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Yakima School District

Yakima, Washington · Public school district · #20 of 150 Washington districts by enrollment

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15,488

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$15,025

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Washington median

17.7

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Washington median 18.3

Yakima School District is a public school district based in Yakima, Washington, serving 15,488 students in 29 schools. By enrollment it ranks #20 of the 150 Washington districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 87% of them. Its schools average 534 students each, more than the Washington median of 435. It spends about $15,025 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 17.7 students per teacher.

How Yakima compares

YakimaWashington median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$15,025

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

Instruction spending per student$9,000

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

Students per school534

Washington median 435 · 23% above · 2024-25

Students per teacher17.7

Washington median 18.3 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor397

Washington median 368 · 8% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$254.4 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 13%State 77%Local 10%

Measure	Yakima	Washington median	Year
Current spending per student	$15,025	$14,904	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$9,000	$8,883	FY2020-21
Total spending	$245.9 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$254.4 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	875	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	1,795	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	17.7	18.3	2024-25
Students per counselor	397	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
Yakima School DistrictYakima · this district	15,488	29	$15,025	17.7	#20
Mukilteo School DistrictEverett	15,175	24	$17,413	17.1	#21
North Thurston Public SchoolsLacey	15,167	24	$14,794	17.6	#22
Central Valley School DistrictLiberty Lake	15,025	32	$14,347	17.7	#23
Renton School DistrictRenton	14,873	31	$16,287	18.5	#24

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Citrus CountyInverness, FL	15,531	$10,065	16.9
Hacienda la Puente UnifiedCity Of Industry, CA	15,480	$14,861	22.3
Simi Valley UnifiedSimi Valley, CA	15,444	$12,276	22.0
Lancaster 01Lancaster, SC	15,417	$10,402	14.4

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-yakima-school-district