Other / mixed grade configuration · Sumner, WA

Sumner Special Services

Federal NCES profile for Sumner Special Services, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators.

2024-25 NCES dataOther / mixed grade configurationNCES 530861003243
35 students enrolled

Enrollment

35

Washington · 2024-25 NCES data

Free-lunch eligible

14.3%

vs 45.0% Washington avg

-68% vs state

What stands out at Sumner Special Services

Sumner Special Services is a lower-poverty, small combined-grade school in Sumner, Washington, enrolling 35 students.

Comparatively few students face economic hardship here, 14.3% free-meal eligibility runs 68% below the Washington average.

This is a small campus: fewer students than 91% of Washington schools, with 35 enrolled.

Its student body is led by White (57%) and Hispanic or Latino (31%) (diversity index 57/100).

The surrounding Sumner-Bonney Lake School District spends $14,043 per pupil, 28% below the Washington average, a leaner-resourced district than most.

Among Sumner's public schools, it stands alongside Maple Lawn Elementary (628 students): Sumner Special Services is smaller than that campus by headcount.

Sumner-Bonney Lake School District also operates Sumner High School (1,857 students) and Bonney Lake High School (1,643 students) alongside Sumner Special Services.

Sourced from NCES CCD, CRDC, and F-33 (federal records, not a quality verdict). How we source and compute this.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics Common Core of Data + CRDC + F-33 · 2024-25

How Sumner Special Services compares

Sumner Special Services on the metrics families compare, against Washington and U.S. means.

Metric This school vs Washington Washington avg U.S. avg
Free-lunch eligible 14.3% ▼ 68% 45.0% 51.7%
Enrollment 35 top 91% - -

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25

35
Bigger than 4% of US schools by enrollment, a small campus.

Equity indicators (what these measure)

Economic need
14.3%
free-lunch eligible - 68% below the Washington average of 45.0%
Below the 40% Title I threshold, among the lower-need profiles in the state; federal aid targets individual qualifying students rather than schoolwide programs.
Funding equity
$14,043
per pupil, district-wide - below Washington avg of $19,487
Somewhat below the U.S. average per-pupil spend; funding constraints may affect programs, facilities, and staffing.

Overview

  • Common Core of Data (June 2026): enrollment, staffing, and the student-teacher ratio above.
  • Civil Rights Data Collection: discipline counts and program access (AP, gifted, special education).
  • F-33 School District Finance Survey: the district-wide per-pupil spending figures below.

Three separate federal collections, each on its own reporting cadence - which is why this school's numbers line up on a consistent basis against every other school and state on this site, rather than mixing figures pulled from different survey years.

Student demographics

White 57.1%
Hispanic or Latino 31.4%
Asian 5.7%
Two or More 5.7%

Largest group: White at 57.1% of enrollment.

Student-body diversity index 56.9/100

Simpson diversity index - at 56.9, Sumner Special Services is more mixed than the Washington school average of 53.3.

Funding & spending

District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Sumner-Bonney Lake School District, which includes Sumner Special Services.

$14,043
Per student
-28%
vs Washington
Avg $19,487
-15%
vs U.S.
Avg $16,593
Revenue mix
Local 33.6%
State 60.4%
Federal 6.0%

Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey District-level finance · FY 2021-22 Per-pupil expenditure reflects the district-wide average. Individual school budgets are not reported at the federal level.

How Sumner Special Services Compares to District-Mates

School Enrollment Economic Profile Student-Teacher Ratio
Sumner High School Larger Similar economic need No ratio data
Bonney Lake High School Larger Similar economic need No ratio data
Mountain View Middle School Larger Similar economic need No ratio data
Lakeridge Middle School Larger Higher economic need No ratio data
Sumner Middle School Larger Higher economic need No ratio data

Comparisons are relative to Sumner Special Services's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data.

Other Schools in This District

Sumner-Bonney Lake School District · 5 sibling schools

View district profile

Similar other schools in Sumner

3 comparable other schools (grades Mixed) serving the same city.

Similar other schools statewide

Matched by enrollment size and by staffing ratio across all of Washington, not just this city - a different peer set than the local comparisons above.

Next steps

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Federal record (CCD 2024-25, CRDC 2021-22) - PlainSchools assigns no subjective rating; the composite quality score is a transparent, reproducible index computed from this cited federal data.

Frequently asked questions about Sumner Special Services

How many students attend Sumner Special Services?

Sumner Special Services has 35 students enrolled. It is a special-education school in Sumner, WA.

What percentage of students receive free lunch at Sumner Special Services?

14.3% of students at Sumner Special Services are eligible for free lunch, compared to the Washington average of 45.0%.

What is the racial and ethnic makeup of Sumner Special Services?

The largest demographic group at Sumner Special Services is White at 57.1% of enrollment, in Sumner, WA. Its student body is more racially and ethnically mixed than most US schools, with a diversity index of 56.9/100.

What other schools are in Sumner-Bonney Lake School District?

Besides Sumner Special Services, Sumner-Bonney Lake School District also operates Sumner High School (1,857 students), Bonney Lake High School (1,643 students), and Mountain View Middle School (937 students). See the Sumner-Bonney Lake School District district page for the complete list.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) CCD + Public School Universe (2024-25), CRDC (2021-22), F-33 District Finance Survey (FY 2021-22) · 2024-25 Data as of the 2024-25 school year. Coverage from U.S. Department of Education NCES Common Core of Data. Varies by entity type; administrative districts and certain charter networks may report only a subset of fields.

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