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Sunnyside School District

Sunnyside, Washington · Public school district · #48 of 150 Washington districts by enrollment

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6,151

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$15,543

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Washington median

18.5

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Washington median 18.3

Sunnyside School District is a public school district based in Sunnyside, Washington, serving 6,151 students in 9 schools. By enrollment it ranks #48 of the 150 Washington districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 68% of them. Its schools average 683 students each, more than the Washington median of 435. It spends about $15,543 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 18.5 students per teacher.

How Sunnyside compares

SunnysideWashington median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$15,543

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

Instruction spending per student$8,293

Washington median $8,883 · 7% below · FY2020-21

Students per school683

Washington median 435 · 57% above · 2024-25

Students per teacher18.5

Washington median 18.3 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor308

Washington median 368 · 16% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$118.4 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 16%State 80%Local 4%

Measure	Sunnyside	Washington median	Year
Current spending per student	$15,543	$14,904	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$8,293	$8,883	FY2020-21
Total spending	$117.8 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$118.4 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	333	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	732	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	18.5	18.3	2024-25
Students per counselor	308	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
Longview School DistrictLongview	6,382	17	$14,628	17.8	#45
Tumwater School DistrictTumwater	6,350	14	$15,420	17.9	#46
Mount Vernon School DistrictMount Vernon	6,326	14	$16,916	16.9	#47
Sunnyside School DistrictSunnyside · this district	6,151	9	$15,543	18.5	#48
Eastmont School DistrictEast Wenatchee	5,930	12	$13,722	17.9	#49

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Bridgeton City School DistrictBridgeton, NJ	6,163	$18,963	13.3
North Colonie CSDLatham, NY	6,159	$18,248	12.1
Lorain CityLorain, OH	6,150	$16,997	15.6
Okeechobee CountyOkeechobee, FL	6,143	$9,991	18.1

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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