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Sheridan, Oregon - 3 schools
An equity score of 47/100 ranks Sheridan Sd 48j #87 of 160 districts in Oregon (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $13,527 per pupil, Sheridan Sd 48j ranks #157 of 194 Oregon districts by per-pupil spending (Oregon districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
947
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$13,527
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Sheridan Sd 48j operates 3 public schools serving 947 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Oregon. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 elementary, 1 combined, 1 high 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 Yamhill County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $13,527 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 18.0% local, 66.6% state, and 15.4% 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 47/100, ranked #87 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.
a 363:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 46.5% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 72.5% White, 11.8% Hispanic or Latino, 1.0% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Faulconer-Chapman School, with a diversity index of 51.9/100.
Its largest campus is Faulconer-Chapman School, enrolling 515 students (48% of the district's total enrollment).
Faulconer-Chapman School accounts for 47.6% of all Sheridan Sd 48j student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Sheridan Sd 48j a distant remainder — means Sheridan Sd 48j-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: elementary. 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.
Sheridan Sd 48j school enrollment varies 2.4× across entities
Sheridan Sd 48j school enrollment ranges from 211 students (lowest) to 515 students (highest), a spread of 304 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.
Sheridan Sd 48j has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 89.0% 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 a supermajority of the population — well past the 75% concentration-grant threshold that unlocks extra funding 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.
Sheridan Sd 48j student-counselor ratio is 363:1 — 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.
Sheridan Sd 48j chronic absenteeism rate is 46.5% — 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.