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Salem, Oregon - 5 schools
972
Total Enrollment
5
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Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Oregon Department of Education operates 5 public schools serving 972 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Oregon. The school portfolio breaks down into 3 combined, 2 elementary 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 Marion County.
a 226.7:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 29.2% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 49.2% White, 34.0% Hispanic or Latino, 4.7% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Oregon School for the Deaf, with a diversity index of 66.0/100.
Its largest campus is Four Rivers Community School, enrolling 367 students (34% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Oregon School for the Deaf, at 86 students, a 4x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Four Rivers Community School accounts for 34.2% of all Oregon Department of Education student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Oregon Department of Education-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.
Oregon Department of Education school enrollment varies 4.3× across entities
Oregon Department of Education school enrollment ranges from 86 students (lowest) to 367 students (highest), a spread of 281 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.
Oregon Department of Education has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 60.3% 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). Areas above 75% eligibility receive concentration grants 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.
Oregon Department of Education student-counselor ratio is 227:1 — 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.
Oregon Department of Education chronic absenteeism rate is 29.2% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
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 Variation between sub-units within Oregon Department of Education is typically wider than the Oregon Department of Education-aggregate figure suggests.
Comparisons are relative to Oregon Department of Education's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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How many schools are in Oregon Department of Education?
Oregon Department of Education has 5 schools, including 3 combined, 2 elementary. Total enrollment is 972 students.
What is the demographic composition of Oregon Department of Education?
Oregon Department of Education students are 49.2% White, 34.0% Hispanic or Latino, 4.7% African American, 1.7% Asian, averaged across 5 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.