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Tualatin, Oregon - 16 schools
An equity score of 20/100 ranks West Linn-Wilsonville Sd 3j #153 of 160 districts in Oregon (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $13,465 per pupil, West Linn-Wilsonville Sd 3j ranks #162 of 194 Oregon districts by per-pupil spending (Oregon districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
9,094
Total Enrollment
16
Schools
$13,465
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
West Linn-Wilsonville Sd 3j operates 16 public schools serving 9,094 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Oregon. The school portfolio breaks down into 9 combined, 4 middle, 2 high, 1 elementary 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 Clackamas County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $13,465 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 50.1% local, 46.8% state, and 3.1% 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 20/100, ranked #153 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.
Academic infrastructure includes 2 of 16 schools offering Advanced Placement (54 AP courses district-wide), a 356.7:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 29.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 67.4% White, 15.8% Hispanic or Latino, 4.5% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Lowrie Primary School, with a diversity index of 62.1/100.
Its largest campus is West Linn High School, enrolling 1,809 students (21% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Three Rivers Charter School, at 108 students, a 17x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
West Linn High School accounts for 19.9% of all West Linn-Wilsonville Sd 3j student enrollment
That concentration means West Linn-Wilsonville Sd 3j-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.
West Linn-Wilsonville Sd 3j school enrollment varies 17× across entities
West Linn-Wilsonville Sd 3j school enrollment ranges from 108 students (lowest) to 1,809 students (highest), a spread of 1,701 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.
West Linn-Wilsonville Sd 3j student-counselor ratio is 357:1 — 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.
West Linn-Wilsonville Sd 3j chronic absenteeism rate is 29.1% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
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 Variation between sub-units within West Linn-Wilsonville Sd 3j is typically wider than the West Linn-Wilsonville Sd 3j-aggregate figure suggests.