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Spokane, Washington - 1 schools
At $46,500 per pupil, Lumen Public School ranks #6 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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Schools
$46,500
Per-Pupil Spending
High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Lumen Public School operates 1 public schools serving 36 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Washington. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 high 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 $46,500 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 22.1% local, 59.2% state, and 18.7% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles.
a 32:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 37.5% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 53.1% White, 18.8% Hispanic or Latino, 9.4% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Lumen High School, enrolling 32 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Lumen High School accounts for 88.9% of all Lumen Public School student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Lumen Public School a distant remainder — means Lumen Public School-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. 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.
Lumen Public School has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 86.1% 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.
Lumen Public School student-counselor ratio is 32:1 — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 Values this far below typical often correlate with unusually small scale or population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se — worth checking whether the underlying denominator is itself an outlier.
Lumen Public School chronic absenteeism rate is 37.5% — high (typically associated with higher-than-average disruption; recent CRDC data showed elevated rates persisting after pandemic-era schooling changes)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Lumen Public School has 1 school, including 1 high. Total enrollment is 36 students.
How much does Lumen Public School spend per student?
Lumen Public School spends $46,500 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Lumen Public School?
Lumen Public School students are 53.1% White, 18.8% Hispanic or Latino, 9.4% African American, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.