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Pendleton, Oregon - 8 schools
An equity score of 35/100 ranks Pendleton Sd 16 #123 of 160 districts in Oregon (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $13,414 per pupil, Pendleton Sd 16 ranks #164 of 194 Oregon districts by per-pupil spending (Oregon districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
3,013
Total Enrollment
8
Schools
$13,414
Per-Pupil Spending
High, Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Pendleton Sd 16 operates 8 public schools serving 3,013 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Oregon. The school portfolio breaks down into 3 high, 3 elementary, 1 middle, 1 combined schools, a compact enough portfolio that families can compare every campus directly before they move, rent, or enrol. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Umatilla County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $13,414 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 23.6% local, 63.0% state, and 13.3% 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 35/100, ranked #123 of 160 in Oregon against a state average of 50, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 8 schools offering Advanced Placement (7 AP courses district-wide), and 50.5% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 57.0% White, 14.7% Hispanic or Latino, 1.0% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Washington Elementary School, with a diversity index of 66.6/100.
Its largest campus is Pendleton High School, enrolling 763 students (26% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Hawthorne Alternative High School, at 56 students, a 14x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Pendleton High School accounts for 25.3% of all Pendleton Sd 16 student enrollment
That concentration means Pendleton Sd 16-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.
Pendleton Sd 16 school enrollment varies 14× across entities
Pendleton Sd 16 school enrollment ranges from 56 students (lowest) to 763 students (highest), a spread of 707 students. That spread reflects typical mixed-portfolio variation between specialty programs and large neighbourhood schools. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Pendleton Sd 16 has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 67.1% 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 approaching the 75% concentration-grant threshold; it does not yet unlock the extra funding tier but sits meaningfully above the baseline 50% majority mark. 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.
Pendleton Sd 16 chronic absenteeism rate is 50.5% — 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.