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Des Moines, Washington - 1 schools
At $32,160 per pupil, Why Not You Academy ranks #19 of 309 Washington districts by per-pupil spending (Washington districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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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 $32,160 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the top 31 of 309 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 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.
Why Not You Academy has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 87.7% of the population qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch
free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is the federal threshold for Title I funding allocations, established under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015). Eligibility here is a supermajority of the population — well past the 75% concentration-grant threshold that unlocks extra funding on top of the basic Title I formula. Regions with eligibility this high typically draw a substantially larger federal funding share relative to their local tax base, which can either offset or reinforce existing gaps depending on allocation policy.
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 $32,160 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.