Oregon ranks 14th among the states in need of rural education improvement and attention. Serving almost 90,000 students, Oregon’s rural schools make up more than one-fourth of all public schools in the state. Socioeconomic challenges are at critical levels, with high poverty and adult unemployment. The population of both English Language Learners and Special Education students is high, and the overall student population is rapidly growing more diverse. Policy contexts suggest the need for immediate attention: inequity in state and local revenue per pupil in rural districts is among the nation’s most severe, and proportional spending on transportation relative to spending on instruction is higher than all but five states.