District profile / Washington

Othello School District

Othello, Washington · Public school district · #63 of 150 Washington districts by enrollment

Compare with peers

4,654

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$13,919

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · 7% below the Washington median

18.8

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Washington median 18.3

Othello School District is a public school district based in Othello, Washington, serving 4,654 students in 9 schools. By enrollment it ranks #63 of the 150 Washington districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 58% of them. Its schools average 517 students each, more than the Washington median of 435. It spends about $13,919 per student on day-to-day operations, 7% less than the Washington median. It has roughly 18.8 students per teacher.

How Othello compares

OthelloWashington median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$13,919

Washington median $14,904 · 7% below · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$8,204

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

Students per school517

Washington median 435 · 19% above · 2024-25

Students per teacher18.8

Washington median 18.3 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor388

Washington median 368 · 5% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$70.5 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 10%State 83%Local 8%

Measure	Othello	Washington median	Year
Current spending per student	$13,919	$14,904	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$8,204	$8,883	FY2020-21
Total spending	$69.1 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$70.5 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	248	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	522	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	18.8	18.3	2024-25
Students per counselor	388	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.

In the news

0 stories matched

We haven't matched any stories to Othello School District yet. Recent Washington coverage is on the Washington page.

Peer districts in Washington

Compare side by side →

District	Students	Schools	Spending per student	Students per teacher	Rank
Ferndale School DistrictFerndale	4,746	14	$14,924	17.9	#62
Othello School DistrictOthello · this district	4,654	9	$13,919	18.8	#63
Sedro-Woolley School DistrictSedro Woolley	4,600	12	$16,174	18.9	#64
Enumclaw School DistrictEnumclaw	4,542	9	$15,081	19.0	#65
Shelton School DistrictShelton	4,517	10	$15,145	16.5	#66

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Bozeman ElementaryBozeman, MT	4,657	$11,410	16.3
Park Ridge CCSD 64Niles, IL	4,654	$19,819	12.2
LiberalLiberal, KS	4,654	$11,699	14.0
Branson R-IVBranson, MO	4,653	$9,613	14.2

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-othello-school-district