Oregon School Data Explorer

Data & methodology

What’s included, how it’s linked, and the limitations to keep in mind. Updated September 7, 2026.

Assessment data

Oregon Department of Education assessment group reports (English, Math, Science). Results are aggregated at the school level with participant counts and performance levels. Achievement percentages and public chart summaries labeled “student-weighted” use only students with valid reported scores, represented by ODE’s Scored Performance Denominator. Participant counts are used for participation and coverage, not as the achievement denominator. These are the core outcome measures used in charts, maps, and summary tables. Science differs from English and Math in its tested-grade coverage, available student-group categories, and source-workbook organization. All three subjects include official ODE All Grades rows.

School-level ODE measures

ODE school media aggregate data adds school-level percentages for students experiencing poverty, students with disabilities, required vaccinations, teacher retention, and experienced teachers.

Census demographic and socioeconomic measures

U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey (ACS) 5‑year estimates provide tract‑level income and education metrics. These are linked to schools via geocoding.

Locale & geography

NCES locale categories support urban/suburban/town/rural comparisons. ODOT and Census geographies provide geographic reference for map overlays.

Independent project: Oregon School Data Explorer uses public data from ODE, the U.S. Census Bureau, NCES, and ODOT. It is not affiliated with the Oregon Department of Education.

Data provenance and processing details

A technical note describes data origins, extraction and linkage steps, known limitations, and the latest source-versus-processed coverage audit findings.

Read the technical note

Interpretation cautions

  • Aggregate relationships are not causal; they summarize associations.
  • Suppressed or missing counts can affect the tails of distributions.
  • Geographic linking uses tracts as proxies; small‑area heterogeneity still exists.
  • ODE school poverty percentages and ACS tract income are related but not interchangeable measures.