At $26,493 per pupil, St. John School District ranks #45 of 311 Washington districts by per-pupil spending (Washington districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
148
Total Enrollment
2
Schools
$26,493
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
St. John School District operates 2 public schools serving 148 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Washington. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined, 1 high 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 $26,493 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 14.2% local, 76.4% state, and 9.4% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 2 schools offering Advanced Placement (1 AP courses district-wide), a 156.3:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 64.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 88.4% White, 6.2% Hispanic or Latino, 0.6% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is St John Elementary, enrolling 85 students (59% of the district's total enrollment).
St John Elementary accounts for 57.4% of all St. John School District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of St. John School District a distant remainder — means St. John School District-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.
St. John School District student-counselor ratio is 156:1 — 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.
St. John School District chronic absenteeism rate is 64.1% — 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.
St. John School District has 2 schools, including 1 combined, 1 high. Total enrollment is 148 students.
How much does St. John School District spend per student?
St. John School District spends $26,493 per student.
What is the demographic composition of St. John School District?
St. John School District students are 88.4% White, 6.2% Hispanic or Latino, 0.6% African American, averaged across 2 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.