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Lake Washington School District

Redmond, Washington · Public school district · #2 of 150 Washington districts by enrollment

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30,986

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$14,782

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Washington median

17.9

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Washington median 18.3

Lake Washington School District is a public school district based in Redmond, Washington, serving 30,986 students in 57 schools. By enrollment it ranks #2 of the 150 Washington districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 99% of them. Its schools average 544 students each, more than the Washington median of 435. It spends about $14,782 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 17.9 students per teacher.

How Lake Washington compares

Lake WashingtonWashington median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$14,782

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

Instruction spending per student$9,255

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

Students per school544

Washington median 435 · 25% above · 2024-25

Students per teacher17.9

Washington median 18.3 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor352

Washington median 368 · about the same · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$595.8 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 3%State 64%Local 33%

Measure	Lake Washington	Washington median	Year
Current spending per student	$14,782	$14,904	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$9,255	$8,883	FY2020-21
Total spending	$623.0 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$595.8 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	1,729	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	3,185	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	17.9	18.3	2024-25
Students per counselor	352	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
Lake Washington School DistrictRedmond · this district	30,986	57	$14,782	17.9	#2
Spokane School DistrictSpokane	28,853	68	$15,579	14.8	#3
Tacoma School DistrictTacoma	28,847	67	$15,922	18.8	#4
Kent School DistrictKent	25,358	46	$15,847	18.0	#5
Puyallup School DistrictPuyallup	23,026	37	$14,217	18.8	#6

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Gaston County SchoolsGastonia, NC	30,995	$10,074	15.9
Houston CountyPerry, GA	30,939	$12,263	14.9
Moreno Valley UnifiedMoreno Valley, CA	30,926	$14,975	22.2
Irving ISDIrving, TX	30,767	$11,316	15.6

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-lake-washington-school-district