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Issaquah School District

Issaquah, Washington · Public school district · #15 of 150 Washington districts by enrollment

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19,098

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$15,278

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Washington median

18.3

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Washington median 18.3

Issaquah School District is a public school district based in Issaquah, Washington, serving 19,098 students in 30 schools. By enrollment it ranks #15 of the 150 Washington districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 91% of them. Its schools average 637 students each, more than the Washington median of 435. It spends about $15,278 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 18.3 students per teacher.

How Issaquah compares

IssaquahWashington median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$15,278

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

Instruction spending per student$9,826

Washington median $8,883 · 11% above · FY2020-21

Students per school637

Washington median 435 · 46% above · 2024-25

Students per teacher18.3

Washington median 18.3 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor406

Washington median 368 · 10% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$398.5 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 2%State 61%Local 37%

Measure	Issaquah	Washington median	Year
Current spending per student	$15,278	$14,904	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$9,826	$8,883	FY2020-21
Total spending	$489.2 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$398.5 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	1,041	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	2,260	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	18.3	18.3	2024-25
Students per counselor	406	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
Issaquah School DistrictIssaquah · this district	19,098	30	$15,278	18.3	#15
Pasco School DistrictPasco	18,913	31	$14,457	17.4	#16
Kennewick School DistrictKennewick	18,826	33	$14,239	18.0	#17
Auburn School DistrictAuburn	18,174	26	$15,919	17.3	#18
Highline School DistrictBurien	18,072	43	$17,087	17.9	#19

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Montebello UnifiedMontebello, CA	19,195	$17,377	20.2
Val Verde UnifiedPerris, CA	19,080	$13,995	21.8
Tangipahoa ParishAmite, LA	19,077	$10,817	13.1
Salt Lake DistrictSalt Lake City, UT	19,049	$11,944	18.2

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-issaquah-school-district