An equity score of 70/100 ranks Ontario Sd 8c #28 of 160 districts in Oregon (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $16,821 per pupil, Ontario Sd 8c ranks #101 of 196 Oregon districts by per-pupil spending (Oregon districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
2,281
Total Enrollment
7
Schools
$16,821
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 $16,821 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 196 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 70/100, ranked #28 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 largest entity. Grade band: high. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.
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.
The reported share is above 87.5%, so economic need is widespread across the measured student population. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.
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.