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Chehalis School District

Chehalis, Washington · Public school district · #88 of 150 Washington districts by enrollment

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3,142

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$14,793

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Washington median

18.5

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Washington median 18.3

Chehalis School District is a public school district based in Chehalis, Washington, serving 3,142 students in 8 schools. By enrollment it ranks #88 of the 150 Washington districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 42% of them. Its schools average 393 students each, about the same as the Washington median of 435. It spends about $14,793 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 18.5 students per teacher.

How Chehalis compares

ChehalisWashington median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$14,793

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

Instruction spending per student$9,338

Washington median $8,883 · 5% above · FY2020-21

Students per school393

Washington median 435 · 10% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher18.5

Washington median 18.3 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor524

Washington median 368 · 42% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$50.7 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 10%State 72%Local 17%

Measure	Chehalis	Washington median	Year
Current spending per student	$14,793	$14,904	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$9,338	$8,883	FY2020-21
Total spending	$49.5 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$50.7 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	170	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	344	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	18.5	18.3	2024-25
Students per counselor	524	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
Burlington-Edison School DistrictBurlington	3,276	9	$17,184	16.0	#84
Wapato School DistrictWapato	3,198	11	$15,834	17.0	#85
Aberdeen School DistrictAberdeen	3,183	13	$13,782	18.7	#86
Quincy School DistrictQuincy	3,162	9	$15,468	16.5	#87
Chehalis School DistrictChehalis · this district	3,142	8	$14,793	18.5	#88

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Lewis Central Community School DistrictCouncil Bluffs, IA	3,143	$11,492	16.5
Niles Community SchoolsNiles, MI	3,143	$11,846	19.3
Chester-Upland School DistrictChester, PA	3,143	$21,368	14.5
Pampa ISDPampa, TX	3,141	$9,315	14.6

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.

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