At $28,845 per pupil, Suquamish Tribal Education Department ranks #35 of 311 Washington districts by per-pupil spending (Washington districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
84
Total Enrollment
1
Schools
$28,845
Per-Pupil Spending
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School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Suquamish Tribal Education Department operates 1 public schools serving 84 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 Kitsap County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $28,845 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 , 93.2% state, and 6.8% 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 91.9% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 10.8% White, 9.5% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Chief Kitsap Academy, enrolling 74 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Chief Kitsap Academy accounts for 88.1% of all Suquamish Tribal Education Department student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Suquamish Tribal Education Department a distant remainder — means Suquamish Tribal Education Department-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.
Suquamish Tribal Education Department reports 61.9% free-lunch eligibility
The reported share clears the 50% majority mark. 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.
Suquamish Tribal Education Department chronic absenteeism rate is 91.9% — 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 Suquamish Tribal Education Department'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 Suquamish Tribal Education Department?
Suquamish Tribal Education Department has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 84 students.
How much does Suquamish Tribal Education Department spend per student?
Suquamish Tribal Education Department spends $28,845 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Suquamish Tribal Education Department?
Suquamish Tribal Education Department students are 10.8% White, 9.5% Hispanic or Latino, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.