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Vancouver School District

Vancouver, Washington · Public school district · #9 of 150 Washington districts by enrollment

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21,783

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$14,904

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Washington median

19.2

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Washington median 18.3

Vancouver School District is a public school district based in Vancouver, Washington, serving 21,783 students in 45 schools. By enrollment it ranks #9 of the 150 Washington districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 95% of them. Its schools average 484 students each, more than the Washington median of 435. It spends about $14,904 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 19.2 students per teacher.

How Vancouver compares

VancouverWashington median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$14,904

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

Instruction spending per student$8,759

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

Students per school484

Washington median 435 · 11% above · 2024-25

Students per teacher19.2

Washington median 18.3 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor298

Washington median 368 · 19% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$390.4 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 7%State 71%Local 22%

Measure	Vancouver	Washington median	Year
Current spending per student	$14,904	$14,904	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$8,759	$8,883	FY2020-21
Total spending	$470.1 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$390.4 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	1,134	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	2,504	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	19.2	18.3	2024-25
Students per counselor	298	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
Federal Way School DistrictFederal Way	22,250	46	$15,743	18.3	#8
Vancouver School DistrictVancouver · this district	21,783	45	$14,904	19.2	#9
Evergreen School District (Clark)Vancouver	21,603	39	$15,358	17.0	#10
Bethel School DistrictSpanaway	21,450	36	$14,669	18.5	#11
Edmonds School DistrictLynnwood	20,955	38	$15,949	18.7	#12

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
South-Western CityGrove City, OH	21,924	$12,776	17.7
Richland 01Columbia, SC	21,814	$16,464	12.1
Folsom-Cordova UnifiedRancho Cordova, CA	21,780	$11,926	21.4
Murrieta Valley UnifiedMurrieta, CA	21,712	$12,094	23.4

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-vancouver-school-district