School Library Staffing in Oregon: Current and Historical
As of the 2022-23 school year, there are 164 FTE licensed school librarians (compared to 158 in 2021-22) and 687 FTE library support staff (compared to 680 in 2021-22) in Oregon's 1,272 public schools that serve a total of 552,380 students. That is a drop from 818 FTE licensed school librarians during the 1980-81 school year, when the State Library started tracking the information. This
document contains three charts that show the history of school library staffing from 1980-81 through 2018-19. (The document will be updated by the end of October 2024.) Data is from staff at the Oregon Department of Education and from their publications,
Oregon Statewide Report Card (pgs. 3 & 15 for 2022-23) and
Oregon School Directory ("Facts" section at end). For a snapshot of the number of licensed librarians that individual districts employ, view the Oregon Department of Education's
At-A-Glance District Profiles and the Current Staffing section below. The latter includes information about library support staff as well.
Quality Education Model Staffing & Materials Expenditures Levels
The
2022 Quality Education Model (QEM) report includes the following library staffing best practices per prototype school (pgs. 7, 10). Materials expenditure levels for books and periodicals, both print and electronic formats, are based on the Quality Education Commission (QEC) 2022 cost model from the Oregon Department of Education. The current service level (CSL) amount is based on actual spending in the prior biennium with an adjustment for inflation and enrollment growth, and the fully-implemented amount is based on adopting the best practices recommended in the Quality Education Model report.
| Licensed Librarian
| Support Staff
| Materials CSL / Base
| Materials Full
|
Elementary School
| 1 FTE
| 1 FTE
| $18 per student
| $28 per student
|
Middle School
| 1 FTE
| 1 FTE
| $20 per student
| $34 per student
|
High School
| 1 FTE
| 1 FTE
| $23 per student
| $40 per student
|