Enrollment
48
Oregon · 2024-25 NCES data
Other / mixed grade configuration · Dayville, OR
Dayville School
Federal NCES profile for Dayville School, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 34/100.
2024-25 NCES dataOther / mixed grade configurationNCES 410402000358
👥 S:T ratio 72
🌟 Gifted program 30
📋 Attendance 0
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →
The verdict
Dayville School earns 34/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes smaller than 98% of Oregon schools. It is also one of the smallest schools in Oregon.
- 34
- Resource Index · Typical
- 6.9:1
- small classes for Oregon
- 47.5%
- free-lunch eligible
- 48
- students enrolled
Dayville School has class sizes smaller than 98% of Oregon schools. Computed live against every Oregon school reporting to NCES.
School address
District: Dayville Sd 16j · Oregon
NCES ID 410402000358 Verify on NCES CCD record →
Teachers (FTE)
7.0
Federal CCD staff survey
Students per teacher
6.9:1
vs 17.6:1 Oregon avg
-61% vs state
Free-lunch eligible
47.5%
vs 52.8% Oregon avg
-10% vs state
Student-teacher ratio in context
How Dayville School compares with Oregon and U.S. medians
What stands out at Dayville School
Small campus with unusually lean teacher staffing
Dayville School sits near the smaller end of the Oregon enrollment distribution while also reporting a lower student-teacher ratio than most state schools. That pairing is consistent with a compact, teacher-dense setting, though small scale can limit the number of specialized courses or support roles a campus can sustain. The program and staffing sections below show whether the lean ratio extends beyond classroom teachers into broader student services.
Need and resources require a component-level read
Dayville School falls within the wide middle of the Oregon distribution on both free-meal eligibility and the Resource Investment Index. Neither measure supplies an honest headline by itself. The useful distinctions are in the components: classroom staffing, counselor availability, attendance, gifted-program access, and district spending. Those fields can pull in opposite directions even when the overall percentile looks ordinary.
Attendance is the dominant support signal
Dayville School's 72.9% chronic-absence rate is more consequential than a generic staffing label: at least one quarter of students missed 10% or more of school days in the 2021-22 collection. That level can affect instruction, counseling demand, and continuity even when other reported resources look ordinary. The dataset records the scale of absence but not its causes, so it should prompt a current-year question rather than a conclusion about school management.
Dayville School is a small combined-grade school in Dayville, Oregon, enrolling 48 students.
Classes run notably small here: at 6.9:1, Dayville School is leaner than roughly 98% of Oregon schools and 61% under the state's 17.6:1 norm, more adult attention per pupil than most peers.
Its free-meal eligibility rate of 47.5% lands close to the Oregon typical range, neither a high- nor low-need campus by this measure.
This is a small campus: fewer students than 95% of Oregon schools, with 48 enrolled.
Its Resource Investment Index sits near the middle of the pack among 1,273 scored Oregon schools.
Its student body is predominantly White (85% of enrollment) (diversity index 26/100).
Chronic absenteeism is elevated: 72.9% of students missed 10% or more of school days (2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection).
The surrounding Dayville Sd 16j spends $26,897 per pupil, 49% above the Oregon average, a better-resourced district than most.
Dayville Sd 16j operates only this one school, so Dayville School has no district-mates to compare against locally. At 48 students, it is also a small operation, on the smaller end of Oregon's single-school districts.
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
How Dayville School compares
Dayville School on the metrics families compare, against Oregon and U.S. means.
| Metric | This school | vs Oregon | Oregon avg | U.S. avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Students per teacher | 6.9:1 | ▼ 61% | 17.6:1 | 15.7:1 |
| Free-lunch eligible | 47.5% | ▼ 10% | 52.8% | 51.7% |
| Enrollment | 48 | top 95% | - | - |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25
6.9:1
Leaner classes than 97% of US schools, among the more generously staffed nationally.
48
Bigger than 5% of US schools by enrollment, a small campus.
Equity indicators (what these measure)
Economic need
47.5%
free-lunch eligible
- 10% below the Oregon average of 52.8%
Above the 40% Title I schoolwide threshold; federal funds support the whole school, not individual students.
Staffing depth
6.9:1
students per teacher
- 61% below state mean
Top 2% in Oregon - lower ratio than 98% of state schools
Well under the widely cited 15:1 individualized-attention benchmark, among the leaner class loads nationally.
Engagement
72.9%
chronically absent (missed 10%+ of school days)
At or above 20%, the commonly used threshold for "high" chronic absenteeism, signaling significant barriers to regular attendance.
Funding equity
$26,897
per pupil, district-wide
- above Oregon avg of $18,086
Well above the U.S. public-school average, reflecting substantially higher local or state investment per enrolled student.
Support staff
Counselors0.0 FTE
Student-support staffing from the Civil Rights Data Collection.
Discipline context
2
in-school suspensions + 0 out-of-school
Suspension rate: 4.2 per 100 students. Combined in-school and out-of-school rate: 4.2 per 100 students. Reported via the Civil Rights Data Collection.
Student demographics
White 85.4%
Hispanic or Latino 12.5%
Two or More 2.1%
Largest group: White at 85.4% of enrollment.
Student-body diversity index 25.5/100
Simpson diversity index - at 25.5, Dayville School is less mixed than the Oregon school average of 47.1.
Programs
Funding & spending
District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Dayville Sd 16j, which includes Dayville School.
$26,897
Per student
+49%
vs Oregon
Avg $18,086
+62%
vs U.S.
Avg $16,593
Revenue mix
Local 11.4%
State 77.0%
Federal 11.6%
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.
Similar other schools statewide
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.
Similar enrollment (~48 students)
Similar student-teacher ratio (~6.9:1)
Next steps
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Frequently asked questions about Dayville School
How many students attend Dayville School?
Dayville School has 48 students enrolled. It is a public school in Dayville, OR.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Dayville School?
The student-teacher ratio at Dayville School is 6.9:1, which is 61% lower than the Oregon average of 17.6:1 and 56% lower than the national average of 15.7:1. Lower ratios generally mean more individual attention per student.
What percentage of students receive free lunch at Dayville School?
47.5% of students at Dayville School are eligible for free lunch, compared to the Oregon average of 52.8%.
What is the racial and ethnic makeup of Dayville School?
The largest demographic group at Dayville School is White at 85.4% of enrollment, in Dayville, OR.
What is the Resource Investment Index for Dayville School?
Dayville School has a Resource Investment Index of 34/100 (typical reported resources relative to schools nationally) based on 3 factors: student-teacher ratio, gifted-program reporting, chronic absenteeism. Not a test-score or academic measure (national median ~41/100, see methodology).
What other schools are in Dayville Sd 16j?
None reported; Dayville Sd 16j operates only Dayville School as a public school district in NCES's records.
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