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Washington School Districts Ranked by Expenditures

Normalized from state-comptroller audits and annual financial reports. Every agency is a live report card — click through for peer percentiles, fund balance, and distress indicators.

Cohort size 304
Median expenditures $20.8M
25th–75th percentile $5.9M  –  $68.0M
Total spend $22.65B
  1. #1
    Seattle School District 1
    FY 2022 pop. 51,443
    Expenditures $1.33B
    Revenue $1.36B
  2. #2
    Spokane School District 81
    FY 2022 pop. 28,311
    Expenditures $693.3M
    Revenue $584.5M
  3. #3
    Tacoma School District 10
    FY 2022 pop. 28,676
    Expenditures $665.0M
    Revenue $596.7M
  4. #4
    Evergreen School District 114
    FY 2022 pop. 22,847
    Expenditures $640.8M
    Revenue $485.0M
  5. #5
    LAKE Washington School District 414
    FY 2022 pop. 30,730
    Expenditures $613.1M
    Revenue $634.1M
  6. #6
    KENT School District 415
    FY 2022 pop. 24,910
    Expenditures $492.7M
    Revenue $523.2M
  7. #7
    Vancouver School District 37
    FY 2022 pop. 21,617
    Expenditures $486.5M
    Revenue $434.3M
  8. #8
    Northshore School District 417
    FY 2022 pop. 22,974
    Expenditures $471.7M
    Revenue $467.8M
  9. #9
    Bellevue School District 405
    FY 2022 pop. 19,510
    Expenditures $463.4M
    Revenue $485.6M
  10. #10
    Federal WAY School District 210
    FY 2022 pop. 21,136
    Expenditures $463.1M
    Revenue $463.0M
  11. #11
    Auburn School District 408
    FY 2022 pop. 17,345
    Expenditures $449.3M
    Revenue $385.4M
  12. #12
    Issaquah School District 411
    FY 2022 pop. 19,590
    Expenditures $439.3M
    Revenue $410.6M
  13. #13
    Edmonds School District 15
    FY 2022 pop. 20,343
    Expenditures $431.7M
    Revenue $423.0M
  14. #14
    Puyallup School District 3
    FY 2022 pop. 22,534
    Expenditures $416.4M
    Revenue $412.2M
  15. #15
    Highline School District 401
    FY 2022 pop. 18,485
    Expenditures $410.4M
    Revenue $458.3M
  16. #16
    Bethel School District 403
    FY 2022 pop. 20,669
    Expenditures $391.2M
    Revenue $383.0M
  17. #17
    Everett School District 2
    FY 2022 pop. 20,258
    Expenditures $389.0M
    Revenue $398.7M
  18. #18
    Renton School District 403
    FY 2022 pop. 15,310
    Expenditures $356.0M
    Revenue $343.3M
  19. #19
    Mukilteo School District 6
    FY 2022 pop. 15,006
    Expenditures $351.5M
    Revenue $314.6M
  20. #20
    Pasco School District 1
    FY 2022 pop. 18,538
    Expenditures $328.5M
    Revenue $323.2M
  21. #21
    Kennewick School District 17
    FY 2022 pop. 18,714
    Expenditures $310.3M
    Revenue $332.5M
  22. #22
    North Thurston School District 3
    FY 2022 pop. 15,028
    Expenditures $295.3M
    Revenue $283.7M
  23. #23
    Yakima School District 7
    FY 2022 pop. 15,997
    Expenditures $294.6M
    Revenue $285.2M
  24. #24
    Bellingham School District 501
    FY 2022 pop. 11,439
    Expenditures $266.6M
    Revenue $238.6M
  25. #25
    Richland School District 400
    FY 2022 pop. 13,831
    Expenditures $261.9M
    Revenue $240.3M
  26. #26
    Central Valley School District 356
    FY 2022 pop. 14,592
    Expenditures $256.3M
    Revenue $253.5M
  27. #27
    Clover PARK School District 400
    FY 2022 pop. 12,629
    Expenditures $239.4M
