This is a list of public school district

School district

School districts are a form of special-purpose district which serves to operate the local public primary and secondary schools.-United States:...

s in Oregon

Oregon

Oregon is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is located on the Pacific coast, with Washington to the north, California to the south, Nevada on the southeast and Idaho to the east. The Columbia and Snake rivers delineate much of Oregon's northern and eastern...

, a U.S. state

U.S. state

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. The Oregon Department of Education

Oregon Department of Education

The Department of Education of the U.S. state of Oregon is responsible for implementation of state policies with respect to public education at the kindergarten through community college level, including academic standards and testing, credentials, and other matters not reserved to the local...

 has authority over public schools, and the Oregon Superintendent of Public Instruction

Oregon Superintendent of Public Instruction

The Superintendent of Public Instruction, sometimes referred to as the State Superintendent of Schools, is a constitutional office within the executive branch of the Oregon state government, and acts as administrative officer of the State Board of Education and executive head of the Department of...

 is the head department's administrator. As of 2008, Oregon has approximately 200 public school district

School district

School districts are a form of special-purpose district which serves to operate the local public primary and secondary schools.-United States:...

s.

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

Kindergarten

A kindergarten is a preschool educational institution for children. The term was created by Friedrich Fröbel for the play and activity institute that he created in 1837 in Bad Blankenburg as a social experience for children for their transition from home to school...

 to twelfth grade

Twelfth grade

Twelfth grade or Senior year, or Grade Twelve, are the North American names for the final year of secondary school. In most countries students then graduate at age 17 or 18. In some countries, there is a thirteenth grade, while other countries do not have a 12th grade/year at all...

, union high school districts serve students in seventh

Seventh grade

Seventh grade is a year of education in the United States and many other nations. The seventh grade is the seventh school year after kindergarten. Students are usually 12–13 years old. Traditionally, seventh grade was the next-to-last year of elementary school...

 or ninth

Ninth grade

Ninth grade is the ninth post-kindergarten year of school education in some school systems. The students are 13 to 15 years of age, depending on when their birthday occurs. Depending on the school district, ninth grade is usually the first year of high school....

 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

Sixth grade

Sixth grade is a year of education in the United States and some other nations. The sixth grade is the sixth school year after kindergarten. Students are usually 11 – 12 years old...

 or eighth

Eighth grade

Eighth grade is a year of education in the United States, Canada, Australia and other nations. Students are usually 13 - 14 years old. The eighth grade is typically the final grade before high school, and the ninth grade of public and private education, following kindergarten and subsequent grades...

 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 serves 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.

A

• Adel School District
• Adrian School District
• Alsea School District
• Amity School District
• Annex School District, Ontario
• Arlington School District
• Arock School District
• Ashland School District
  Ashland School District (Oregon)
  The Ashland School District is a public school district that serves the city of Ashland, Oregon, United States. As of 2009, there were approximately 3,000 students and 300 employees in the district.-Elementary schools:*Bellview Elementary School...
  
  
• Ashwood School District
• Astoria School District
  Astoria School District
  The Astoria School District is a school district in the U.S. state of Oregon that serves the city of Astoria. has five schools, each of which serves a different age group of students.-Demographics:...
  
  
• Athena-Weston School District

B

• Baker School District, Baker City
• Bandon School District
• Banks School District
• Beaverton School District
  Beaverton School District
  The Beaverton School District is a school district in suburban Beaverton and Portland, Oregon, United States. The Beaverton Elementary School District 48 was established in 1876, with other elementary districts later merged into the district. The elementary district was later merged with the high...
  
  
• Bend-La Pine School District
  Bend-La Pine School District
  The Bend-La Pine School District is a school district in the U.S. state of Oregon that serves the cities of Bend and La Pine in Central Oregon and the surrounding area, including Sunriver...
  
  
• Bethel School District
  Bethel School District (Oregon)
  Bethel School District is a school district in the U.S. state of Oregon. It serves the Bethel neighborhood of Eugene. As of 2007 Bethel School District serves 5,700 students annually making it the third largest school district in Lane County....
  
