An equity score of 38/100 ranks Pendleton Sd 16 #114 of 160 districts in Oregon (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $14,683 per pupil, Pendleton Sd 16 ranks #158 of 196 Oregon districts by per-pupil spending (Oregon districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
3,013
Total Enrollment
8
Schools
$14,683
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 $14,683 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 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 38/100, ranked #114 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 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.
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.
The reported share sits between 62.5% and 75%, above a simple majority but below the highest descriptive band used here. 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.
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.