Eugene School District
| Eugene School District 4J | |
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Lane & Linn counties, Oregon United States |
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| District information | |
| Motto | 4J Vision 20/20: Every student connected to community and empowered to succeed |
| Grades | K–12 |
| Established | 1854 |
| Superintendent | Dr. Gustavo Balderas |
| Students and staff | |
| Students | 16,500 |
| Teachers | 755 |
| Other information | |
| Website | www.4j.lane.edu |
Eugene School District (4J) is a public school district in the U.S. state of Oregon. It is one of two school districts that serve the city of Eugene.
Eugene School District 4J spans 155 square miles (400 km2) in the southern Willamette Valley, including the city of Coburg and a small part of Linn County to the north. About 85 percent of the City of Eugene lies inside 4J's boundaries.
About 16,500 students attend school in the district's 20 elementary school programs, 8 middle schools, 4 comprehensive high schools and various alternative high school programs — making it one of the most populous of Oregon's approximately 200 school districts. The five public charter schools located in the district serve about 600 additional students.
Approximately 25 percent of the student body and 10 percent of the teaching staff are members of racial/ethnic minority groups.
Nearly 50 percent of students in the Eugene School District qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a key measure of poverty in school districts. In the 2009 school year, the district had 743 students classified as homeless by the Department of Education, or 4.2% of students in the district.
The district that would evolve into Eugene School District 4J started in 1854, five years before Oregon attained statehood. The district is numbered 4J because it was the fourth school district incorporated in Lane County and is a joint (J) district — its boundary includes a small part of Linn County to the north. The district's name changed in 1964, when it absorbed Coburg School (since closed), whose attendance boundary goes nearly to Harrisburg.
Eugene School District 4J is a K–12 public school district with elementary schools serving grades K–5, middle schools serving grades 6–8, high schools serving grades 9–12, and special education transition programs up to age 21. Every residence in the district is within the attendance boundary of a neighborhood elementary, middle and high school. A majority of students attend their neighborhood schools, but the district's school choice policy allows students to enroll in a different neighborhood school or an alternative school through the school choice process, and a large percentage do so. The district also accepts enrollment from students who reside outside the district boundaries.
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