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Central Kitsap School District

Bremerton, Washington · Public school district · #29 of 150 Washington districts by enrollment

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11,100

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$14,587

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Washington median

18.3

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Washington median 18.3

Central Kitsap School District is a public school district based in Bremerton, Washington, serving 11,100 students in 19 schools. By enrollment it ranks #29 of the 150 Washington districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 81% of them. Its schools average 584 students each, more than the Washington median of 435. It spends about $14,587 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 18.3 students per teacher.

How Central Kitsap compares

Central KitsapWashington median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$14,587

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

Instruction spending per student$9,090

Washington median $8,883 · about the same · FY2020-21

Students per school584

Washington median 435 · 34% above · 2024-25

Students per teacher18.3

Washington median 18.3 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor347

Washington median 368 · 6% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$218.4 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 13%State 71%Local 16%

Measure	Central Kitsap	Washington median	Year
Current spending per student	$14,587	$14,904	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$9,090	$8,883	FY2020-21
Total spending	$212.2 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$218.4 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	605	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	1,261	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	18.3	18.3	2024-25
Students per counselor	347	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
Bellingham School DistrictBellingham	11,337	25	$15,475	17.4	#28
Central Kitsap School DistrictBremerton · this district	11,100	19	$14,587	18.3	#29
Sumner-Bonney Lake School DistrictSumner	10,743	15	$13,617	19.1	#30
Mead School DistrictMead	10,657	17	$14,102	18.6	#31
Lake Stevens School DistrictLake Stevens	10,117	16	$14,299	19.3	#32

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Merced City ElementaryMerced, CA	11,108	$13,083	25.4
Boerne ISDBoerne, TX	11,101	$9,729	15.8
Wood County SchoolsParkersburg, WV	11,098	$12,042	13.5
Fall RiverFall River, MA	11,089	$18,322	12.4

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-central-kitsap-school-district