How equitable is school funding in Washington?

The average funding equity score for Washington school districts is 50 out of 100, compared to the national average of 49. This score considers per-pupil spending, need-adjusted spending, funding source diversity, and student-teacher ratios.

What does the equity score measure?

The equity score (0-100) measures four dimensions: per-pupil spending level, need-adjusted spending (rewarding districts that spend more where poverty is higher), funding diversity (less reliance on local property taxes), and resource access (lower student-teacher ratios).

School Funding Equity in Washington

Reviewed by PlainSchools Editorial, K12 Schools Editorial Team · June 4, 2026

240 districts ranked by equity score — how equitably is school funding distributed? Equity is computed from NCES F-33 school finance data covering districts in all 50 states. See our methodology.

State Avg Score

National Avg Score

Highly Equitable (70+)

Low Equity (<30)

#	District	Enrollment	$/Pupil	Free Lunch	Local Rev %	Score
1	Oakville School District	341	$50,182	53.4%	7.4%	96
2	Cape Flattery School District	479	$28,040	76.7%	7.0%	95
3	Inchelium School District	201	$24,474	81.8%	3.5%	95
4	Quillayute Valley School District	2,473	$26,498	56.5%	4.6%	94
5	PRIDE Prep Charter School District	504	$26,734	49.4%	1.0%	89
6	Walla Walla Public Schools	5,599	$26,042	65.7%	11.6%	87
7	South Bend School District	576	$28,435	58.6%	9.3%	87
8	Pateros School District	269	$24,155	62.0%	13.7%	86
9	Waterville School District	232	$27,013	43.2%	15.7%	86
10	Soap Lake School District	515	$21,543	87.4%	6.6%	85
11	Prescott School District	261	$29,515	57.0%	20.6%	85
12	La Conner School District	536	$30,014	52.8%	20.1%	82
13	Oroville School District	530	$21,701	72.0%	13.3%	81
14	Curlew School District	249	$21,831	46.5%	5.6%	81
15	Concrete School District	495	$23,910	42.1%	15.2%	80
16	Lind School District	219	$29,552	66.2%	19.6%	80
17	Raymond School District	483	$20,225	68.3%	9.2%	79
18	Naselle-Grays River Valley School District	316	$22,837	47.2%	9.3%	79
19	Brewster School District	1,012	$30,291	80.5%	8.0%	78
20	Spokane School District	28,714	$24,487	56.3%	22.2%	77
21	Evergreen School District (Clark)	22,591	$28,048	48.7%	19.4%	77
22	Prosser School District	2,414	$25,007	76.8%	13.5%	77
23	Pe Ell School District	271	$20,770	55.7%	11.7%	77
24	Selkirk School District	263	$22,884	57.6%	19.6%	77
25	Thorp School District	257	$25,504	45.9%	22.3%	77
26	Wapato School District	3,195	$19,035	86.6%	4.7%	76
27	Mabton School District	771	$19,278	88.9%	7.2%	76
28	Manson School District	615	$24,036	56.2%	18.6%	76
29	Wellpinit School District #49	389	$34,162	80.5%	5.2%	76
30	Entiat School District	337	$23,150	62.3%	20.8%	76
31	Royal School District	1,763	$22,299	72.4%	8.6%	75
32	Granger School District	1,501	$21,505	83.1%	5.7%	75
33	Tonasket School District	1,166	$19,383	83.8%	9.7%	75
34	Kittitas School District	613	$33,104	49.3%	27.5%	75
35	Hood Canal School District	346	$32,166	75.4%	28.3%	75
36	Kelso School District	4,940	$23,411	59.7%	14.1%	74
37	Ferndale School District	4,651	$33,691	52.3%	22.3%	74
