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Washington school systems.

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295school systems
2,495operating schools connected
1,086,202students in finance records
295complete 2019–2024 finance trends
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What changed from 2019 to 2024?

Washington school finance after inflation.

Follow a consistent set of 295 systems across all six Census years. Dollar changes are converted with the national CPI-U annual average so a nominal increase is not mistaken for a real increase.

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2024 median spending / pupil$18,307Median of complete system records
Median change after inflation+6.3%Current spending per pupil · 2024 dollars
Median nominal change+30.4%Before the CPI-U adjustment
Aggregate enrollment change-3.3%Same complete systems in every year
Enrollment in consistently reporting systems295 systems in every year
2019202020212022202320241,136,2851,075,813
Current spending per pupil in 2024 dollarsWeighted by the enrollment attached to each spending record
201920202021202220232024$18,564$17,314

School finance: U.S. Census Bureau Annual Survey of School System Finances · inflation adjustment: BLS CPI-U series CUUR0000SA0, annual U.S. city average. This is a purchasing-power comparison, not a performance grade or local cost-of-living estimate.

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Waitsburg School District

WAITSBURG, WA

Students
172
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$31,244

+60.6% spending / pupil after inflation · -39.2% enrollment

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Green Mountain School District

WOODLAND, WA

Students
168
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$15,280

+6.7% spending / pupil after inflation · +3.1% enrollment

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Cosmopolis School District

COSMOPOLIS, WA

Students
167
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$22,539

+35.5% spending / pupil after inflation · -0.6% enrollment

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Rosalia School District

ROSALIA, WA

Students
164
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$28,024

+26.8% spending / pupil after inflation · -23.0% enrollment

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Oakesdale School District

OAKESDALE, WA

Students
158
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$25,215

-4.1% spending / pupil after inflation · +11.3% enrollment

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Colton School District

COLTON, WA

Students
155
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$22,994

+14.5% spending / pupil after inflation · -18.4% enrollment

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St. John School District

SAINT JOHN, WA

Students
141
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$28,362

+6.8% spending / pupil after inflation · -6.0% enrollment

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Paterson School District

PATERSON, WA

Students
138
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$22,101

+12.0% spending / pupil after inflation · +9.5% enrollment

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Nespelem School District

NESPELEM, WA

Students
134
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$35,604

+50.9% spending / pupil after inflation · -16.3% enrollment

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Almira School District

ALMIRA, WA

Students
133
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$23,195

-5.3% spending / pupil after inflation · +14.7% enrollment

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Orondo School District

ORONDO, WA

Students
131
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$28,435

+50.4% spending / pupil after inflation · -36.4% enrollment

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Harrington School District

HARRINGTON, WA

Students
124
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$31,331

+24.0% spending / pupil after inflation · -17.9% enrollment

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Garfield School District

GARFIELD, WA

Students
120
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$29,092

+22.5% spending / pupil after inflation · -13.7% enrollment

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Wilson Creek School District

WILSON CREEK, WA

Students
117
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$30,590

+26.9% spending / pupil after inflation · -28.7% enrollment

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Columbia (Stevens) School District

HUNTERS, WA

Students
115
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$30,078

+6.2% spending / pupil after inflation · -16.7% enrollment

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Mansfield School District

MANSFIELD, WA

Students
109
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$29,349

+1.6% spending / pupil after inflation · +6.9% enrollment

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Bickleton School District

Bickleton, WA

Students
106
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$28,075

+6.5% spending / pupil after inflation · -7.0% enrollment

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Wishram School District

WISHRAM, WA

Students
98
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$25,347

-25.3% spending / pupil after inflation · +25.6% enrollment

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Creston School District

CRESTON, WA

Students
93
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$34,602

-6.8% spending / pupil after inflation · +1.1% enrollment

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Endicott School District

ENDICOTT, WA

Students
93
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$33,656

+13.0% spending / pupil after inflation · -11.4% enrollment

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Summit Valley School District

ADDY, WA

Students
92
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$14,772

+10.9% spending / pupil after inflation · +3.4% enrollment

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Easton School District

EASTON, WA

Students
90
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$32,522

+4.4% spending / pupil after inflation · -20.4% enrollment

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Centerville School District

CENTERVILLE, WA

Students
89
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$20,326

+11.8% spending / pupil after inflation · -4.3% enrollment

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Klickitat School District

KLICKITAT, WA

Students
84
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$32,083

-11.6% spending / pupil after inflation · -1.2% enrollment

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Skamania School District

SKAMANIA, WA

Students
83
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$19,723

+20.2% spending / pupil after inflation · 0.0% enrollment

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Washtucna School District

WASHTUCNA, WA

Students
79
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$35,873

-20.1% spending / pupil after inflation · +38.6% enrollment

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LaCrosse School District

LACROSSE, WA

Students
74
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$45,297

-4.7% spending / pupil after inflation · +12.1% enrollment

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Orchard Prairie School District

SPOKANE, WA

Students
74
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$17,649

+11.0% spending / pupil after inflation · -6.3% enrollment

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Sprague School District

SPRAGUE, WA

Students
74
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$35,730

+26.2% spending / pupil after inflation · -16.9% enrollment

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Brinnon School District

BRINNON, WA

Students
73
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$25,110

+34.7% spending / pupil after inflation · -17.0% enrollment

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Final 2024–25 NCES agency and school directories are joined by exact agency ID. Census school-finance records for 2019–2024 are connected only by exact Census PID6 or NCES LEAID and remain nominal dollars. Board coverage is added only from an official state or district source.