Number of Districts
In 2004-2005 there are 198 elementary/secondary school districts serving approximately 551,407 students.
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| Oregon’s 198 School Districts* |
- 178 unified
- 8 component elementary
- 1 union high
- 11 unified elementary
- 29, or 15 percent, of Oregon districts have fewer than 100 students in ADM (average daily membership)
- 48, or 24 percent, have 100 to 499 ADM
- 32, or 16 percent, have 500 to 999 ADM
- 42, or 21 percent, have 1,000 to 2,999 ADM
- 47, or 24 percent, have 3,000+ ADM
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| * Senate
Bill 917, enacted by the
1991 Legislature,
required all school
districts to unify or
merge into K-12 units by
Sept. 1, 1996. The
number of school
districts dropped from
295 in 1992-93 to 277 in
1993-94, to 250 in
1994-95, to 237 in
1995-96 and to 198 in
1998-99. There were
2,556 school districts
in Oregon in the 1917-18
school year. (For more
information about
unification legislation
see “History
of School Funding in
Oregon.”) |
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In addition to the
elementary/secondary school districts,
Oregon has 20 education service
districts, 17 community colleges and
three community college service
districts. In 2003-2004 community
colleges were serving some 333,595
adult students of all ages.
Education service districts provide regionally those services local districts are not able to offer economically or because of the numbers of students involved. (See section on
Education Service
Districts.)
Community colleges offer continuing public education beyond high school. They also cooperate with secondary school districts in offering alternative programs for high school completion, enrichment programs for talented and gifted students and cooperative vocational education programs. (See section on
Community Colleges.)
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District Organization
