At $23,500 per pupil, Tekoa School District ranks #63 of 311 Washington districts by per-pupil spending (Washington districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
190
Total Enrollment
2
Schools
$23,500
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Tekoa School District operates 2 public schools serving 190 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Washington. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 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 Whitman County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $23,500 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 9.7% local, 79.4% state, and 10.8% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles.
a 129.3:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 13.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 79.9% White, 9.4% Hispanic or Latino, 1.6% Asian across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Tekoa High School, enrolling 115 students (56% of the district's total enrollment).
Enrollment across the district's NCES-reporting campuses grew 5.8% between 2022-23 and 2023-24 (190 to 201 students), while the student-teacher ratio tightened by 4.6 students per teacher, per the NCES Common Core of Data annual universe files.
Of the district's $7,233,000 in reported FY2023 expenditures, 32.4% went to instruction, 26.2% to support services, and 37.2% to capital outlay, a capital-heavy year, consistent with active construction, renovation, or major equipment purchases. Figures come from the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey's function-level breakdown, not the aggregate per-pupil figure above.
Tekoa High School accounts for 55.8% of all Tekoa School District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Tekoa School District a distant remainder — means Tekoa 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.
Tekoa School District student-counselor ratio is 129:1 — 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.
Tekoa School District chronic absenteeism rate is 13.4% — low (typically associated with lower-than-average attendance disruption; districts in this range often have attendance interventions, robust transportation, or smaller catchments that reduce barriers)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Tekoa School District has 2 schools, including 2 combined. Total enrollment is 190 students.
How much does Tekoa School District spend per student?
Tekoa School District spends $23,500 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Tekoa School District?
Tekoa School District students are 79.9% White, 9.4% Hispanic or Latino, 1.6% Asian, 0.8% African American, averaged across 2 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.