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Castle Rock School District

Castle Rock, Washington · Public school district · #125 of 150 Washington districts by enrollment

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1,484

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$14,178

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Washington median

18.6

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Washington median 18.3

Castle Rock School District is a public school district based in Castle Rock, Washington, serving 1,484 students in 4 schools. By enrollment it ranks #125 of the 150 Washington districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 17% of them. Its schools average 371 students each, fewer than the Washington median of 435. It spends about $14,178 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 18.6 students per teacher.

How Castle Rock compares

Castle RockWashington median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$14,178

Washington median $14,904 · about the same · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$8,318

Washington median $8,883 · 6% below · FY2020-21

Students per school371

Washington median 435 · 15% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher18.6

Washington median 18.3 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor495

Washington median 368 · 35% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$20.4 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 9%State 78%Local 12%

Measure	Castle Rock	Washington median	Year
Current spending per student	$14,178	$14,904	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$8,318	$8,883	FY2020-21
Total spending	$20.3 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$20.4 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	80	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	159	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	18.6	18.3	2024-25
Students per counselor	495	368	2024-25

Spending: NCES school district finance survey (F-33), FY2020-21. Staffing and enrollment: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25. Via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. The Washington median compares districts with 1,000 or more students.

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Peer districts in Washington

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District	Students	Schools	Spending per student	Students per teacher	Rank
College Place School DistrictCollege Place	1,531	4	$13,147	15.6	#124
Castle Rock School DistrictCastle Rock · this district	1,484	4	$14,178	18.6	#125
Vashon Island School DistrictVashon	1,468	5	$15,571	20.1	#126
Nine Mile Falls School DistrictNine Mile Falls	1,440	6	$14,294	16.7	#127
Granger School DistrictGranger	1,438	3	$16,780	17.8	#128

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Chicago Ridge School District 127-5Chicago Ridge, IL	1,485	$13,359	12.9
Seward Public SchoolsSeward, NE	1,485	$12,123	14.0
Lamesa ISDLamesa, TX	1,484	$12,735	13.2
Kane DistrictKanab, UT	1,484	$12,201	20.6

Peers are the districts closest in enrollment, so they can still differ in many other ways. Enrollment, school counts and phone numbers are from the NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25.

Printed from Superintendent's Corner: https://superintendentscorner.com/district-wa-castle-rock-school-district