Other / mixed grade configuration · Tonasket, WA

Tonasket Outreach School

Federal NCES profile for Tonasket Outreach School, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 58/100.

2024-25 NCES dataOther / mixed grade configurationNCES 530894003673
0/100100/10058/100
🌟 Gifted program
30
📋 Attendance
86
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →

The verdict

Tonasket Outreach School earns 58/100 on the Resource Investment Index on federal resource data.

58
Resource Index · Higher
88.5%
free-lunch eligible
105
students enrolled

Enrollment

105

Washington · 2024-25 NCES data

Free-lunch eligible

88.5%

vs 45.0% Washington avg

+97% vs state

What stands out at Tonasket Outreach School

Tonasket Outreach School is a high-poverty, mid-sized combined-grade school in Tonasket, Washington, enrolling 105 students.

Economic need is high: 88.5% of students qualify for free meals, 97% above the Washington average, a Title I-weighted population that federal funding formulas prioritise.

Enrollment of 105 puts it in the smaller third of Washington schools by headcount.

Its Resource Investment Index lands in the upper third of 2,394 scored Washington schools.

Against 42 statewide peers matched on enrollment and economic need, it ranks in the upper tier at #8.

Its student body is led by White (75%) and Hispanic or Latino (14%) (diversity index 41/100).

Attendance holds up well here: only 5.7% of students were chronically absent, below the typical post-pandemic national figure.

Its district draws 20.1% of revenue from federal sources, an above-typical federal share that tends to track a higher-need student population.

Tonasket School District also operates Tonasket Elementary School (476 students) and Tonasket High School (280 students) alongside Tonasket Outreach School.

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 Tonasket Outreach School compares

Tonasket Outreach School on the metrics families compare, against Washington and U.S. means.

Metric This school vs Washington Washington avg U.S. avg
Free-lunch eligible 88.5% ▲ 97% 45.0% 51.7%
Enrollment 105 top 82% - -

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

105
Bigger than 10% of US schools by enrollment, a small campus.

Equity indicators (what these measure)

Economic need
88.5%
free-lunch eligible - 97% above the Washington average of 45.0%
Well above the 40% Title I schoolwide threshold, among the highest-need profiles in the state; federal funds support the whole school, not individual students.
Engagement
5.7%
chronically absent (missed 10%+ of school days)
In the 5-10% range, close to the pre-pandemic national baseline.
Funding equity
$16,223
per pupil, district-wide - below Washington avg of $19,487
Close to the U.S. public-school average per-pupil spend.
Support staff
Counselors0.0 FTE
Student-support staffing from the Civil Rights Data Collection.
Discipline context
0
in-school suspensions + 0 out-of-school
Suspension rate: 0.0 per 100 students. Combined in-school and out-of-school rate: 0.0 per 100 students. Reported via the Civil Rights Data Collection.

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 75.2%
Hispanic or Latino 14.3%
Two or More 9.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native 1.0%

Largest group: White at 75.2% of enrollment.

Student-body diversity index 40.5/100

Simpson diversity index - at 40.5, Tonasket Outreach School is less mixed than the Washington school average of 53.3.

Programs

Funding & spending

District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Tonasket School District, which includes Tonasket Outreach School.

$16,223
Per student
-17%
vs Washington
Avg $19,487
-2%
vs U.S.
Avg $16,593
Revenue mix
Local 9.7%
State 70.2%
Federal 20.1%

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 Tonasket Outreach School Compares to District-Mates

School Enrollment Economic Profile Student-Teacher Ratio
Tonasket Elementary School Larger Similar economic need No ratio data
Tonasket High School Larger Similar economic need No ratio data
Tonasket Middle School Larger Similar economic need No ratio data
Tonasket Choice High School Smaller Similar economic need No ratio data

Comparisons are relative to Tonasket Outreach School's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data.

Other Schools in This District

Tonasket School District · 4 sibling schools

View district profile

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

Verify locally before acting on Tonasket Outreach School's federal record.

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 Tonasket Outreach School

How many students attend Tonasket Outreach School?

Tonasket Outreach School has 105 students enrolled. It is an alternative school in Tonasket, WA.

What percentage of students receive free lunch at Tonasket Outreach School?

88.5% of students at Tonasket Outreach School are eligible for free lunch, compared to the Washington average of 45.0%.

What is the racial and ethnic makeup of Tonasket Outreach School?

The largest demographic group at Tonasket Outreach School is White at 75.2% of enrollment, in Tonasket, WA.

What is the Resource Investment Index for Tonasket Outreach School?

Tonasket Outreach School has a Resource Investment Index of 58/100 (higher reported resources relative to schools nationally) based on 2 factors: student-teacher ratio, attendance rates. Not a test-score or academic measure (national median ~41/100, see methodology). Limited indicators were available, so the index reflects partial data.

Is Tonasket Outreach School a good school?

Tonasket Outreach School earns 58/100 on the Resource Investment Index on federal resource data. This is a resource snapshot, not an academic rating; see the Resource Investment Index question above for what the number does and doesn't measure.

What other schools are in Tonasket School District?

Besides Tonasket Outreach School, Tonasket School District also operates Tonasket Elementary School (476 students), Tonasket High School (280 students), and Tonasket Middle School (221 students). See the Tonasket 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.

All federal data sources used on this page

Full source list and how we compute each figure: methodology page.

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