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Granger, Washington - 3 schools
An equity score of 84/100 ranks Granger School District #12 of 238 districts in Washington (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $19,441 per pupil, Granger School District ranks #86 of 309 Washington districts by per-pupil spending (Washington districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,501
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$19,441
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 $19,441 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 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 84/100, ranked #12 of 238 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 dominant entity. Grade band: combined. 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.
Granger School District has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 83.1% of the population qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch
free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is the federal threshold for Title I funding allocations, established under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015). Areas above 75% eligibility — including this one — receive concentration grants on top of the basic Title I formula. Regions with eligibility this high typically draw a substantially larger federal funding share relative to their local tax base, which can either offset or reinforce existing gaps depending on allocation policy.
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.