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Okanogan School District

Okanogan, Washington · Public school district · #147 of 150 Washington districts by enrollment

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1,041

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$14,288

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Washington median

17.1

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Washington median 18.3

Okanogan School District is a public school district based in Okanogan, Washington, serving 1,041 students in 6 schools. By enrollment it ranks #147 of the 150 Washington districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 2% of them. Its schools average 174 students each, fewer than the Washington median of 435. It spends about $14,288 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 17.1 students per teacher.

How Okanogan compares

OkanoganWashington median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$14,288

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

Instruction spending per student$8,559

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

Students per school174

Washington median 435 · 60% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher17.1

Washington median 18.3 · 7% below · 2024-25

Students per counselor260

Washington median 368 · 29% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$18.2 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 14%State 75%Local 11%

Measure	Okanogan	Washington median	Year
Current spending per student	$14,288	$14,904	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$8,559	$8,883	FY2020-21
Total spending	$17.0 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$18.2 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	61	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	139	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	17.1	18.3	2024-25
Students per counselor	260	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
White Salmon Valley School DistrictWhite Salmon	1,078	5	$13,124	18.0	#145
Highland School DistrictCowiche	1,060	4	$14,988	19.3	#146
Okanogan School DistrictOkanogan · this district	1,041	6	$14,288	17.1	#147
Cle Elum-Roslyn School DistrictCle Elum	1,026	4	$14,321	19.0	#148
Rainier School DistrictRainier	1,017	3	$13,055	18.2	#149

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Yellville Summit School DistrictYellville, AR	1,041	$9,919	8.1
Westchester School District 92-5Westchester, IL	1,041	$15,114	12.4
Warroad Public School DistrictWarroad, MN	1,041	$13,280	14.1
Saranac Lake Central School DistrictSaranac Lake, NY	1,041	$27,104	9.6

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-okanogan-school-district