The Phoenix-Talent School District #4 is a public school district

School district

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 in the U.S. state

U.S. state

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 of Oregon

Oregon

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. It serves the cities of Phoenix

Phoenix, Oregon

Phoenix is a city in Jackson County, Oregon, United States. The population was 4,060 at the 2000 census and has grown to 4,855 people as of July 1, 2009.-History:...

, Talent

Talent, Oregon

Talent is a city in Jackson County, Oregon, United States. The population was 5,589 at the 2000 census and 6,680 as of July 1, 2009.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land....

 and parts of Medford

Medford, Oregon

Medford is a city in Jackson County, Oregon, United States. As of the 2010 US Census, the city had a total population of 74,907 and a metropolitan area population of 207,010, making the Medford MSA the 4th largest metro area in Oregon...

. There are three elementary schools in the district: Phoenix Elementary, Talent Elementary, and Orchard Hill Elementary. The one middle school is Talent Middle School and the one high school is Phoenix High School. District enrollment in grades K-12 stood at 2800 students as of 2010.

Demographics

In the 2009 school year, the district had 47 students classified as homeless by the Department of Education

Oregon Department of Education

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, or 1.7% of students in the district.

External links

• Phoenix-Talent School District (official website)