Every figure on PlainSchools is rendered directly from the source NCES, CRDC and F-33 federal
records, no number is typed in by an editor. District totals are aggregated directly from the schools reporting under this district in the source records. See our
editorial standards & corrections policy, the
methodology behind these numbers, or
report a data error. Data current as of June 2026.
Seattle, Washington - 1 schools
An equity score of 62/100 ranks Impact | Salish Sea Elementary #68 of 238 districts in Washington (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $15,114 per pupil, Impact | Salish Sea Elementary ranks #265 of 309 Washington districts by per-pupil spending (Washington districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
342
Total Enrollment
1
Schools
$15,114
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Impact | Salish Sea Elementary operates 1 public schools serving 342 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 King County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $15,114 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 309 Washington districts by per-pupil spending. See how Washington compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 0.3% local, 77.3% state, and 22.4% 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 62/100, ranked #68 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.
and 10.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 53.5% African American, 18.7% Hispanic or Latino, 10.1% Asian across the district's schools.
Impact | Salish Sea Elementary accounts for 100.0% of all Impact | Salish Sea Elementary student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Impact | Salish Sea Elementary a distant remainder — means Impact | Salish Sea Elementary-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.
Impact | Salish Sea Elementary has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 52.9% 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 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.
Impact | Salish Sea Elementary chronic absenteeism rate is 10.6% — low (typically associated with lower-than-average attendance disruption; districts in this range often have attendance interventions, robust transportation, or smaller catchments that reduce barriers)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Comparisons are relative to Impact | Salish Sea Elementary's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
Nearby Districts in Washington
Top districts in the same state, compare side-by-side for enrollment, spending, and demographics.