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Lake Chelan School District

Chelan, Washington · Public school district · #134 of 150 Washington districts by enrollment

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1,299

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$15,573

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Washington median

16.7

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Washington median 18.3

Lake Chelan School District is a public school district based in Chelan, Washington, serving 1,299 students in 6 schools. By enrollment it ranks #134 of the 150 Washington districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 11% of them. Its schools average 216 students each, fewer than the Washington median of 435. It spends about $15,573 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 16.7 students per teacher.

How Lake Chelan compares

Lake ChelanWashington median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$15,573

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

Instruction spending per student$9,244

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

Students per school216

Washington median 435 · 50% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher16.7

Washington median 18.3 · 9% below · 2024-25

Students per counselor325

Washington median 368 · 12% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$22.4 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 8%State 72%Local 20%

Measure	Lake Chelan	Washington median	Year
Current spending per student	$15,573	$14,904	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$9,244	$8,883	FY2020-21
Total spending	$21.1 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$22.4 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	78	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	156	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	16.7	18.3	2024-25
Students per counselor	325	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
Zillah School DistrictZillah	1,330	4	$13,219	18.0	#132
Naches Valley School DistrictNaches	1,308	4	$14,819	17.4	#133
Lake Chelan School DistrictChelan · this district	1,299	6	$15,573	16.7	#134
Tenino School DistrictTenino	1,283	4	$14,168	17.8	#135
Port Townsend School DistrictPort Townsend	1,277	4	$15,954	18.2	#136

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
East Grand School District No. 2Granby, CO	1,300	$14,158	12.7
Algonac Community School DistrictClay, MI	1,299	$11,170	17.3
Havre ElementaryHavre, MT	1,299	$11,951	18.0
Campbellsport School DistrictCampbellsport, WI	1,299	$13,328	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-lake-chelan-school-district