EUGENE, Ore. — Oregon received an “F” ranking in 2025 for how fairly it distributes funding to schools, according to a report from the Education Law Center.
The report found that districts with more students in poverty receive thousands less per student than districts with lower-poverty student bodies, raising questions about whether Oregon’s funding system is allocating money fairly. The report examined combined state, local and federal dollars distributed to schools and found that even with additional funding “weights” in Oregon’s formula, high-poverty districts remain at a disadvantage.
In Coos County, Myrtle Point Public Schools said low staffing and fewer educational opportunities for students are part of its reality, which the district attributed to the amount of funding it operates with…