  , Eugene
• Blachly School District
• Black Butte School District, Camp Sherman
• Brookings-Harbor School District
• Burnt River School District, Unity
• Butte Falls School District

C

• Camas Valley School District
• Canby School District
  Canby School District
  Canby School District is an public school district based in Canby, Oregon, United States, and serving students in Canby and the surrounding rural area of Clackamas County, including the community of Carus, parts of the city of Wilsonville, and as far south as the Ninety-one School near Hubbard...
  
  
• Cascade School District, Turner
• Centennial School District
  Centennial School District (Oregon)
  Centennial School District is a school district in the U.S. state of Oregon. It serves the cities of Gresham and southeast Portland, with an enrollment of approximately 6,700 students.-Demographics:...
  
  , Portland
• Central School District, Independence
• Central Curry School District
  Central Curry School District
  Central Curry School District is a public school district that serves the communities of Agness and Gold Beach in Curry County, Oregon, United States, as well as the surrounding area.-History:...
  
  , Gold Beach
• Central Linn School District, Brownsville
• Central Point School District
  Central Point School District
  Central Point School District 6 is a school district in the U.S. state of Oregon that operates schools in the communities of Central Point, Gold Hill and Sams Valley.-Demographics:...
  
   (formerly Jackson County School District)
• Clatskanie School District
  Clatskanie School District
  The Clatskanie School District is a two-school public school district in Columbia County, Oregon, United States. It serves the city of Clatskanie and the surrounding area.-Demographics:...
  
  
• Colton School District
• Condon School District
• Coos Bay School District
• Coquille School District
  Coquille School District
  Coquille School District is a public school district that serves the city of Coquille, Oregon, United States.The Coquille School District #8 is located in Southwestern Oregon 20 miles from the Oregon coast...
  
  
• Corbett School District
• Corvallis School District
  Corvallis School District
  The Corvallis School District is a school district serving the city and surrounding area of Corvallis, Oregon, United States. As of 2007, the district had 6,748 students at two high schools, two middle schools, eight elementary schools, and one alternative school...
  
  
• Cove School District
• Creswell School District
• Crook County School District, Prineville
• Crow-Applegate-Lorane School District
• Culver School District
  Culver School District
  Culver School District is a public school district that serves the city of Culver, Oregon, United States, and the surrounding area of Jefferson County....
  
  

D

• Dallas School District
• David Douglas School District
  David Douglas School District
  David Douglas School District is a school district located in eastern Portland, Oregon, United States. It was formed in 1959 as a consolidation of the Gilbert, Powellhurst, and Russellville elementary school districts and the David Douglas Union High School District...
  
  , Portland
• Days Creek School District (Douglas County School District 4)
• Dayton School District
• Dayville School District
• Diamond School District
• Double O School District, Hines
• Drewsey School District
• Dufur School District
  Dufur School District
  Dufur School District #29 is a K-12 school district of approximately 280 students, in Dufur, Oregon, United States.-Mission Statement:In partnership, we are dedicated to educational excellence and life long learning, emphasizing communication, trust, and respect.-Academics:In 2008, 79% of the Dufur...
  
  

E

• Eagle Point School District
• Echo School District
• Elgin School District
• Elkton School District
• Enterprise School District
• Estacada School District
• Eugene School District
  Eugene School District
  Eugene School District is a public school district in the U.S. state of Oregon. It is one of two school districts that serve the city of Eugene.-Demographics:...
  
  

F

• Falls City School District
• Fern Ridge School District, Elmira
• Forest Grove School District
  Forest Grove School District
  Forest Grove School District is a public school district in Washington County, Oregon, United States. It serves the communities of Cornelius, Dilley, Forest Grove and Gales Creek. Yvonne Curtis is the superintendent of the district...
  
  
• Fossil School District
• Frenchglen School District

G

• Gaston School District
  Gaston School District
  Gaston School District 11J is a public school district in Washington County, Oregon, United States serving the city of Gaston. The district was established about 1852 and later the Wappato and Yamhill districts in neighboring Yamhill County merged into the district. It is a two-school district,...
  
