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Almira, Washington - 1 schools
At $20,609 per pupil, Almira School District ranks #68 of 309 Washington districts by per-pupil spending (Washington districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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$20,609
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Almira School District operates 1 public schools serving 144 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Washington. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 elementary schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Lincoln County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $20,609 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 309 Washington districts by per-pupil spending. See how Washington compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 70.0% local, 27.2% state, and 2.9% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers.
and 3.9% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 86.0% White, 7.8% Hispanic or Latino, 0.8% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Almira Elementary School, enrolling 129 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Almira Elementary School accounts for 89.6% of all Almira School District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Almira School District a distant remainder — means Almira School District-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: elementary. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Almira School District chronic absenteeism rate is 3.9% — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Values this far below typical often correlate with unusually small scale or population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se — worth checking whether the underlying denominator is itself an outlier.
Almira School District has 1 school, including 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 144 students.
How much does Almira School District spend per student?
Almira School District spends $20,609 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Almira School District?
Almira School District students are 86.0% White, 7.8% Hispanic or Latino, 0.8% African American, 0.8% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.