38	Auburn School District	17,857	$25,901	52.9%	22.4%	73
39	Moses Lake School District	8,686	$22,002	63.0%	12.8%	73
40	Republic School District	378	$19,831	59.6%	9.3%	73
41	Darrington School District	446	$20,619	42.9%	11.7%	72
42	Willapa Valley School District	344	$21,994	33.5%	14.4%	72
43	Mount Baker School District	1,692	$22,677	48.9%	19.3%	71
44	Touchet School District	204	$23,916	38.2%	25.2%	71
45	Burlington-Edison School District	3,351	$20,250	56.3%	17.8%	69
46	Aberdeen School District	3,304	$19,073	72.0%	12.6%	69
47	Mukilteo School District	15,131	$23,427	49.1%	24.4%	68
48	Bremerton School District	4,383	$21,669	56.2%	21.2%	68
49	Odessa School District	236	$21,739	33.6%	19.3%	68
50	Dayton School District	393	$21,546	44.8%	21.8%	67
51	Tukwila School District	2,715	$26,106	72.2%	28.9%	66
52	Northport School District	283	$21,031	48.7%	9.3%	66
53	Toledo School District	843	$25,704	40.6%	11.0%	65
54	Wilbur School District	217	$20,379	35.3%	19.6%	65
55	Sunnyside School District	6,369	$18,380	75.5%	5.0%	64
56	Mossyrock School District	590	$19,311	66.7%	15.4%	64
57	Federal Way School District	21,606	$21,913	64.4%	16.9%	63
58	Franklin Pierce School District	7,425	$21,076	59.4%	22.0%	63
59	Yelm School District	5,668	$24,229	47.2%	18.8%	63
60	Mary M Knight School District	1,045	$20,206	39.0%	4.4%	63
61	Ephrata School District	2,807	$21,717	66.0%	8.4%	62
62	Bridgeport School District	776	$16,258	96.7%	6.4%	62
63	Quilcene School District	726	$28,110	29.4%	15.5%	62
64	Morton School District	459	$20,294	54.0%	16.5%	62
65	Seattle School District No. 1	51,238	$25,927	32.4%	40.0%	61
66	Mount Vernon School District	6,545	$25,085	55.6%	19.8%	61
67	Coupeville School District	1,055	$21,308	35.2%	24.7%	61
68	Stevenson-Carson School District	843	$22,177	52.3%	18.9%	61
69	Methow Valley School District	756	$21,519	30.0%	24.9%	61
70	Omak School District	5,834	$19,305	66.7%	2.4%	60
71	Wahluke School District	2,536	$18,987	84.4%	6.1%	60
72	Hoquiam School District	1,640	$19,636	69.6%	15.7%	60
73	Pioneer School District	759	$20,668	63.1%	34.2%	60
74	Summit Public School: Atlas	458	$18,837	33.6%	6.9%	60
75	Wahkiakum School District	431	$20,094	54.5%	15.1%	60
76	Rainier Prep Charter School District	330	$17,554	60.6%	12.8%	60
77	Vancouver School District	22,003	$22,507	52.7%	22.9%	59
78	Selah School District	3,832	$19,028	54.6%	13.7%	59
79	Peninsula School District	8,969	$24,585	24.7%	23.8%	58
80	Elma School District	1,708	$17,851	76.9%	13.4%	58
81	North Beach School District No. 64	689	$19,794	68.2%	23.4%	58
82	White Pass School District	347	$24,051	53.2%	31.9%	58
83	Summit Public School: Sierra	235	$18,331	29.4%	8.8%	58
84	Tacoma School District	28,311	$23,190	48.4%	30.2%	57
85	Bellingham School District	11,614	$23,302	37.3%	30.7%	57
86	Toppenish School District	4,246	$19,444	84.8%	7.4%	57
87	Lake Chelan School District	1,335	$18,328	58.2%	20.8%	57
88	Okanogan School District	1,065	$20,091	77.1%	11.3%	57
89	Grand Coulee Dam School District	771	$18,063	79.4%	11.8%	57
90	Impact \| Commencement Bay Elementary	326	$16,176	50.9%	4.9%	57
91	Wenatchee School District	7,347	$17,969	52.5%	14.7%	56
92	Fife School District	3,893	$29,777	40.5%	32.2%	56
