Enrollment
1,031
Oregon · 2024-25 NCES data
High school (grades 9-12) · Eugene, OR
Federal NCES profile for Churchill High School, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 41/100.
The verdict
Churchill High School earns 41/100 on the Resource Investment Index on federal resource data.
By Resource Investment Index, Churchill High School ranks #1 of 7 high schools in Eugene, OR.
Enrollment
1,031
Oregon · 2024-25 NCES data
Free-lunch eligible
52.3%
vs 52.8% Oregon avg
-1% vs state
Churchill High School is a higher-need, large high school in Eugene, Oregon, enrolling 1,031 students.
Its free-meal eligibility rate of 52.3% lands close to the Oregon typical range, neither a high- nor low-need campus by this measure.
By headcount it is one of the larger campuses in Oregon, bigger than 94% of state schools at 1,031 students.
Its Resource Investment Index sits near the middle of the pack among 1,273 scored Oregon schools.
Against 33 statewide peers matched on enrollment and economic need, it ranks in the upper tier at #8.
Its student body is led by White (60%) and Hispanic or Latino (24%) (diversity index 58/100).
On the academic-pipeline side it reports 9 Advanced Placement courses.
Counselor coverage runs a bit thin, about 258 students per counselor, somewhat past the ASCA-recommended 250:1 benchmark.
Chronic absenteeism is elevated: 57.6% of students missed 10% or more of school days (2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection).
Among Eugene's high schools, it stands alongside South Eugene High School (1,499 students): Churchill High School is smaller than that campus by headcount.
Eugene Sd 4j also operates South Eugene High School (1,499 students) and Sheldon High School (1,462 students) alongside Churchill High School.
Sourced from NCES CCD, CRDC, and F-33 (federal records, not a quality verdict). How we source and compute this.
Source: National Center for Education Statistics Common Core of Data + CRDC + F-33 · 2024-25
Churchill High School on the metrics families compare, against Oregon and U.S. means.
| Metric | This school | vs Oregon | Oregon avg | U.S. avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free-lunch eligible | 52.3% | ▼ 1% | 52.8% | 51.7% |
| Enrollment | 1,031 | top 6% | - | - |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25
Three separate federal collections, each on its own reporting cadence - which is why this school's numbers line up on a consistent basis against every other school and state on this site, rather than mixing figures pulled from different survey years.
Largest group: White at 59.7% of enrollment.
Simpson diversity index - at 57.5, Churchill High School is more mixed than the Oregon school average of 47.1.
District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Eugene Sd 4j, which includes Churchill High School.
Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey District-level finance · FY 2021-22 Per-pupil expenditure reflects the district-wide average. Individual school budgets are not reported at the federal level.
| School | Enrollment | Economic Profile | Student-Teacher Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Eugene High School | Larger | Lower economic need | No ratio data |
| Sheldon High School | Larger | Lower economic need | No ratio data |
| North Eugene High School | Similar size | Similar economic need | No ratio data |
| Gilham Elementary School | Smaller | Lower economic need | No ratio data |
| Roosevelt Middle School | Smaller | Lower economic need | No ratio data |
Comparisons are relative to Churchill High School's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data.
6 comparable high schools (grades 9-12) serving the same city.
Matched by enrollment size and by staffing ratio across all of Oregon, not just this city - a different peer set than the local comparisons above.
Next steps
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Federal record (CCD 2024-25, CRDC 2021-22) - PlainSchools assigns no subjective rating; the composite quality score is a transparent, reproducible index computed from this cited federal data.
Churchill High School has 1,031 students enrolled. It is a high school in Eugene, OR.
52.3% of students at Churchill High School are eligible for free lunch, compared to the Oregon average of 52.8%.
The largest demographic group at Churchill High School is White at 59.7% of enrollment, in Eugene, OR. Its student body is more racially and ethnically mixed than most US schools, with a diversity index of 57.5/100.
Churchill High School has a Resource Investment Index of 41/100 (typical reported resources relative to schools nationally) based on 4 factors: student-teacher ratio, AP course offerings, counselor availability, attendance rates. Not a test-score or academic measure (national median ~41/100, see methodology).
By Resource Investment Index, Churchill High School ranks #1 of 7 high schools in Eugene, OR. This compares federal resource and staffing data among local peers; it is not a test-score or academic ranking. See all high schools in Eugene on the city page.
Churchill High School earns 41/100 on the Resource Investment Index on federal resource data. This is a resource snapshot, not an academic rating; see the Resource Investment Index question above for what the number does and doesn't measure.
Besides Churchill High School, Eugene Sd 4j also operates South Eugene High School (1,499 students), Sheldon High School (1,462 students), and North Eugene High School (1,079 students). See the Eugene Sd 4j district page for the complete list.
Every figure on PlainSchools is rendered directly from the source NCES, CRDC and F-33 federal records, no number is typed in by an editor. Each school's figures reflect its most recent NCES/CRDC submission on file. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of June 2026.