An equity score of 74/100 ranks Granger School District #34 of 239 districts in Washington (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $18,145 per pupil, Granger School District ranks #157 of 311 Washington districts by per-pupil spending (Washington districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,501
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$18,145
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Granger School District operates 3 public schools serving 1,501 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Washington. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined, 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 Yakima County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $18,145 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 311 Washington districts by per-pupil spending. See how Washington compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 5.7% local, 64.3% state, and 30.1% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 74/100, ranked #34 of 239 in Washington against a state average of 50, notably more even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
a 411.4:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 58.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 94.7% Hispanic or Latino, 2.5% White across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Granger Middle School, with a diversity index of 12.2/100.
Its largest campus is Roosevelt Elementary, enrolling 580 students (40% of the district's total enrollment).
Roosevelt Elementary accounts for 38.6% of all Granger School District student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Granger School District-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: combined. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates 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.
Granger School District reports 82.4% free-lunch eligibility
The reported share is at least 75%, indicating a high concentration of measured economic need. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.
Granger School District student-counselor ratio is 411:1 — 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.
Granger School District chronic absenteeism rate is 58.6% — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
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 above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.