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Walla Walla Public Schools

Walla Walla, Washington · Public school district · #58 of 150 Washington districts by enrollment

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5,410

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$15,350

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Washington median

17.3

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Washington median 18.3

Walla Walla Public Schools is a public school district based in Walla Walla, Washington, serving 5,410 students in 17 schools. By enrollment it ranks #58 of the 150 Washington districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 62% of them. Its schools average 318 students each, fewer than the Washington median of 435. It spends about $15,350 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 17.3 students per teacher.

How Walla Walla compares

Walla WallaWashington median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$15,350

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

Instruction spending per student$9,234

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

Students per school318

Washington median 435 · 27% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher17.3

Washington median 18.3 · 5% below · 2024-25

Students per counselor338

Washington median 368 · 8% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$101.5 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 8%State 75%Local 16%

Measure	Walla Walla	Washington median	Year
Current spending per student	$15,350	$14,904	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$9,234	$8,883	FY2020-21
Total spending	$140.1 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$101.5 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	313	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	665	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	17.3	18.3	2024-25
Students per counselor	338	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
Oak Harbor School DistrictOak Harbor	5,635	12	$15,257	16.7	#54
Arlington School DistrictArlington	5,588	11	$15,017	19.1	#56
West Valley School District (Yakima)Yakima	5,480	16	$13,718	19.2	#57
Walla Walla Public SchoolsWalla Walla · this district	5,410	17	$15,350	17.3	#58
North Kitsap School DistrictPoulsbo	5,330	14	$16,023	18.7	#59

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
LONG BRANCH PUBLIC SCHOOL DistrictLong Branch, NJ	5,415	$23,830	10.2
AndoverAndover, MA	5,414	$22,511	11.8
Williston Basin 7Williston, ND	5,414	n/a	14.2
Piedmont Public SchoolsPiedmont, OK	5,407	$7,577	17.8

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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