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Ellensburg, Washington - 1 schools
At $10,682 per pupil, Damman School District ranks #308 of 309 Washington districts by per-pupil spending (Washington districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
42
Total Enrollment
1
Schools
$10,682
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Damman School District operates 1 public schools serving 42 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 Kittitas County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $10,682 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the bottom 31 of 309 Washington districts by per-pupil spending. See how Washington compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 17.5% local, 82.0% state, and 0.5% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles.
. Demographically, the student body averages 93.8% White, 6.3% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Damman Elementary, enrolling 48 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Damman Elementary accounts for 100.0% of all Damman School District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Damman School District a distant remainder — means Damman 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.