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Phoenix, Oregon - 7 schools
An equity score of 57/100 ranks Phoenix-Talent Sd 4 #53 of 160 districts in Oregon (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $15,989 per pupil, Phoenix-Talent Sd 4 ranks #90 of 194 Oregon districts by per-pupil spending (Oregon districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
2,269
Total Enrollment
7
Schools
$15,989
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Phoenix-Talent Sd 4 operates 7 public schools serving 2,269 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Oregon. The school portfolio breaks down into 4 elementary, 2 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 Jackson County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $15,989 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 31.2% local, 56.5% state, and 12.3% 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 57/100, ranked #53 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 7 schools offering Advanced Placement (9 AP courses district-wide), a 414.3:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 39.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 55.7% White, 34.9% Hispanic or Latino, 1.1% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Phoenix High School, with a diversity index of 58.8/100.
Its largest campus is Phoenix High School, enrolling 687 students (31% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Phoenix-Talent Rising Academy, at 24 students, a 29x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Phoenix High School accounts for 30.3% of all Phoenix-Talent Sd 4 student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Phoenix-Talent Sd 4-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.
Phoenix-Talent Sd 4 school enrollment varies 29× across entities
Phoenix-Talent Sd 4 school enrollment ranges from 24 students (lowest) to 687 students (highest), a spread of 663 students. That spread is wider than typical and predicts noticeable gaps in service quality between the highest and lowest areas. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Phoenix-Talent Sd 4 has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 81.2% 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.
Phoenix-Talent Sd 4 student-counselor ratio is 414:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Phoenix-Talent Sd 4 chronic absenteeism rate is 39.1% — 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.