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Selah School District

Selah, Washington · Public school district · #72 of 150 Washington districts by enrollment

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3,784

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$14,234

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Washington median

17.1

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Washington median 18.3

Selah School District is a public school district based in Selah, Washington, serving 3,784 students in 10 schools. By enrollment it ranks #72 of the 150 Washington districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 52% of them. Its schools average 378 students each, fewer than the Washington median of 435. It spends about $14,234 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 17.1 students per teacher.

How Selah compares

SelahWashington median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$14,234

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

Instruction spending per student$8,784

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

Students per school378

Washington median 435 · 13% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher17.1

Washington median 18.3 · 7% below · 2024-25

Students per counselor344

Washington median 368 · 7% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$61.9 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 10%State 71%Local 18%

Measure	Selah	Washington median	Year
Current spending per student	$14,234	$14,904	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$8,784	$8,883	FY2020-21
Total spending	$79.6 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$61.9 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	221	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	431	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	17.1	18.3	2024-25
Students per counselor	344	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
Selah School DistrictSelah · this district	3,784	10	$14,234	17.1	#72
Quillayute Valley School DistrictForks	3,760	6	$12,997	22.9	#73
Lynden School DistrictLynden	3,646	8	$15,276	19.7	#74
Toppenish School DistrictToppenish	3,646	9	$15,344	19.5	#75
East Valley School District (Spokane)Spokane	3,601	9	$15,862	17.6	#76

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
North KingstownNorth Kingstown, RI	3,786	$18,259	12.3
Decatur ISDDecatur, TX	3,786	$10,389	15.8
Wilton School DistrictWilton, CT	3,782	$25,690	11.7
White CountyCleveland, GA	3,782	$12,623	13.9

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-selah-school-district