Regular local school district · Polk County
Central SD 13J, OR: schools, enrollment and spending
Central SD 13J runs 5 public schools with 3,054 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 20.1 students per teacher is 1.7 higher than the Oregon figure of 18.4.
At a glance
- Schools
- 5
- Students
- 3,054
- Teachers (FTE)
- 152
- Students per teacher
- 20.1
- OR: 18.4 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 750 5th St, Independence, OR 97351
- Phone
- (503)838-0030
- County
- Polk County
- Locale
- Town: Fringe
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 4102840
- State district ID
- OR-00000000002191
- Total staff (FTE)
- 394
- School counselors (FTE)
- 5.0About 611 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 13.0
Students per teacher compared
This district20.1
Oregon18.4
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (3,132), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $47.5 million
- Federal revenue
- $4.0 million
- State revenue
- $31.1 million
- Local revenue
- $12.4 million
- Total spending
- $42.9 million
- Spending per pupil
- $13,689
- Salaries
- $20.2 million47.1% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $59.7 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 8.4%
- State: 65.5%
- Local: 26.1%
Oregon overall
- Federal: 8.3%
- State: 53.7%
- Local: 38.0%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$13,689
Oregon$17,838
United States$16,826
Schools in Central SD 13J
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 3 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Ash Creek Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 433 | 21.6 |
| Central High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 1,008 | 21.9 |
| Independence Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 425 | 22.4 |
| Monmouth Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 468 | 19.5 |
| Talmadge Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 716 | 18.8 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Polk County
- Dallas SD 2 2,956 students
- Perrydale SD 21 319 students
- Falls City SD 57 178 students
More in Oregon
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.