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Prosser School District

Prosser, Washington · Public school district · #101 of 150 Washington districts by enrollment

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2,534

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$14,649

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Washington median

16.9

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Washington median 18.3

Prosser School District is a public school district based in Prosser, Washington, serving 2,534 students in 6 schools. By enrollment it ranks #101 of the 150 Washington districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 33% of them. Its schools average 422 students each, about the same as the Washington median of 435. It spends about $14,649 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 16.9 students per teacher.

How Prosser compares

ProsserWashington median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$14,649

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

Instruction spending per student$8,473

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

Students per school422

Washington median 435 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per teacher16.9

Washington median 18.3 · 8% below · 2024-25

Students per counselor282

Washington median 368 · 23% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$52.2 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 8%State 76%Local 16%

Measure	Prosser	Washington median	Year
Current spending per student	$14,649	$14,904	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$8,473	$8,883	FY2020-21
Total spending	$70.8 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$52.2 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	150	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	307	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	16.9	18.3	2024-25
Students per counselor	282	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
Anacortes School DistrictAnacortes	2,595	8	$16,351	18.5	#99
Sequim School DistrictSequim	2,580	6	$16,268	17.9	#100
Prosser School DistrictProsser · this district	2,534	6	$14,649	16.9	#101
Clarkston School DistrictClarkston	2,495	10	$13,525	18.2	#102
Wahluke School DistrictMattawa	2,455	8	$15,331	19.2	#103

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Bonner SpringsBonner Springs, KS	2,535	$12,508	12.5
Elgin Public SchoolsElgin, OK	2,534	$9,251	18.0
Kingsville ISDKingsville, TX	2,534	$11,816	14.6
Zion-Benton Twp HSD 126Zion, IL	2,533	$19,797	15.5

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-prosser-school-district