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Tumwater School District

Tumwater, Washington · Public school district · #46 of 150 Washington districts by enrollment

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6,350

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$15,420

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Washington median

17.9

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Washington median 18.3

Tumwater School District is a public school district based in Tumwater, Washington, serving 6,350 students in 14 schools. By enrollment it ranks #46 of the 150 Washington districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 70% of them. Its schools average 454 students each, about the same as the Washington median of 435. It spends about $15,420 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 17.9 students per teacher.

How Tumwater compares

TumwaterWashington median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$15,420

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

Instruction spending per student$9,392

Washington median $8,883 · 6% above · FY2020-21

Students per school454

Washington median 435 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per teacher17.9

Washington median 18.3 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor334

Washington median 368 · 9% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$116.3 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 5%State 65%Local 30%

Measure	Tumwater	Washington median	Year
Current spending per student	$15,420	$14,904	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$9,392	$8,883	FY2020-21
Total spending	$111.8 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$116.3 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	355	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	735	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	17.9	18.3	2024-25
Students per counselor	334	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 · this district	6,350	14	$15,420	17.9	#46
Mount Vernon School DistrictMount Vernon	6,326	14	$16,916	16.9	#47
Sunnyside School DistrictSunnyside	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
MaldenMalden, MA	6,354	$17,314	14.0
East Stroudsburg Area School DistrictEast Stroudsburg, PA	6,353	$20,678	12.0
Highland Park ISDDallas, TX	6,350	$10,876	13.8
GoddardGoddard, KS	6,346	$10,716	15.0

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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