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Inchelium, Washington - 3 schools
An equity score of 98/100 ranks Inchelium School District #1 of 238 districts in Washington (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $23,809 per pupil, Inchelium School District ranks #44 of 309 Washington districts by per-pupil spending (Washington districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
201
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$23,809
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Inchelium School District operates 3 public schools serving 201 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Washington. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 elementary, 1 high, 1 middle 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 Ferry County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $23,809 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 3.5% local, 57.5% state, and 39.0% 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 98/100, ranked #1 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 190.9:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 22.8% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 5.7% White, 1.8% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Inchelium Elementary School, with a diversity index of 40.4/100.
Its largest campus is Inchelium Elementary School, enrolling 79 students (42% of the district's total enrollment).
Inchelium Elementary School accounts for 39.3% of all Inchelium School District student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Inchelium 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.
Inchelium School District has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 81.8% 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.
Inchelium School District student-counselor ratio is 191:1 — low (typically associated with meeting or exceeding the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommended 250:1 benchmark, which correlates with stronger college and career counseling capacity)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Inchelium School District chronic absenteeism rate is 22.8% — 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 Inchelium School District is typically wider than the Inchelium School District-aggregate figure suggests.