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Eagle Point SD 9 warns of shrinking enrollment and mounting budget pressure
Summary
The superintendent’s report said the district lost 18 students compared with last year, which will lower state general funding by about $180,000; staff presented detailed enrollment tables and warned of further state revenue-driven reductions.
The Eagle Point School District 9 superintendent's report said the district began the year with 18 fewer students than last year and cautioned that "The District’s financial outlook is increasingly grim." The report estimated the 18-student decline will translate into approximately $180,000 less in state general funding and corresponding reductions in enrollment-linked state and federal grants such as the Student Investment Account and ESSA funds.
Business office tables provided month-by-month enrollment totals by school and grade band and showed district and charter totals for 2025-26 in the meeting packet. District staff linked the enrollment decline to reduced state revenue forecasts and to effects from recent federal tax changes that lower Oregon's taxable income base. The packet noted specific line-item reductions cited in the report, including a $253,510.95 decrease in the 2025-26 School Investment Account and a $38,446.56 reduction in the 2025-26 High School Success Grant. The board received the report; no budget action was taken at the meeting.
