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Tigard, Oregon - 18 schools
An equity score of 44/100 ranks Tigard-Tualatin Sd 23j #98 of 160 districts in Oregon (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $16,022 per pupil, Tigard-Tualatin Sd 23j ranks #87 of 194 Oregon districts by per-pupil spending (Oregon districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
11,656
Total Enrollment
18
Schools
$16,022
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Tigard-Tualatin Sd 23j operates 18 public schools serving 11,656 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Oregon. The school portfolio breaks down into 7 combined, 6 elementary, 3 middle, 2 high 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 Washington County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $16,022 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 51.0% local, 41.3% state, and 7.6% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers. The district's equity score is 44/100, ranked #98 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 258.3:1 student-counselor ratio, somewhat above the 250:1 ASCA recommendation, and 39.5% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 49.6% White, 30.6% Hispanic or Latino, 4.6% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Charles F Tigard Elementary School, with a diversity index of 68.2/100.
Its largest campus is Tigard High School, enrolling 1,771 students (16% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Tigard-Tualatin Virtual Academy, at 118 students, a 15x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Tigard High School accounts for 15.2% of all Tigard-Tualatin Sd 23j student enrollment
That concentration means Tigard-Tualatin Sd 23j-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.
Tigard-Tualatin Sd 23j school enrollment varies 15× across entities
Tigard-Tualatin Sd 23j school enrollment ranges from 118 students (lowest) to 1,771 students (highest), a spread of 1,653 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.
Tigard-Tualatin Sd 23j student-counselor ratio is 258:1 — 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 Tigard-Tualatin Sd 23j is typically wider than the Tigard-Tualatin Sd 23j-aggregate figure suggests.
Tigard-Tualatin Sd 23j chronic absenteeism rate is 39.5% — 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.