 8c ranks #129 of 194 Oregon districts by per-pupil spending (Oregon districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
2,281
Total Enrollment
7
Schools
$14,496
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Ontario Sd 8c operates 7 public schools serving 2,281 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Oregon. The school portfolio breaks down into 5 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 $14,496 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 16.6% local, 67.8% state, and 15.6% 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 64/100, ranked #34 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 325.1:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 30.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 66.6% Hispanic or Latino, 29.2% White, 0.1% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Alameda Elementary School, with a diversity index of 48.5/100.
Its largest campus is Ontario High School, enrolling 709 students (30% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Pioneer Elementary School, at 90 students, a 8x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Ontario High School accounts for 29.9% of all Ontario Sd 8c student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Ontario Sd 8c-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.
Ontario Sd 8c school enrollment varies 7.9× across entities
Ontario Sd 8c school enrollment ranges from 90 students (lowest) to 709 students (highest), a spread of 619 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.
Ontario Sd 8c has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 99.2% 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.
Ontario Sd 8c student-counselor ratio is 325:1 — near the typical range (US average ~408) — within the typical range for U.S. public districts
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 Variation between sub-units within Ontario Sd 8c is typically wider than the Ontario Sd 8c-aggregate figure suggests.
Ontario Sd 8c chronic absenteeism rate is 30.3% — 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.