93	Goldendale School District	2,976	$19,762	51.5%	11.2%	56
94	Nooksack Valley School District	1,912	$28,080	55.5%	25.0%	56
95	Port Townsend School District	1,206	$22,929	38.4%	29.3%	56
96	Pasco School District	18,515	$17,723	68.3%	12.0%	55
97	Shelton School District	4,540	$18,068	60.1%	19.7%	55
98	Winlock School District	858	$18,342	68.8%	12.0%	55
99	Warden School District	902	$18,031	86.4%	10.0%	54
100	Impact \| Salish Sea Elementary	342	$15,114	52.9%	0.3%	54
101	Quincy School District	3,083	$19,084	72.6%	25.0%	53
102	Kiona-Benton City School District	1,372	$16,656	80.8%	10.0%	53
103	Lyle School District	212	$20,865	72.8%	35.4%	53
104	Highline School District	18,048	$22,200	57.6%	29.7%	52
105	South Kitsap School District	9,196	$19,927	37.7%	19.4%	52
106	Cascade School District	1,252	$20,396	31.0%	32.8%	52
107	Ocosta School District	582	$20,503	60.6%	35.3%	52
108	Cusick School District	356	$18,984	70.7%	9.0%	52
109	Spokane International Academy	736	$16,538	38.5%	6.6%	51
110	Yakima School District	15,553	$18,416	77.0%	9.1%	50
111	Renton School District	15,230	$23,254	45.1%	33.7%	50
112	Ellensburg School District	3,238	$24,105	40.2%	22.8%	50
113	Steilacoom Hist. School District	3,098	$20,558	26.9%	26.5%	50
114	North Franklin School District	2,037	$17,473	69.1%	9.9%	50
115	Crescent School District	336	$20,575	43.8%	12.2%	50
116	Lopez School District	228	$26,924	35.9%	30.5%	50
117	Arlington School District	5,506	$19,306	37.4%	18.2%	49
118	Ocean Beach School District	1,033	$19,518	63.2%	30.6%	49
119	Chewelah School District	789	$18,215	61.7%	11.9%	49
120	Grandview School District	3,618	$17,163	90.0%	9.3%	48
121	Chehalis School District	3,012	$18,368	50.0%	19.4%	48
122	Davenport School District	615	$18,641	35.5%	22.0%	48
123	Impact \| Puget Sound Elementary	596	$15,074	54.2%	0.2%	48
124	Grapeview School District	241	$19,967	36.5%	35.7%	48
125	Central Kitsap School District	11,206	$19,805	29.5%	15.8%	47
126	Colville School District	1,685	$14,900	56.0%	8.3%	47
127	Union Gap School District	577	$15,491	86.3%	18.2%	47
128	Sequim School District	2,602	$18,596	41.1%	20.9%	46
129	Finley School District	871	$17,667	72.1%	14.3%	46
130	Edmonds School District	20,459	$21,221	31.3%	29.7%	45
131	Clover Park School District	12,566	$18,954	55.9%	13.7%	45
132	Oak Harbor School District	5,730	$18,873	32.1%	18.0%	45
133	Chimacum School District	717	$21,020	51.5%	25.3%	45
134	Catalyst Public Schools	434	$16,212	29.5%	3.9%	45
135	Ritzville School District	362	$18,956	34.3%	35.4%	45
136	North Kitsap School District	5,418	$21,077	31.6%	24.0%	44
137	Port Angeles School District	3,534	$17,685	57.0%	24.5%	44
138	Clarkston School District	2,518	$16,847	60.1%	11.2%	44
139	Asotin-Anatone School District	614	$17,418	28.9%	13.7%	44
140	Kent School District	25,586	$19,780	48.6%	25.5%	43
141	East Valley School District (Yakima)	3,334	$17,625	62.0%	17.8%	43
142	Sultan School District	2,074	$19,240	37.0%	16.3%	43
143	Highland School District	1,094	$16,726	75.7%	13.9%	43
144	Newport School District	1,091	$18,478	56.5%	13.4%	43
145	McCleary School District	332	$17,239	61.7%	25.9%	43
