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Stanwood, Washington - 11 schools
An equity score of 34/100 ranks Stanwood-Camano School District #182 of 238 districts in Washington (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $17,367 per pupil, Stanwood-Camano School District ranks #141 of 309 Washington districts by per-pupil spending (Washington districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
4,812
Total Enrollment
11
Schools
$17,367
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Stanwood-Camano School District operates 11 public schools serving 4,812 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Washington. The school portfolio breaks down into 4 elementary, 3 middle, 2 high, 2 combined schools, a compact enough portfolio that families can compare every campus directly before they move, rent, or enrol. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Snohomish County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $17,367 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 28.0% local, 63.8% state, and 8.2% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 34/100, ranked #182 of 238 in Washington against a state average of 50, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 11 schools offering Advanced Placement (10 AP courses district-wide), a 362.7:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 23.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 75.2% White, 14.0% Hispanic or Latino, 2.0% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Lincoln Hill High School, with a diversity index of 47.5/100.
Its largest campus is Stanwood High School, enrolling 1,384 students (28% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Lincoln Academy, at 20 students, a 69x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Stanwood High School accounts for 28.4% of all Stanwood-Camano School District student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Stanwood-Camano School District-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. 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.
Stanwood-Camano School District school enrollment varies 69× across entities
Stanwood-Camano School District school enrollment ranges from 20 students (lowest) to 1,384 students (highest), a spread of 1,364 students. That ratio is an extreme outlier spread — among the widest gaps observed anywhere in this dataset. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Stanwood-Camano School District student-counselor ratio is 363:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Stanwood-Camano School District chronic absenteeism rate is 23.6% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
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 Variation between sub-units within Stanwood-Camano School District is typically wider than the Stanwood-Camano School District-aggregate figure suggests.
Comparisons are relative to Stanwood-Camano School District'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 Stanwood-Camano School District?
Stanwood-Camano School District has 11 schools, including 2 high, 3 middle, 4 elementary, 2 combined. Total enrollment is 4,812 students.
How much does Stanwood-Camano School District spend per student?
Stanwood-Camano School District spends $17,367 per student. The district has an equity score of 34/100, ranking #182 in Washington.
What is the demographic composition of Stanwood-Camano School District?
Stanwood-Camano School District students are 75.2% White, 14.0% Hispanic or Latino, 2.0% Asian, 1.1% African American, averaged across 11 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Stanwood-Camano School District?
Stanwood-Camano School District has an equity score of 34/100, ranking #182 out of 238 districts in Washington.