Oregon Education

Oregon Education

Oregon Department of Education

Oregon State Superintendent of Public Instruction:

District/School Information

Length of School Year: A minimum of 405 (K), 810 (1-3), 900 (4-8), and 990 (9-12) hours are required by Oregon state law.

Number of Public School Districts: There are 190 public school districts in Oregon.

Number of Public Schools: There are 1329 public schools in Oregon. ****

Number of Students Served in Public Schools: There are 582,839 public school students in Oregon. ****

Number of Teachers in Public Schools: There are 28,768 public school teachers in Oregon.****

Number of Charter Schools: There are 102 charter schools in Oregon.

Per Pupil Spending: Oregon spends $9,777 per pupil in public education. ****

Average Class Size: The average class size In Oregon is 20.3 students per 1 teacher. ****

% of Title I Schools: 40.6% of schools in Oregon are Title I Schools.****

% With Individualized Education Programs (IEP): 14.1% of students in Oregon are on IEP's. ****

% in Limited-English Proficiency Programs: 11.0% of students in Oregon are in limited-English Proficient Programs.****

% of Student Eligible for Free/Reduced Lunches: 49.1% of students in Oregon schools are eligible for free/reduced lunches.****

Ethnic/Racial Student Breakdown****

White: 70.0%

Black: 2.9%

Hispanic: 20.3%

Asian/Pacific Islander: 4.8%

American Indian/Alaskan Native: 2.0%

School Assessment Data

Graduation Rate: 76.3% of all students entering high school in Oregon graduate. **

ACT/SAT rank: 174.7 students per 1000 in Oregon had a score of 25+ on the ACT or a 1780+ on the SAT. ***

8th grade NAEP assessment scores:****

Math: 283 is the scaled score for 8th grade students in Oregon. The U.S. average was 283.

Reading: 264 is the scaled score for 8th grade students in Oregon. The U.S. average was 264.

% of Students Who Attend College after High School: 46.5% of students in Oregon go on to attend some level of college. ***

Private Schools

Number of Private Schools: There are 392 private schools in Oregon.*

Number of Students Served in Private Schools: There are 50,920 private school students in Oregon.*

Teacher Pay

The average teacher pay for the state of Oregon was $48,720.00 in 2009.##

Each individual district in the state of Oregon negotiates teacher salaries and establishes their own teacher salary schedule.

The following is an example of a teacher salary schedule in Oregon provided by the Portland Public School District.

*Data courtesy of Education Bug .

**Data courtesy of ED.gov

***Data courtesy of the NCHEMS Information Center for Higher Education Policy Making and Analysis

****Data courtesy of the National Center for Education Statistics

##Average salary courtesy of Teacher Salary Info