At $25,238 per pupil, Coulee-Hartline School District ranks #49 of 311 Washington districts by per-pupil spending (Washington districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
164
Total Enrollment
2
Schools
$25,238
Per-Pupil Spending
High, Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Coulee-Hartline School District operates 2 public schools serving 164 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Washington. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 high, 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 Grant County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $25,238 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 311 Washington districts by per-pupil spending. See how Washington compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 12.5% local, 76.6% state, and 11.0% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 2 schools offering Advanced Placement (4 AP courses district-wide), a 353.3:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 16.9% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 80.8% White, 12.3% Hispanic or Latino, 2.0% African American across the district's schools.
Enrollment across the district's NCES-reporting campuses grew 9.8% between 2022-23 and 2023-24 (164 to 180 students), while the student-teacher ratio widened by 2.8 students per teacher, per the NCES Common Core of Data annual universe files.
Of the district's $4,358,000 in reported FY2023 expenditures, 49.3% went to instruction, 39.9% to support services, and 3.3% to capital outlay, support-services-heavy relative to typical districts, reflecting spending on transportation, administration, or student services. Figures come from the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey's function-level breakdown, not the aggregate per-pupil figure above.
Almira Coulee Hartline High School accounts for 60.0% of all Coulee-Hartline School District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Coulee-Hartline School District a distant remainder — means Coulee-Hartline School District-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: high. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Because it contains a majority of the affected population, enrollment-weighted aggregates will sit closer to this entity's reported fields than to those of smaller peers; an unweighted entity count answers a different question.
Coulee-Hartline School District student-counselor ratio is 353:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Coulee-Hartline School District chronic absenteeism rate is 16.9% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
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 Variation between sub-units within Coulee-Hartline School District is typically wider than the Coulee-Hartline School District-aggregate figure suggests.
Comparisons are relative to Coulee-Hartline School District's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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How many schools are in Coulee-Hartline School District?
Coulee-Hartline School District has 2 schools, including 1 high, 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 164 students.
How much does Coulee-Hartline School District spend per student?
Coulee-Hartline School District spends $25,238 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Coulee-Hartline School District?
Coulee-Hartline School District students are 80.8% White, 12.3% Hispanic or Latino, 2.0% African American, 2.0% Asian, averaged across 2 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.