An equity score of 36/100 ranks Rogue River Sd 35 #121 of 160 districts in Oregon (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $14,222 per pupil, Rogue River Sd 35 ranks #163 of 196 Oregon districts by per-pupil spending (Oregon districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,079
Total Enrollment
4
Schools
$14,222
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Rogue River Sd 35 operates 4 public schools serving 1,079 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Oregon. The school portfolio breaks down into 3 combined, 1 elementary 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 $14,222 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 27.4% local, 56.5% state, and 16.2% 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 36/100, ranked #121 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.
a 339:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 49.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 77.8% White, 11.9% Hispanic or Latino, 1.0% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is South Valley Academy, with a diversity index of 41.2/100.
Its largest campus is Rogue River Elementary School, enrolling 388 students (36% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is South Valley Academy, at 106 students, a 4x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Enrollment across the district's NCES-reporting campuses grew 2.4% between 2022-23 and 2023-24 (1,078 to 1,104 students), while the student-teacher ratio held roughly steady, per the NCES Common Core of Data annual universe files.
Of the district's $17,814,000 in reported FY2023 expenditures, 47% went to instruction, 36.4% to support services, and 0.9% to capital outlay, support-services-heavy relative to typical districts, reflecting spending on transportation, administration, or student services. Figures come from the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey's function-level breakdown, not the aggregate per-pupil figure above.
Rogue River Elementary School accounts for 36.0% of all Rogue River Sd 35 student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Rogue River Sd 35-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: elementary. 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.
Rogue River Sd 35 school enrollment varies 3.7× across entities
Rogue River Sd 35 school enrollment ranges from 106 students (lowest) to 388 students (highest), a spread of 282 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.
Rogue River Sd 35 reports 78.3% free-lunch eligibility
The reported share is at least 75%, indicating a high concentration of measured economic need. 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.
Rogue River Sd 35 student-counselor ratio is 339:1 — 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 Rogue River Sd 35 is typically wider than the Rogue River Sd 35-aggregate figure suggests.
Rogue River Sd 35 chronic absenteeism rate is 49.4% — 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.