List of school districts in Oregon

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This is a list of public school districts in Oregon , a U.S. state. The Oregon Department of Education has authority over public schools. Oregon has 188 public school districts.

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All school districts are independent governments as classified by the U.S. Census Bureau. No school systems in Oregon are dependent on other layers of government. [1]

History

The first school district to be established in Oregon was the Brogan School District. [2]

In previous eras, the state had around 2,000 school districts. [3] This figure was down to circa 850 in the 1950s, then 424 in 1964, [4] then 365 in 1969. [3] In 1979-1980 the school districts declined to 312 from 330 due to a merger of a high school district and 17 elementary school districts. [5]

In 1988 there were 303 school districts in the state. [6]

In 1992 the school district count was 285. That year, there was an Oregon law that mandated the consolidation of elementary-only and high school-only districts by 1996. Bill Graves of The Oregonian stated that if the law were followed, that by that year the district count would be below 180. [2]

Types of districts

Oregon's elementary and secondary school districts include unified, component elementary, union high and unified elementary districts. Unified districts serve students from kindergarten to twelfth grade, union high school districts serve students in seventh or ninth grades through twelfth grade who reside within the district's boundaries and have attended component elementary districts within the district's boundaries. Component elementary districts are financially responsible for educating students from kindergarten through the sixth or eighth grades. A component district is wholly within a single union high school district. Elementary, or unified elementary, districts operate the same programs as component districts but are also financially responsible for providing for their students' high school education. These districts do this through tuition arrangements with districts that have seventh or ninth through twelfth-grade programs.

There is one union high school district, Harney County Union High School District, that operates a single school: Crane Union High School. The eight component elementary school districts are Crane, Diamond, Double O, Drewsey, Frenchglen, Pine Creek, Suntex and South Harney. The unified elementary districts include Adel, Annex, Arock, Ashwood, Black Butte, Juntura, McDermitt, Pinehurst, Plush and Troy. [7]

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Education service districts

Oregon has 19 education service districts.

Former school districts

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Oregon" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. p. 1. Retrieved November 1, 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Graves, Bill (September 16, 1992). "Centennial residents back bonds". The Oregonian . p.  D4 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. 1 2 "Desert School Enrolls 2". Statesman Journal . Salem, Oregon. January 1, 1969. p. 5 of Section 1. - Clipping from Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ Guernsey, John (August 16, 1964). "School Reorganization Looms As Hot Issue For Legislature". The Sunday Oregonian . p.  40 – via Newspapers.com. - See list of proposed mergers.
  5. ↑ "Flooding closes Lawen School, merger with Crane approved". The Blue Mountain Eagle . July 7, 1988. p.  2 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "Lawen School District merges with Crane". Statesman Journal . June 28, 1988. p.  1B – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "Covering Education: A Reporter's Guide to Education in Oregon" (PDF). Oregon School Boards Association. April 2005. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 9, 2007. Retrieved June 3, 2008.
  8. ↑ "McDermitt". Vale, Oregon: Malheur Education Service District. Retrieved July 15, 2022. - Linked from "Schools We Serve"
  9. ↑ "Underwater district throws in the towel". The Bulletin . United Press International. June 28, 1988. p.  A-3 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. 1 2 3 "Former school chief moves to Yakima Valley". Baker City Herald . July 8, 1992. p.  3 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ↑ Bousquet, Ernestine (August 30, 2005). "Brothers School to merge with Crook Co". The Bulletin . p.  C1 – via Newspapers.com.
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