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Zillah School District

Zillah, Washington · Public school district · #132 of 150 Washington districts by enrollment

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1,330

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$13,219

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · 11% below the Washington median

18.0

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Washington median 18.3

Zillah School District is a public school district based in Zillah, Washington, serving 1,330 students in 4 schools. By enrollment it ranks #132 of the 150 Washington districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 12% of them. Its schools average 332 students each, fewer than the Washington median of 435. It spends about $13,219 per student on day-to-day operations, 11% less than the Washington median. It has roughly 18.0 students per teacher.

How Zillah compares

ZillahWashington median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$13,219

Washington median $14,904 · 11% below · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$7,221

Washington median $8,883 · 19% below · FY2020-21

Students per school332

Washington median 435 · 24% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher18.0

Washington median 18.3 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor332

Washington median 368 · 10% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$20.3 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 11%State 74%Local 15%

Measure	Zillah	Washington median	Year
Current spending per student	$13,219	$14,904	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$7,221	$8,883	FY2020-21
Total spending	$18.9 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$20.3 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	74	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	139	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	18.0	18.3	2024-25
Students per counselor	332	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
Zillah School DistrictZillah · this district	1,330	4	$13,219	18.0	#132
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	1,283	4	$14,168	17.8	#135
Port Townsend School DistrictPort Townsend	1,277	4	$15,954	18.2	#136

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
CUSD 201Westmont, IL	1,330	$23,393	12.8
Rock CreekSt. George, KS	1,330	$11,018	12.1
Ava R-IAva, MO	1,330	$8,645	14.1
Miami East LocalCasstown, OH	1,330	$11,661	16.4

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.

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