  
• Gervais School District
• Gladstone School District
  Gladstone School District
  Gladstone School District is a three-school public school district serving Gladstone, Oregon, United States. The superintendent is Bob Stewart.-Demographics:...
  
  
• Glendale School District
  Glendale School District (Oregon)
  Glendale School District is a small school district in Glendale, Oregon, United States.It serves two schools: Glendale Jr/Sr High School and Glendale Elementary School....
  
  
• Glide School District
• Grants Pass School District
  Grants Pass School District
  Grants Pass School District is a public school district that serves the city of Grants Pass, Oregon, United States.-Demographics:In the 2009 school year, the district had 115 students classified as homeless by the Department of Education, or 2.0% of students in the district.-Elementary...
  
  
• Greater Albany Public School District
• Gresham-Barlow School District
  Gresham-Barlow School District
  Gresham School District is a school district in the U.S. state of Oregon. It serves the cities of Boring, Damascus and Gresham.-Demographics:In the 2009 school year, the district had 145 students classified as homeless by the Department of Education, or 1.2% of students in the district.-Elementary...
  
  

H

• Harney County School District 3, Burns
• Harney County School District 4
  Crane, Oregon
  Crane is an unincorporated community in Harney County, Oregon, United States, northeast of Malheur Lake on Oregon Route 78.Crane was named for the prominent local features Crane Creek and Crane Creek Gap. Crane Creek Gap is the pass between the Harney Basin and the drainage basin of the South Fork...
  
   (Crane Elementary School District), Crane
• Harney County Union High School District
  Crane, Oregon
  Crane is an unincorporated community in Harney County, Oregon, United States, northeast of Malheur Lake on Oregon Route 78.Crane was named for the prominent local features Crane Creek and Crane Creek Gap. Crane Creek Gap is the pass between the Harney Basin and the drainage basin of the South Fork...
  
   (Crane Union High School District), Crane
• Harper School District
• Harrisburg School District
  Harrisburg School District (Oregon)
  Harrisburg School District is a public school district that serves the city of Harrisburg, Oregon, United States, and the surrounding rural area of Benton, Linn, and Lane counties....
  
  
• Helix School District
• Hermiston School District
  Hermiston School District
  Hermiston School District is a public school district in Hermiston, Oregon, United States. It serves one high school, Hermiston High School, two middle schools, and five elementary schools.As of October 2006, the enrollment in K-12 schools is 4,805...
  
  
• Hillsboro School District
  Hillsboro School District
  The Hillsboro School District 1J is a unified school district located in Hillsboro, Oregon, United States. The district operates 26 elementary schools, four middle schools, and four high schools. Founded in 1851, the school district covers Hillsboro, Scholls, Reedville, North Plains, West Union,...
  
  
• Hood River County School District
  Hood River County School District
  The Hood River County School District is a public school district in Hood River County, Oregon, United States that serves the communities of Cascade Locks, Hood River, Odell, Pine Grove, and Parkdale....
  
  , Hood River
• Huntington School District

J

• Jefferson School District
• Jefferson County School District, Madras
• Jewell School District
• John Day School District (Grant County School District), Canyon City
• Jordan Valley School District
• Joseph School District
• Junction City School District
• Juntura School District

K

• Klamath County School District
  Klamath County School District
  The Klamath County School District is a public school district serving Klamath County, Oregon, United States. Communities in the district include Bly, Bonanza, Chiloquin, Gilchrist, Keno, Klamath Falls, Malin, and Merrill. As of June 2008, the school district had 6,657 students enrolled...
  
  
• Klamath Falls City Schools
• Knappa School District

L

• La Grande School District
• Lake County School District
  Lake County School District
  Lake County School District is a public school district serving the southern part of Lake County, Oregon, United States including the town of Lakeview and the surrounding communities...
  
   (Lakeview School District)
• Lake Oswego School District
  Lake Oswego School District
  The Lake Oswego School District is a public school district serving Lake Oswego, Oregon, United States, a suburb 10 miles south of Portland. The district comprises 13 primary and secondary schools with a total enrollment of 6,896 as of 2005...
  
