A public school district in Seattle, Washington, with 108 operational schools in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
50,773
Students enrolled
3,073.8
Teachers, full-time equivalent
Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
6,359.2
All staff, full-time equivalent
$21,806
Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
Students enrolled: 50,773 in 2024–25
Ranks 87th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 1st of 324 in Washington. Larger than 99% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
Current spending per pupil: $21,806 in fiscal year 2023
More than 79% of the 17,189 districts with a spending figure. Current spending leaves out buildings and debt, and a district of a few pupils can spend far more per pupil than any large one.
Spending and revenue
Seattle School District No. 1 spent $21,806 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $8,999 in fiscal year 2005
Current spending per pupil, each fiscal year: current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them to NCES. In the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. A year with no column is a year the survey has no figure for.
U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics — School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal year 2005 onwards
The figures behind this chart
Seattle School District No. 1 spent $21,806 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $8,999 in fiscal year 2005. Current spending per pupil, each fiscal year: current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them to NCES. In the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. A year with no column is a year the survey has no figure for.
Fiscal year
Spending per pupil
Current expenditure
Membership
FY2023
$21,806
$1.1 billion
51,238
FY2022
$20,430
$1.1 billion
51,443
FY2021
$17,985
$970.7 million
53,973
FY2020
$17,250
$965.7 million
55,986
FY2019
$16,543
$914.4 million
55,271
FY2018
$15,014
$819.4 million
54,573
FY2017
$13,927
$755.1 million
54,215
FY2016
$13,368
$712.7 million
53,317
FY2015
$12,320
$650.9 million
52,834
FY2014
$12,173
$614.8 million
50,509
FY2013
$11,295
$572.1 million
50,655
FY2012
$11,124
$548.1 million
49,269
FY2011
$11,154
$532.5 million
47,735
FY2010
$11,490
$534.5 million
46,522
FY2009
$11,543
$530.6 million
45,968
FY2008
$10,609
$483.6 million
45,581
FY2007
$10,065
$464.1 million
46,113
FY2006
$9,140
$421.2 million
46,085
FY2005
$8,999
$420.6 million
46,746
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
Revenue to Seattle School District No. 1 by source, fiscal year 2023, as the district reported it to NCES
Source
Revenue
Share of total
Federal
$77.7 million
5.6%
State
$716.2 million
51.2%
Local
$603.9 million
43.2%
Total
$1.4 billion
Federal, state and local revenue as the F-33 records them. Each share is of the survey’s total revenue, so a part withheld does not inflate the others.
The district’s schools
108 operational schools, A to Z, 100 to a page: page 1 of 2.
2 more columns on a wider screen
Schools in Seattle School District No. 1, page 1 of 2
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "School District Finance Survey (F-33)," fiscal years 2005 to 2023.