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Prescott, Washington - 4 schools
An equity score of 86/100 ranks Prescott School District #8 of 238 districts in Washington (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $25,697 per pupil, Prescott School District ranks #38 of 309 Washington districts by per-pupil spending (Washington districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
261
Total Enrollment
4
Schools
$25,697
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Prescott School District operates 4 public schools serving 261 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Washington. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 elementary, 1 high, 1 middle, 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 Walla Walla County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $25,697 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 20.6% local, 67.2% state, and 12.3% 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 86/100, ranked #8 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 100.9:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 9.0% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 69.4% Hispanic or Latino, 28.8% White across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Prescott Middle School, with a diversity index of 48.1/100.
Its largest campus is Prescott Elementary School, enrolling 139 students (58% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Prescott Special Ed Pre-School, at 16 students, a 9x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Prescott Elementary School accounts for 53.3% of all Prescott School District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Prescott School District a distant remainder — means Prescott 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.
Prescott School District school enrollment varies 8.7× across entities
Prescott School District school enrollment ranges from 16 students (lowest) to 139 students (highest), a spread of 123 students. That spread reflects typical mixed-portfolio variation between specialty programs and large neighbourhood schools. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Prescott School District has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 57.0% 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.
Prescott School District student-counselor ratio is 101:1 — 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.
Prescott School District chronic absenteeism rate is 9.0% — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 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.