  
• Lebanon Community Schools
  Lebanon Community Schools
  Lebanon Community Schools, also known as Lebanon Community School District 9 is a public school district serving Lebanon, Oregon, United States and the surrounding area of Linn County, including the cities of Sodaville and Waterloo and the unincorporated communities of Berlin, Crowfoot, Fairview...
  
  
• Lincoln County School District
  Lincoln County School District (Oregon)
  The Lincoln County School District is a public school district in the U.S. state of Oregon. The district serves the communities of Yachats, Waldport, Eddyville, Newport, Siletz, Lincoln City and Toledo...
  
  , Newport
• Long Creek School District
• Lowell School District

M

• Mapleton School District
• Marcola School District
• McDermitt Elementary School District (Students attend school in McDermitt, Nevada)
• McKenzie School District, Finn Rock
• McMinnville School District
  McMinnville School District
  McMinnville School District is a public school district in Yamhill County, Oregon, United States that serves the cities of McMinnville and Lafayette.-Demographics:...
  
  
• Medford School District
• Milton-Freewater Unified School District
  Milton-Freewater Unified School District
  The Milton-Freewater Unified School District is a school district in the U.S. state of Oregon in that serves the city of Milton-Freewater and the surrounding area.-Demographics:...
  
  
• Mitchell School District
• Molalla River School District
  Molalla River School District
  Molalla River School District is a public school district serving Molalla, Oregon, United States and the surrounding area of Clackamas County, including the communities of Clarkes, Mulino and Rural Dell...
  
  
• Monroe School District
• Monument School District
• Morrow School District, Lexington
• Mt. Angel School District
  Mt. Angel School District
  Mt. Angel School District is a public school district that serves Mt. Angel, Oregon, United States.- John F. Kennedy High School :John F. Kennedy High School is a grade 9-12 public high school.- Mount Angel Middle School :...
  
  
• Myrtle Point School District

N

• Neah-Kah-Nie School District
  Neah-Kah-Nie School District
  The Neah-Kah-Nie School District is located in north Tillamook County, Oregon, United States. There are four schools in the district: Neah-Kah-Nie High School, Neah-Kah-Nie Middle School, Garibaldi Grade School, and Nehalem Elementary School....
  
  , Rockaway Beach
• Nestucca Valley School District, Hebo
• Newberg School District
  Newberg School District
  Newberg School District is a public school district serving the cities of Newberg and Dundee in the U.S. state of Oregon-Demographics:In the 2009 school year, the district had 156 students classified as homeless by the Department of Education, or 3.0% of students in the district.-Elementary...
  
  
• North Bend School District
  North Bend School District
  North Bend School District is a public school district that serves the city of North Bend, Oregon, United States.-Demographics:In the 2009 school year, the district had 73 students classified as homeless by the Department of Education, or 3.0% of students in the district.-Charter...
  
  
• North Clackamas School District
  North Clackamas School District
  The North Clackamas School District is a school district located in the upper middle portion of Clackamas County, Oregon. This district encompasses the communities of Clackamas, Milwaukie, Damascus, Happy Valley, and Carver.-Board:...
  
  , Milwaukie
• North Douglas School District, Drain
• North Lake School District
  North Lake School District (Oregon)
  North Lake School is a public school in Silver Lake, Oregon, United States that serves grades kindergarten through twelfth grade . It is the only school in the North Lake School District.-Academics:...
  
  , Silver Lake
• North Marion School District
  North Marion School District
  North Marion School District is a public school district in Marion County, Oregon, United States that serves the cities of Aurora, Donald, and Hubbard and the communities of Broadacres and Butteville. There are about 2,000 students enrolled in the district's four schools, which are all located...
  
  , Aurora
• North Powder School District
• North Santiam School District, Stayton
• North Wasco County School District (formerly The Dalles and Chenowith school districts)
• Nyssa School District

O

• Oakland School District
• Oakridge School District
• Ontario School District
• Oregon City School District
  Oregon City School District (Oregon)
  The Oregon City School District is a school district that serves the city of Oregon City, Oregon and some unincorporated areas of southwestern Clackamas County, including the hamlet of Beavercreek and the community of Jennings Lodge, which is physically separated from the rest of the district by...
  
