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Oakesdale, Washington - 2 schools
At $22,760 per pupil, Oakesdale School District ranks #48 of 309 Washington districts by per-pupil spending (Washington districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
147
Total Enrollment
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$22,760
Per-Pupil Spending
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Oakesdale School District operates 2 public schools serving 147 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Washington. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 combined 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 Whitman County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $22,760 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 23.9% local, 74.1% state, and 2.1% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles.
a 76.5:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 48.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 95.5% White, 3.2% Hispanic or Latino, 0.7% Asian across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Oakesdale High School, enrolling 80 students (52% of the district's total enrollment).
Oakesdale High School accounts for 52.3% of all Oakesdale School District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Oakesdale School District a distant remainder — means Oakesdale 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.
Oakesdale School District student-counselor ratio is 77:1 — 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.
Oakesdale School District chronic absenteeism rate is 48.3% — 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.
How many schools are in Oakesdale School District?
Oakesdale School District has 2 schools, including 2 combined. Total enrollment is 147 students.
How much does Oakesdale School District spend per student?
Oakesdale School District spends $22,760 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Oakesdale School District?
Oakesdale School District students are 95.5% White, 3.2% Hispanic or Latino, 0.7% Asian, averaged across 2 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.