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Oregon has 62 districts with gradual web – listed here are the ten slowest

Entry to high-speed web in colleges has come a great distance within the final decade. In 2013, 70% of U.S. colleges lacked an web connection of 100 Kbps per scholar, the minimal velocity the Federal Communication Fee set to satisfy primary classroom wants. By 2018, fewer than 2% of faculties failed to satisfy that threshold.

As extra colleges combine know-how into the classroom, the necessity for quick, dependable web is even better. In 2020, the FCC upped the bandwidth minimal to 1 Mbps per scholar—10 occasions sooner than the earlier minimal. Almost 6 in 10 faculty districts met or exceeded that benchmark in 2021—a 25% enhance yr over yr, in keeping with an evaluation from Join Okay-12.

Nonetheless, almost 28 million U.S. college students lack satisfactory web speeds to successfully and usually have interaction in digital classroom studying.

Stacker compiled an inventory of faculty districts in Oregon with the slowest web speeds utilizing information from Join Okay-12. Faculty districts are ranked by web velocity in Mbps. Ties are damaged by the variety of college students within the faculty district.

#10. Redmond Faculty District 2 J
– Bandwidth per scholar: 0.28 Mbps
– Complete college students: 6,508
– Value per Mbps: $2.75
– Complete month-to-month value: $4,126.75

#9. Astoria Faculty District 1 C
– Bandwidth per scholar: 0.26 Mbps
– Complete college students: 1,929
– Value per Mbps: $17.85
– Complete month-to-month value: $8,924.00

#8. Forest Grove Faculty District 15
– Bandwidth per scholar: 0.2 Mbps
– Complete college students: 5,990
– Value per Mbps: $8.35
– Complete month-to-month value: $8,346.00

#7. Mcminnville Faculty District 40
– Bandwidth per scholar: 0.19 Mbps
– Complete college students: 6,550
– Value per Mbps: $5.4
– Complete month-to-month value: $5,400.00

#6. Gaston Faculty District 511J
– Bandwidth per scholar: 0.18 Mbps
– Complete college students: 549
– Value per Mbps: $34
– Complete month-to-month value: $3,400.00

#5. Klamath County Faculty District
– Bandwidth per scholar: 0.16 Mbps
– Complete college students: 6,027
– Value per Mbps: $6.13
– Complete month-to-month value: $4,900.00

#4. John Day Faculty District 3
– Bandwidth per scholar: 0.14 Mbps
– Complete college students: 582
– Value per Mbps: $0
– Complete month-to-month value: $0.00

#3. Nestucca Valley Faculty District 101
– Bandwidth per scholar: 0.1 Mbps
– Complete college students: 490
– Value per Mbps: $96
– Complete month-to-month value: $4,800.00

#2. Bend/La Pine Unified Faculty District
– Bandwidth per scholar: 0.08 Mbps
– Complete college students: 18,326
– Value per Mbps: $1.1
– Complete month-to-month value: $1,100.00

#1. Phoenix-Expertise Faculty District 4
– Bandwidth per scholar: 0.04 Mbps
– Complete college students: 2,491
– Value per Mbps: $58.77
– Complete month-to-month value: $5,877.00