  
• Oregon Trail School District
  Oregon Trail School District
  The Oregon Trail School District is a public school district in the U.S. state of Oregon. It spans from the outskirts of the city of Gresham to the top of Mount Hood, on the Oregon Trail. It encompasses several distinct, mostly unincorporated, rural areas of Clackamas County, including the...
  
  , Sandy

P

• Paisley School District
  Paisley School District
  Paisley School is a public school in Paisley, Oregon, United States that serves students from kindergarten through twelfth grade . It is the only school in the Paisley School District, and contains a boarding facility.-Academics:...
  
  
• Parkrose School District
  Parkrose School District
  The Parkrose School District is in Portland, Oregon. The district contains four elementary schools, a middle school, and a high school. It is a K-12 district with an enrollment of approximately 3,700 .-History:...
  
  , Portland
• Pendleton School District
• Perrydale School District
• Philomath School District
  Philomath School District
  The Philomath School District is a school district in the U.S. state of Oregon that serves part of Benton County, including the city of Philomath and the unincorporated community of Blodgett. The district has an enrollment of 1,635 students....
  
  
• Phoenix-Talent School District
  Phoenix-Talent School District
  The Phoenix-Talent School District #4 is a public school district in the U.S. state of Oregon. It serves the cities of Phoenix, Talent and parts of Medford. There are three elementary schools in the district: Phoenix Elementary, Talent Elementary, and Orchard Hill Elementary. The one middle school...
  
  
• Pilot Rock School District
• Pine Creek School District, Hines
• Pine Eagle School District, Halfway
• Pinehurst School District, Ashland
• Pleasant Hill School District
• Plush School District
• Port Orford-Langlois School District
• Portland Public Schools
  Portland Public Schools, Oregon
  Portland Public Schools is a public school district located in Portland, Oregon, United States. It is the largest school district in the state of Oregon, and in the Pacific Northwest. It is a Pre K-12 district with an enrollment of approximately 47,000 students...
  
  
• Powers School District
• Prairie City School District
• Prospect School District

R

• Rainier School District
• Redmond School District
  Redmond School District
  The Redmond School District is a school district in the U.S. state of Oregon that serves a area in Deschutes and Jefferson counties, including the city of Redmond and the unicorporated communities of Alfalfa, Crooked River Ranch, Eagle Crest, Terrebonne, and Tumalo...
  
  
• Reedsport School District
• Reynolds School District
  Reynolds School District (Oregon)
  The Reynolds School District is a school district in the U.S. state of Oregon and serves the cities of Portland, Gresham, Fairview, Wood Village and Troutdale, with an enrollment of 10,700 students.- Board :...
  
  , Fairview
• Riddle School District
• Riverdale School District, Portland
• Rogue River School District
• Roseburg School District
  Roseburg School District
  Roseburg School District is a public school district in the U.S. state of Oregon that serves the communities of Roseburg and Winchester. The district enrolls close to 7,000 students.-Elementary schools:*Eastwood Elementary*Fir Grove Elementary...
  
   (Douglas County School District 4)

S

• St. Helens School District
  St. Helens School District
  St. Helens School District is a public school district in the U.S. state of Oregon that serves the cities of St. Helens and Columbia City.-Demographics:...
  
  
• St. Paul School District
• Salem-Keizer School District
  Salem-Keizer School District
  Salem-Keizer School District is a school district in the U.S. state of Oregon that serves the cities of Salem and Keizer. It is the second-largest school district in the state with more than 40,000 students and nearly 4,000 full-time equivalent employees...
  
  
• Santiam Canyon School District, Mill City
• Scappoose School District
• Scio School District
• Seaside School District
• Sheridan School District
  Sheridan School District (Oregon)
  The Sheridan School District 48J is a unified school district that serves the Sheridan area in the U.S. state of Oregon. The district has four schools and 1,042 students. District offices are in Sheridan on Bridge Street at the high school. A. J. Grauer is the district superintendent, with...
  
