At $35,101 per pupil, Taholah School District ranks #20 of 311 Washington districts by per-pupil spending (Washington districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
168
Total Enrollment
2
Schools
$35,101
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Taholah School District operates 2 public schools serving 168 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Washington. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 elementary, 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 Grays Harbor County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $35,101 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 3.3% local, 55.6% state, and 41.1% 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 66:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 30.9% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 17.1% Hispanic or Latino, 0.8% White, 0.8% African American across the district's schools.
Enrollment across the district's NCES-reporting campuses grew 7.7% between 2022-23 and 2023-24 (168 to 181 students), while the student-teacher ratio held roughly steady, per the NCES Common Core of Data annual universe files.
Of the district's $5,957,000 in reported FY2023 expenditures, 45.4% went to instruction, 48.5% to support services, and 0.5% to capital outlay, support-services-heavy relative to typical districts, reflecting spending on transportation, administration, or student services. Figures come from the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey's function-level breakdown, not the aggregate per-pupil figure above.
Taholah Elementary & Middle School accounts for 65.6% of all Taholah School District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Taholah School District a distant remainder — means Taholah 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.
Taholah School District reports 80.6% free-lunch eligibility
The reported share is at least 75%, indicating a high concentration of measured economic need. 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.
Taholah School District student-counselor ratio is 66:1 — 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.
Taholah School District chronic absenteeism rate is 30.9% — high (typically associated with higher-than-average disruption; recent CRDC data showed elevated rates persisting after pandemic-era schooling changes)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Taholah School District has 2 schools, including 1 elementary, 1 high. Total enrollment is 168 students.
How much does Taholah School District spend per student?
Taholah School District spends $35,101 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Taholah School District?
Taholah School District students are 17.1% Hispanic or Latino, 0.8% White, 0.8% African American, averaged across 2 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.