146	Central Valley School District	14,688	$17,566	36.9%	20.0%	42
147	Marysville School District	10,196	$19,838	51.1%	22.4%	42
148	Centralia School District	3,440	$17,614	72.4%	15.4%	42
149	Rochester School District	2,150	$18,338	50.4%	12.6%	42
150	Kalama School District	1,151	$19,368	31.6%	30.4%	42
151	White Salmon Valley School District	1,114	$19,014	41.3%	24.2%	42
152	Pomeroy School District	351	$17,168	45.3%	22.2%	42
153	Waitsburg School District	300	$16,983	45.2%	16.7%	42
154	Bellevue School District	19,089	$23,753	19.1%	45.6%	41
155	Olympia School District	9,633	$19,238	31.1%	30.4%	41
156	Sedro-Woolley School District	4,593	$19,195	46.1%	21.0%	41
157	Pullman School District	2,740	$18,399	32.1%	26.2%	41
158	Naches Valley School District	1,294	$18,821	45.5%	26.5%	41
159	South Whidbey School District	1,202	$20,796	33.8%	25.2%	41
160	Columbia (Walla Walla) School District	734	$18,918	48.3%	27.7%	41
161	Bethel School District	21,156	$18,928	45.7%	24.6%	39
162	Kennewick School District	19,311	$16,581	54.6%	13.1%	39
163	North Thurston Public Schools	15,119	$19,649	39.4%	30.4%	39
164	Longview School District	6,311	$17,218	63.4%	21.0%	39
165	North Mason School District	2,309	$16,866	41.9%	13.5%	39
166	College Place School District	1,554	$16,948	50.4%	22.0%	39
167	Onalaska School District	868	$16,267	51.1%	11.3%	39
168	Napavine School District	814	$16,819	38.1%	9.7%	39
169	Colfax School District	562	$18,610	29.9%	24.2%	39
170	Northshore School District	22,944	$20,532	13.1%	35.4%	38
171	Everett School District	20,359	$19,204	44.6%	24.4%	38
172	Issaquah School District	19,524	$22,423	14.4%	37.4%	38
173	Othello School District	4,751	$16,094	77.4%	8.0%	38
174	Enumclaw School District	4,436	$19,771	27.2%	23.9%	38
175	Washougal School District	2,865	$19,041	35.2%	29.9%	38
176	Valley School District	1,079	$10,948	46.0%	8.8%	38
177	San Juan Island School District	782	$19,168	28.1%	30.2%	38
178	East Valley School District (Spokane)	3,670	$18,292	59.0%	21.7%	37
179	Orting School District	2,748	$19,106	25.7%	18.4%	37
180	Granite Falls School District	2,326	$17,816	45.7%	25.0%	37
181	Zillah School District	1,299	$16,199	66.5%	15.6%	37
182	Tenino School District	1,287	$17,055	43.0%	20.4%	37
183	Educational Service District 123	214	$209,828	—	20.3%	37
184	Woodland School District	2,432	$20,200	34.5%	22.8%	36
185	Montesano School District	1,430	$17,334	31.3%	17.3%	36
186	CASHMERE SCHOOL DISTRICT	1,580	$15,944	34.5%	17.2%	35
187	Richland School District	13,948	$18,933	39.8%	24.0%	34
188	Eastmont School District	6,032	$17,089	55.0%	20.3%	34
189	West Valley School District (Yakima)	5,490	$16,772	48.0%	16.3%	34
190	Stanwood-Camano School District	4,812	$20,247	26.3%	28.0%	34
191	Medical Lake School District	1,897	$16,235	28.0%	11.5%	34
192	Castle Rock School District	1,508	$16,180	45.7%	14.9%	34
193	Nine Mile Falls School District	1,435	$16,821	24.5%	15.7%	34
194	Mary Walker School District	531	$14,276	55.7%	6.3%	34
195	Loon Lake School District	221	$17,968	55.3%	18.5%	34
196	Monroe School District	5,734	$18,450	31.3%	23.0%	33
197	Adna School District	648	$17,777	18.0%	16.7%	33
198	West Valley School District (Spokane)	3,483	$17,684	55.9%	22.0%	32
