NCES CCD 2024-25 7 schools WA

Best-Resourced Schools in Pullman, WA

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7 public K-12 schools in Pullman from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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7
Schools
2,828
Students
47/100
Avg Resource Index
16:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Middle-of-corpus city profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Pullman has more public-school enrollment than 26% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Pullman sits in the broad middle of the national city distribution rather than at a single obvious extreme. Its scale, average Resource Investment Index, and staffing position need to be read together: a middle placement on one measure does not cancel a stronger or weaker result on another. The percentile panel makes those dimensions explicit, and the school table shows where the city aggregate breaks into materially different campus profiles.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

5 of Pullman's 7 listed schools use NCES's combined or “other” grade-level classification. Citywide averages therefore blend campuses serving unusually broad or nonstandard grade spans with conventional elementary, middle, and high schools. Grade configuration is a first-order comparison here, not a minor label.

The composite and staffing measures point in different directions

Pullman's average Resource Investment Index sits at the 78th percentile, while its teacher-staffing measure sits at the 43rd percentile. The 35-point percentile gap is a reminder that the index is not a class-size score: counselors, gifted-program reporting, and attendance also affect it. Compare those components directly when two schools have similar index totals; the same headline score can arise from a different mix of reported resources.

City enrollment
Top 74%
School count
Top 65%
Resource Index average
78th percentile
Teacher staffing
43rd percentile

Pullman High School accounts for 29.6% of all Pullman public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Pullman-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Pullman school enrollment varies 8.6× across entities

Pullman school enrollment ranges from 97 students (lowest) to 838 students (highest), a spread of 741 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous school portfolio for a city this size. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Pullman student-teacher ratio is 16.0:1 — near the typical range (US average ~15.7) — citywide staffing is neither unusually lean nor unusually crowded by this measure

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Variation between sub-units within Pullman is typically wider than the Pullman-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

1 of Pullman's 7 listed schools are charters

14% of the city's listed public-school campuses are reported as charter schools in NCES CCD. Charter status identifies a different governance arrangement; it does not establish admissions availability, academic quality, or the share of city students enrolled in those campuses. Open each school record to compare enrollment and staffing directly.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

# School Score
1. Franklin Elementary 58
2. Kamiak Elementary 56
3. Pullman High School 53
4. Jefferson Elementary 53
5. Sunnyside Elementary 53
6. Lincoln Middle School 45
7. Pullman Community Montessori 11

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Pullman

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Jefferson Elementary 62.5/100
  2. 2 Kamiak Elementary 58.4/100
  3. 3 Franklin Elementary 53.6/100
  4. 4 Pullman High School 52.1/100
  5. 5 Lincoln Middle School 51.9/100

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Which Pullman school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Franklin Elementary has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Pullman schools in this federal-data comparison at 58/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Pullman, WA? ▼

Pullman has 7 public schools with a total enrollment of 2,828 students. 1 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 16:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.