The Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction monitors the health of school districts and assesses their financial stability. Based on factors like spending, savings and how long a district could operate if all funding ended suddenly, each district is assigned a financial health score. A 4.0 is considered a perfect score.
BGPS score
Battle Ground’s score increased from 3.05 to 3.35 for the 2023-24 school year, the most recent for which scores are available. The average score for all other K-12 Clark County school districts that year was 2.64.
However, the loss of levy funding starting in 2026 will dramatically lower that number, at least temporarily. If the district were to receive additional funding, that money would help begin to raise the score again in subsequent years.
State control
Decreased financial stability means increased state control of district finances. Scores below 1.75 result in the state issuing a warning. OSPI can increasingly dictate or approve specific financial actions as a district’s financial situation worsens.