Charter agency · Wheeler County
Fossil SD 21J, OR: schools, enrollment and spending
Fossil SD 21J runs 1 public school with 2,494 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 44.5 students per teacher is 26.1 higher than the Oregon figure of 18.4.
At a glance
- Schools
- 1
- Students
- 2,494
- Teachers (FTE)
- 56
- Students per teacher
- 44.5
- OR: 18.4 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 404 Main St, Fossil, OR 97830
- Phone
- (541)763-4384
- County
- Wheeler County
- Locale
- Rural: Remote
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Charter agency
- NCES district ID
- 4105250
- State district ID
- OR-00000000002248
- Total staff (FTE)
- 79
- School counselors (FTE)
- 1.0About 2,494 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 0.0
- Charter schools
- 1
Students per teacher compared
This district44.5
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 (1,317), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $13.8 million
- Federal revenue
- $385,000
- State revenue
- $12.3 million
- Local revenue
- $1.2 million
- Total spending
- $12.4 million
- Spending per pupil
- $9,395
- Salaries
- $1.0 million8.5% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $0
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 2.8%
- State: 88.5%
- Local: 8.7%
Oregon overall
- Federal: 8.3%
- State: 53.7%
- Local: 38.0%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$9,395
Oregon$17,838
United States$16,826
Schools in Fossil SD 21J
By level: 1 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Fossil Charter SchoolCharter | Other | K to 12 | 2,494 | 44.5 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Wheeler County
- Mitchell SD 55 1,563 students
- Spray SD 1 58 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.