"As it stands, Duncan said, about 6.6 million students from low-income families in 23 states are harmed by local and state funding disparities. The funding inequality data comes from National Center for Education Statistics, a branch of the U.S. Department of Education that collects information on schools." Arne Duncan is the head of the Education department, you may know?
And, for your information, schools like South Eugene indeed are quite different from others: there's a long list to get into it. Fund raisers at the school have made many activities available that are not at others.