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Puyallup School District

Puyallup, Washington · Public school district · #6 of 150 Washington districts by enrollment

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23,026

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$14,217

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Washington median

18.8

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Washington median 18.3

Puyallup School District is a public school district based in Puyallup, Washington, serving 23,026 students in 37 schools. By enrollment it ranks #6 of the 150 Washington districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 97% of them. Its schools average 622 students each, more than the Washington median of 435. It spends about $14,217 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 18.8 students per teacher.

How Puyallup compares

PuyallupWashington median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$14,217

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

Instruction spending per student$8,399

Washington median $8,883 · 5% below · FY2020-21

Students per school622

Washington median 435 · 43% above · 2024-25

Students per teacher18.8

Washington median 18.3 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor397

Washington median 368 · 8% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$380.8 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 5%State 71%Local 24%

Measure	Puyallup	Washington median	Year
Current spending per student	$14,217	$14,904	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$8,399	$8,883	FY2020-21
Total spending	$414.4 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$380.8 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	1,225	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	2,478	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	18.8	18.3	2024-25
Students per counselor	397	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
Puyallup School DistrictPuyallup · this district	23,026	37	$14,217	18.8	#6
Northshore School DistrictBothell	22,735	40	$15,412	18.7	#7
Federal Way School DistrictFederal Way	22,250	46	$15,743	18.3	#8
Vancouver School DistrictVancouver	21,783	45	$14,904	19.2	#9
Evergreen School District (Clark)Vancouver	21,603	39	$15,358	17.0	#10

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Kanawha County SchoolsCharleston, WV	23,085	$12,713	13.6
Dysart Unified District (4243)Surprise, AZ	23,078	$9,269	20.0
Rialto UnifiedRialto, CA	23,073	$14,341	23.2
Coweta CountyNewnan, GA	23,064	$11,049	14.3

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-puyallup-school-district