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Medical Lake School District

Medical Lake, Washington · Public school district · #115 of 150 Washington districts by enrollment

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1,842

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$14,523

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Washington median

16.3

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Washington median 18.3

Medical Lake School District is a public school district based in Medical Lake, Washington, serving 1,842 students in 4 schools. By enrollment it ranks #115 of the 150 Washington districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 23% of them. Its schools average 460 students each, about the same as the Washington median of 435. It spends about $14,523 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 16.3 students per teacher.

How Medical Lake compares

Medical LakeWashington median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$14,523

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

Instruction spending per student$8,336

Washington median $8,883 · 6% below · FY2020-21

Students per school460

Washington median 435 · 6% above · 2024-25

Students per teacher16.3

Washington median 18.3 · 11% below · 2024-25

Students per counselor368

Washington median 368 · about the same · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$28.9 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 15%State 74%Local 11%

Measure	Medical Lake	Washington median	Year
Current spending per student	$14,523	$14,904	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$8,336	$8,883	FY2020-21
Total spending	$28.1 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$28.9 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	113	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	224	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	16.3	18.3	2024-25
Students per counselor	368	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
Meridian School DistrictBellingham	1,904	6	$13,383	18.5	#114
Medical Lake School DistrictMedical Lake · this district	1,842	4	$14,523	16.3	#115
La Center School DistrictLa Center	1,823	4	$13,323	18.4	#116
Royal School DistrictRoyal City	1,769	4	$14,947	18.1	#117
Colville School DistrictColville	1,737	6	$14,563	17.2	#118

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
West Branch-Rose City Area SchoolsWest Branch, MI	1,844	$11,506	15.6
Aurora R-VIIIAurora, MO	1,843	$9,672	12.6
Skokie School District 69Skokie, IL	1,842	$18,677	12.1
Cromwell School DistrictCromwell, CT	1,841	$19,051	11.2

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-medical-lake-school-district