At $26,856 per pupil, Why Not You Academy ranks #44 of 311 Washington districts by per-pupil spending (Washington districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
146
Total Enrollment
1
Schools
$26,856
Per-Pupil Spending
High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Why Not You Academy operates 1 public schools serving 146 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Washington. The school portfolio breaks down into 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 King County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $26,856 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 27.1% local, 45.7% state, and 27.2% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one.
and 5.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 69.0% African American, 15.1% Hispanic or Latino, 9.5% White across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Cascade Public Schools, enrolling 126 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Cascade Public Schools accounts for 86.3% of all Why Not You Academy student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Why Not You Academy a distant remainder — means Why Not You Academy-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: high. 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.
Why Not You Academy reports 87.7% free-lunch eligibility
The reported share is above 87.5%, so economic need is widespread across the measured student population. 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.
Why Not You Academy chronic absenteeism rate is 5.6% — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 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.
Why Not You Academy has 1 school, including 1 high. Total enrollment is 146 students.
How much does Why Not You Academy spend per student?
Why Not You Academy spends $26,856 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Why Not You Academy?
Why Not You Academy students are 69.0% African American, 15.1% Hispanic or Latino, 9.5% White, 2.4% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.