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Stanwood-Camano School District

Stanwood, Washington · Public school district · #61 of 150 Washington districts by enrollment

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4,880

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$15,572

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Washington median

19.4

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Washington median 18.3

Stanwood-Camano School District is a public school district based in Stanwood, Washington, serving 4,880 students in 11 schools. By enrollment it ranks #61 of the 150 Washington districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 60% of them. Its schools average 444 students each, about the same as the Washington median of 435. It spends about $15,572 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 19.4 students per teacher.

How Stanwood-Camano compares

Stanwood-CamanoWashington median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$15,572

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

Instruction spending per student$9,645

Washington median $8,883 · 9% above · FY2020-21

Students per school444

Washington median 435 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per teacher19.4

Washington median 18.3 · 6% above · 2024-25

Students per counselor444

Washington median 368 · 21% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$93.0 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 4%State 70%Local 27%

Measure	Stanwood-Camano	Washington median	Year
Current spending per student	$15,572	$14,904	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$9,645	$8,883	FY2020-21
Total spending	$109.4 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$93.0 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	252	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	518	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	19.4	18.3	2024-25
Students per counselor	444	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
Kelso School DistrictKelso	4,960	13	$14,652	18.0	#60
Stanwood-Camano School DistrictStanwood · this district	4,880	11	$15,572	19.4	#61
Ferndale School DistrictFerndale	4,746	14	$14,924	17.9	#62
Othello School DistrictOthello	4,654	9	$13,919	18.8	#63
Sedro-Woolley School DistrictSedro Woolley	4,600	12	$16,174	18.9	#64

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Bremen CHSD 228Midlothian, IL	4,885	$18,422	16.4
Nazareth Area School DistrictNazareth, PA	4,885	$16,590	14.3
CumberlandCumberland, RI	4,881	$15,061	13.5
Starkville Oktibbeha Consolidated School DistrictStarkville, MS	4,880	$10,677	12.6

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.

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