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Portland, Oregon - 6 schools
An equity score of 52/100 ranks Parkrose Sd 3 #71 of 160 districts in Oregon (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $16,073 per pupil, Parkrose Sd 3 ranks #85 of 194 Oregon districts by per-pupil spending (Oregon districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
2,849
Total Enrollment
6
Schools
$16,073
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Parkrose Sd 3 operates 6 public schools serving 2,849 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Oregon. The school portfolio breaks down into 3 elementary, 1 high, 1 middle, 1 combined 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 Multnomah County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $16,073 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 54.6% local, 32.1% state, and 13.3% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers. The district's equity score is 52/100, ranked #71 of 160 in Oregon against a state average of 50, in line with the typical spread seen across the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 6 schools offering Advanced Placement (10 AP courses district-wide), a 289.9:1 student-counselor ratio, somewhat above the 250:1 ASCA recommendation, and 49.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 30.5% Hispanic or Latino, 29.9% White, 19.1% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Parkrose High School, with a diversity index of 78.3/100.
Its largest campus is Parkrose High School, enrolling 998 students (37% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Sacramento Elementary School, at 255 students, a 4x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Parkrose High School accounts for 35.0% of all Parkrose Sd 3 student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Parkrose Sd 3-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.
Parkrose Sd 3 school enrollment varies 3.9× across entities
Parkrose Sd 3 school enrollment ranges from 255 students (lowest) to 998 students (highest), a spread of 743 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.
Parkrose Sd 3 has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 76.2% 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). Areas above 75% eligibility — including this one — 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.
Parkrose Sd 3 student-counselor ratio is 290:1 — 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 Parkrose Sd 3 is typically wider than the Parkrose Sd 3-aggregate figure suggests.
Parkrose Sd 3 chronic absenteeism rate is 49.3% — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
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 Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.