199	Rainier School District	931	$16,058	35.7%	17.9%	32
200	Snoqualmie Valley School District	7,086	$18,862	13.0%	34.7%	31
201	Lakewood School District	2,627	$17,779	42.3%	21.6%	31
202	Mead School District	10,320	$16,899	28.0%	18.8%	30
203	Anacortes School District	2,606	$19,988	32.5%	32.0%	30
204	Blaine School District	2,081	$19,250	38.3%	25.2%	30
205	Dieringer School District	1,402	$19,672	15.1%	39.6%	30
206	Kettle Falls School District	1,125	$15,798	51.9%	9.6%	30
207	Mercer Island School District	4,057	$21,149	3.5%	37.6%	29
208	Eatonville School District	1,944	$15,886	38.8%	26.8%	29
209	Sumner-Bonney Lake School District	10,414	$19,617	23.2%	33.6%	28
210	Tahoma School District	9,112	$19,426	15.1%	27.0%	28
211	Reardan-Edwall School District	671	$17,808	35.0%	18.8%	28
212	Griffin School District	577	$18,614	18.0%	28.2%	28
213	Puyallup School District	23,104	$18,479	36.6%	25.4%	27
214	University Place School District	5,619	$17,474	33.9%	24.8%	27
215	Bainbridge Island School District	3,594	$19,472	7.2%	36.2%	27
216	Toutle Lake School District	690	$17,234	36.1%	21.4%	27
217	Lake Stevens School District	9,687	$18,088	25.0%	21.1%	26
218	Shoreline School District	9,564	$20,119	21.6%	35.2%	26
219	Deer Park School District	2,774	$16,035	51.1%	15.2%	26
220	Conway School District	444	$16,989	21.4%	24.6%	26
221	Lake Washington School District	30,991	$19,952	11.1%	35.5%	25
222	Riverside School District	1,605	$15,627	47.5%	14.9%	25
223	Liberty School District	593	$16,367	31.4%	25.1%	25
224	Capital Region ESD 113	268	$120,778	—	50.5%	25
225	Freeman School District	878	$17,328	15.7%	27.9%	24
226	Riverview School District	3,111	$19,534	12.8%	29.8%	23
227	Orcas Island School District	701	$18,709	25.6%	33.3%	22
228	Battle Ground School District	12,393	$16,486	30.0%	20.9%	21
229	Meridian School District	1,816	$17,376	29.0%	22.5%	21
230	Cle Elum-Roslyn School District	972	$17,816	35.9%	34.7%	21
231	Tumwater School District	6,461	$18,096	31.4%	29.6%	20
232	Lynden School District	3,542	$16,819	31.2%	21.1%	20
233	Snohomish School District	9,418	$18,590	22.7%	32.1%	19
234	Vashon Island School District	1,539	$18,962	26.7%	33.6%	19
235	Cheney School District	5,540	$15,941	48.9%	23.2%	16
236	La Center School District	1,769	$17,588	23.3%	25.4%	15
237	Camas School District	7,324	$16,731	13.9%	30.5%	13
238	White River School District	4,408	$16,540	30.6%	31.1%	12
239	Hockinson School District	2,000	$15,299	16.4%	24.5%	12
240	Ridgefield School District	3,987	$15,694	21.2%	35.5%	6

How the Equity Score Works

The equity score (0-100) evaluates four dimensions of school funding fairness:

Per-Pupil Spending (0-25)

Higher spending relative to peers

Need-Adjusted Spending (0-25)

Spending weighted by poverty level — rewards districts that spend more where need is greatest

Funding Diversity (0-25)

Less reliance on local property taxes, more state/federal support

Resource Access (0-25)

Lower student-teacher ratios = more individualized attention

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Read our methodology — how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.