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Riverside School District

Chattaroy, Washington · Public school district · #122 of 150 Washington districts by enrollment

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1,570

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$14,241

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Washington median

17.6

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Washington median 18.3

Riverside School District is a public school district based in Chattaroy, Washington, serving 1,570 students in 5 schools. By enrollment it ranks #122 of the 150 Washington districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 19% of them. Its schools average 314 students each, fewer than the Washington median of 435. It spends about $14,241 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 17.6 students per teacher.

How Riverside compares

RiversideWashington median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$14,241

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

Instruction spending per student$7,587

Washington median $8,883 · 15% below · FY2020-21

Students per school314

Washington median 435 · 28% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher17.6

Washington median 18.3 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor392

Washington median 368 · 7% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$22.5 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 11%State 75%Local 14%

Measure	Riverside	Washington median	Year
Current spending per student	$14,241	$14,904	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$7,587	$8,883	FY2020-21
Total spending	$22.2 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$22.5 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	89	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	176	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	17.6	18.3	2024-25
Students per counselor	392	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
Mount Baker School DistrictDeming	1,580	7	$17,850	17.4	#121
Riverside School DistrictChattaroy · this district	1,570	5	$14,241	17.6	#122
Hoquiam School DistrictHoquiam	1,566	6	$14,303	17.8	#123
College Place School DistrictCollege Place	1,531	4	$13,147	15.6	#124
Castle Rock School DistrictCastle Rock	1,484	4	$14,178	18.6	#125

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
West Sonoma County Union HighSebastopol, CA	1,570	$16,079	18.5
Mundelein ESD 75Mundelein, IL	1,570	$17,950	13.7
Cedar Grove Township School DistrictCedar Grove, NJ	1,570	$20,522	10.5
Bronxville Union Free School DistrictBronxville, NY	1,570	$29,112	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-riverside-school-district