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Spokane, Washington - 1 schools
At $30,567 per pupil, Great Northern School District ranks #24 of 309 Washington districts by per-pupil spending (Washington districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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Total Enrollment
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$30,567
Per-Pupil Spending
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Great Northern School District operates 1 public schools serving 38 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 Spokane County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $30,567 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the top 31 of 309 Washington districts by per-pupil spending. See how Washington compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 21.8% local, 63.2% state, and 15.1% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles.
and 18.2% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 86.4% White, 4.5% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Great Northern Elementary, enrolling 44 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Great Northern Elementary accounts for 100.0% of all Great Northern School District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Great Northern School District a distant remainder — means Great Northern 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.
Great Northern School District chronic absenteeism rate is 18.2% — 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 Great Northern School District is typically wider than the Great Northern School District-aggregate figure suggests.
Comparisons are relative to Great Northern School District's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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