At $21,986 per pupil, Skamania School District ranks #69 of 311 Washington districts by per-pupil spending (Washington districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Skamania School District operates 1 public schools serving 73 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Washington. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 elementary 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 Skamania County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $21,986 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 311 Washington districts by per-pupil spending. See how Washington compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 13.7% local, 79.7% state, and 6.7% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles.
and 45.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 70.4% White, 17.6% Hispanic or Latino, 0.9% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Skamania Elementary, enrolling 108 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Skamania Elementary accounts for 100.0% of all Skamania School District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Skamania School District a distant remainder — means Skamania School District-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: elementary. 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.
Skamania School District chronic absenteeism rate is 45.4% — 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.
Skamania School District has 1 school, including 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 73 students.
How much does Skamania School District spend per student?
Skamania School District spends $21,986 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Skamania School District?
Skamania School District students are 70.4% White, 17.6% Hispanic or Latino, 0.9% African American, 0.9% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.