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Tenino School District

Tenino, Washington · Public school district · #135 of 150 Washington districts by enrollment

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1,283

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$14,168

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Washington median

17.8

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Washington median 18.3

Tenino School District is a public school district based in Tenino, Washington, serving 1,283 students in 4 schools. By enrollment it ranks #135 of the 150 Washington districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 10% of them. Its schools average 321 students each, fewer than the Washington median of 435. It spends about $14,168 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 17.8 students per teacher.

How Tenino compares

TeninoWashington median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$14,168

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

Instruction spending per student$8,560

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

Students per school321

Washington median 435 · 26% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher17.8

Washington median 18.3 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor321

Washington median 368 · 13% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$20.7 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 7%State 70%Local 23%

Measure	Tenino	Washington median	Year
Current spending per student	$14,168	$14,904	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$8,560	$8,883	FY2020-21
Total spending	$19.3 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$20.7 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	72	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	140	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	17.8	18.3	2024-25
Students per counselor	321	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
Naches Valley School DistrictNaches	1,308	4	$14,819	17.4	#133
Lake Chelan School DistrictChelan	1,299	6	$15,573	16.7	#134
Tenino School DistrictTenino · this district	1,283	4	$14,168	17.8	#135
Port Townsend School DistrictPort Townsend	1,277	4	$15,954	18.2	#136
Cascade School DistrictLeavenworth	1,258	7	$15,272	16.1	#137

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Lewis Cass SchoolsWalton, IN	1,283	$9,408	13.9
West Delaware County Community School DistrictManchester, IA	1,283	$12,144	13.0
Red Bank Regional School DistrictLittle Silver, NJ	1,283	$21,795	10.3
Shenandoah Valley School DistrictShenandoah, PA	1,283	$15,153	13.1

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.

Printed from Superintendent's Corner: https://superintendentscorner.com/district-wa-tenino-school-district