At $36,655 per pupil, Rainier Valley Leadership Academy ranks #16 of 311 Washington districts by per-pupil spending (Washington districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
145
Total Enrollment
1
Schools
$36,655
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Rainier Valley Leadership Academy operates 1 public schools serving 145 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Washington. The school portfolio breaks down into 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 King County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $36,655 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the top 32 of 311 Washington districts by per-pupil spending. See how Washington compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 19.4% local, 60.5% state, and 20.2% 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 121:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 64.5% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 70.2% African American, 19.8% Hispanic or Latino, 0.8% White across the district's schools.
Rainier Valley Leadership Academy accounts for 83.4% of all Rainier Valley Leadership Academy student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Rainier Valley Leadership Academy a distant remainder — means Rainier Valley Leadership Academy-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: combined. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Because it contains a majority of the affected population, enrollment-weighted aggregates will sit closer to this entity's reported fields than to those of smaller peers; an unweighted entity count answers a different question.
Rainier Valley Leadership Academy reports 74.5% free-lunch eligibility
The reported share sits between 62.5% and 75%, above a simple majority but below the highest descriptive band used here. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.
Rainier Valley Leadership Academy student-counselor ratio is 121:1 — 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.
Rainier Valley Leadership Academy chronic absenteeism rate is 64.5% — 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.
Comparisons are relative to Rainier Valley Leadership Academy's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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How many schools are in Rainier Valley Leadership Academy?
Rainier Valley Leadership Academy has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 145 students.
How much does Rainier Valley Leadership Academy spend per student?
Rainier Valley Leadership Academy spends $36,655 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Rainier Valley Leadership Academy?
Rainier Valley Leadership Academy students are 70.2% African American, 19.8% Hispanic or Latino, 0.8% White, 0.8% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.