  
• Sherman County School District, Wasco
• Sherwood School District
  Sherwood School District
  Sherwood School District is a small school district that serves Sherwood, Oregon, United States. The district currently has four elementary schools, two middle schools, and one high school...
  
  
• Silver Falls School District
  Silver Falls School District
  Silver Falls School District is a school district in the U.S. State of Oregon that serves the communities of Scotts Mills and Silverton in Marion County and Clackamas County, as well as the surrounding foothills along Silver Creek and the Abiqua River up to Silver Falls State Park. It is...
  
  , Silverton
• Sisters School District
• Siuslaw School District, Florence
• South Harney School District, Fields
• South Lane School District, Cottage Grove
• South Umpqua School District, Myrtle Creek
• South Wasco County School District, Maupin
• Spray School District
  Spray School District
  Spray School District is a single-school public school district located in Spray, Oregon, United States that operates Spray School....
  
  
• Springfield School District
  Springfield School District (Oregon)
  Springfield School District, also called Springfield Public Schools, is a public school district in Lane County, Oregon, United States. It serves students in Springfield and outlying areas, including Goshen, Mohawk, and Walterville.-Schools:...
  
  
• Stanfield School District
• Suntex School District, Hines
• Sutherlin School District
• Sweet Home School District

T

• Three Rivers/Josephine County School District
  Three Rivers School District (Oregon)
  Three Rivers School District is a public school district that serves the Illinois Valley, Hidden Valley and North Valley regions of Jackson and Josephine counties in the U.S...
  
  , Murphy
• Tigard-Tualatin School District
  Tigard-Tualatin School District
  The Tigard-Tualatin School District is a school district serving part of the suburban Portland metropolitan area in Oregon including the cities of Tigard and Tualatin. Tigard Elementary School District 23 was established in 1875, while the Tualatin district was started as the Bridgeport district...
  
  
• Tillamook School District
  Tillamook School District
  The Tillamook School District serves Tillamook, Oregon, United States, and its surrounding areas. As of 2007, the district had 2,019 students.-Demographics:...
  
  
• Troy School District

U

• Ukiah School District
• Umatilla School District
• Union School District

W

• Wallowa School District
• Warrenton-Hammond School District
• West Linn-Wilsonville School District
  West Linn-Wilsonville School District
  The West Linn-Wilsonville School District is a school district that serves part of the southern metropolitan area of Portland, Oregon. In addition to the cities of West Linn and Wilsonville, the district's boundaries encompass unincorporated areas of southwestern Clackamas County, including the...
  
  
• Willamina School District
• Winston-Dillard School District
• Woodburn School District

Education service districts

Oregon has 20 education service districts.

• Clackamas Education Service District
• Douglas Education Service District
• Grant Education Service District
• Harney Education Service District
• High Desert Education Service District
• Jefferson Education Service District
• Lane Education Service District
  Lane Education Service District
  Lane Education Service District is an educational service district that provides services to the 16 school districts in Lane County, Oregon, United States.-Administration:Lane ESD's superintendent is Debbie Egan...
  
  
• Lake Education Service District
• Linn Benton Lincoln Education Service District
• Malheur Education Service District
• Multnomah Education Service District
  Multnomah Education Service District
  Multnomah Education Service District is an educational service district that coordinates school based events and activities throughout the school districts in Multnomah County, Oregon, United States.-Districts:...
  
  
• North Central Education Service District
• Northwest Regional Education Service District
• Region 9 Education Service District
• Region 18 Education Service District
• South Coast Education Service District
• Southern Oregon Education Service District
• Umatilla-Morrow Education Service District
• Union-Baker Education Service District
• Willamette Education Service District

General references

• School Directory 2007–08, from Oregon Department of Education
  Oregon Department of Education
  The Department of Education of the U.S. state of Oregon is responsible for implementation of state policies with respect to public education at the kindergarten through community college level, including academic standards and testing, credentials, and other matters not reserved to the local...
  
  
• Oregon Public School Districts, from Oregon School Boards Association

External links

• History of School Funding: Outline, from Oregon School Boards Association