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Philomath, Oregon - 7 schools
An equity score of 27/100 ranks Philomath Sd 17j #144 of 160 districts in Oregon (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $14,221 per pupil, Philomath Sd 17j ranks #135 of 194 Oregon districts by per-pupil spending (Oregon districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,603
Total Enrollment
7
Schools
$14,221
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Philomath Sd 17j operates 7 public schools serving 1,603 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Oregon. The school portfolio breaks down into 3 elementary, 2 combined, 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 Benton County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $14,221 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 33.9% local, 57.7% state, and 8.3% 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 27/100, ranked #144 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 3 of 7 schools offering Advanced Placement (15 AP courses district-wide), a 248.2:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 33.8% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 80.5% White, 10.3% Hispanic or Latino, 1.5% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Philomath Middle School, with a diversity index of 35.3/100.
Its largest campus is Philomath High School, enrolling 453 students (28% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Blodgett Elementary School, at 32 students, a 14x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Philomath High School accounts for 27.7% of all Philomath Sd 17j student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Philomath Sd 17j-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.
Philomath Sd 17j school enrollment varies 14× across entities
Philomath Sd 17j school enrollment ranges from 32 students (lowest) to 453 students (highest), a spread of 421 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.
Philomath Sd 17j student-counselor ratio is 248:1 — 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.
Philomath Sd 17j chronic absenteeism rate is 33.8% — 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.