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Pateros, Washington - 2 schools
An equity score of 90/100 ranks Pateros School District #3 of 238 districts in Washington (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $21,897 per pupil, Pateros School District ranks #54 of 309 Washington districts by per-pupil spending (Washington districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
269
Total Enrollment
2
Schools
$21,897
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Pateros School District operates 2 public schools serving 269 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Washington. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 elementary, 1 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 Okanogan County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $21,897 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 13.7% local, 72.5% state, and 13.8% 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 90/100, ranked #3 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.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 2 schools offering Advanced Placement (1 AP courses district-wide), and 56.9% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 54.0% Hispanic or Latino, 40.3% White, 1.8% Asian across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Pateros Elementary, enrolling 118 students (51% of the district's total enrollment).
Pateros Elementary accounts for 43.9% of all Pateros School District student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Pateros 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.
Pateros School District has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 62.0% 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.
Pateros School District chronic absenteeism rate is 56.9% — 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.
Pateros School District has 2 schools, including 1 elementary, 1 combined. Total enrollment is 269 students.
How much does Pateros School District spend per student?
Pateros School District spends $21,897 per student. The district has an equity score of 90/100, ranking #3 in Washington.
What is the demographic composition of Pateros School District?
Pateros School District students are 54.0% Hispanic or Latino, 40.3% White, 1.8% Asian, 0.5% African American, averaged across 2 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Pateros School District?
Pateros School District has an equity score of 90/100, ranking #3 out of 238 districts in Washington.