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Vale, Oregon - 4 schools
An equity score of 46/100 ranks Vale Sd 84 #91 of 160 districts in Oregon (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $14,197 per pupil, Vale Sd 84 ranks #136 of 194 Oregon districts by per-pupil spending (Oregon districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
946
Total Enrollment
4
Schools
$14,197
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Vale Sd 84 operates 4 public schools serving 946 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Oregon. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 elementary, 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 Malheur County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $14,197 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 21.7% local, 66.5% state, and 11.8% 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 46/100, ranked #91 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 4 schools offering Advanced Placement (3 AP courses district-wide), a 473.3:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 38.8% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 72.6% White, 23.6% Hispanic or Latino, 0.6% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Vale Middle School, with a diversity index of 48.2/100.
Its largest campus is Vale Elementary School, enrolling 438 students (48% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Willowcreek Elementary School, at 61 students, a 7x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Vale Elementary School accounts for 46.3% of all Vale Sd 84 student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Vale Sd 84 a distant remainder — means Vale Sd 84-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.
Vale Sd 84 school enrollment varies 7.2× across entities
Vale Sd 84 school enrollment ranges from 61 students (lowest) to 438 students (highest), a spread of 377 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.
Vale Sd 84 student-counselor ratio is 473:1 — 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.
Vale Sd 84 chronic absenteeism rate is 38.8% — 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.