    Revenue $244.2M
  28. #28
    Central Kitsap School District 401
    FY 2022 pop. 11,274
    Expenditures $223.3M
    Revenue $224.6M
  29. #29
    Peninsula School District 401
    FY 2022 pop. 8,769
    Expenditures $215.6M
    Revenue $181.1M
  30. #30
    Marysville School District 25
    FY 2022 pop. 10,236
    Expenditures $203.1M
    Revenue $208.8M
  31. #31
    Sumner School District 320
    FY 2022 pop. 10,217
    Expenditures $200.4M
    Revenue $191.1M
  32. #32
    South Kitsap School District 402
    FY 2022 pop. 9,775
    Expenditures $194.8M
    Revenue $180.0M
  33. #33
    Battle Ground School District 119
    FY 2022 pop. 11,745
    Expenditures $193.6M
    Revenue $203.7M
  34. #34
    Shoreline School District 412
    FY 2022 pop. 9,487
    Expenditures $190.9M
    Revenue $199.3M
  35. #35
    Moses LAKE School District 161
    FY 2022 pop. 8,578
    Expenditures $188.7M
    Revenue $140.5M
  36. #36
    Olympia School District 111
    FY 2022 pop. 9,508
    Expenditures $182.9M
    Revenue $196.4M
  37. #37
    Snohomish School District 201
    FY 2022 pop. 9,332
    Expenditures $173.5M
    Revenue $188.8M
  38. #38
    LAKE Stevens School District 4
    FY 2022 pop. 9,551
    Expenditures $172.8M
    Revenue $173.7M
  39. #39
    Tahoma School District 409
    FY 2022 pop. 8,887
    Expenditures $172.6M
    Revenue $159.5M
  40. #40
    MEAD School District 354
    FY 2022 pop. 10,141
    Expenditures $171.4M
    Revenue $164.8M
  41. #41
    MT Vernon School District 320
    FY 2022 pop. 6,661
    Expenditures $167.1M
    Revenue $138.4M
  42. #42
    Franklin Pierce School District 402
    FY 2022 pop. 7,544
    Expenditures $159.0M
    Revenue $144.2M
  43. #43
    Ferndale School District 502
    FY 2022 pop. 4,398
    Expenditures $148.2M
    Revenue $85.9M
  44. #44
    Walla Walla School District 140
    FY 2022 pop. 5,568
    Expenditures $145.0M
    Revenue $148.5M
  45. #45
    Snoqualmie Valley School District 410
    FY 2022 pop. 7,181
    Expenditures $135.4M
    Revenue $139.3M
  46. #46
    Wenatchee School District 246
    FY 2022 pop. 7,397
    Expenditures $132.9M
    Revenue $134.4M
  47. #47
    YELM School District 2
    FY 2022 pop. 5,431
    Expenditures $131.6M
    Revenue $108.5M
  48. #48
    OMAK School District 19
    FY 2022 pop. 6,690
    Expenditures $129.2M
    Revenue $97.9M
  49. #49
    Camas School District 117
    FY 2022 pop. 7,225
    Expenditures $120.9M
    Revenue $128.2M
  50. #50
    Sunnyside School District 201
    FY 2022 pop. 6,500
    Expenditures $119.5M
    Revenue $114.6M
  51. #51
    Tumwater School District 33
    FY 2022 pop. 6,425
    Expenditures $116.3M
    Revenue $122.0M
  52. #52
    North Kitsap School District 400
    FY 2022 pop. 5,458
    Expenditures $115.0M
    Revenue $105.4M
  53. #53
    FIFE School District 417
    FY 2022 pop. 3,792
    Expenditures $112.9M
    Revenue $82.8M
  54. #54
    Kelso School District 458
    FY 2022 pop. 4,793
    Expenditures $112.2M
    Revenue $102.1M
  55. #55
    Monroe School District 103
    FY 2022 pop. 6,041
    Expenditures $111.5M
    Revenue $104.7M
  56. #56
    Longview School District 122
    FY 2022 pop. 6,294
    Expenditures $108.4M
    Revenue $110.8M
  57. #57
    OAK Harbor School District 201
    FY 2022 pop. 5,707
    Expenditures $107.7M
    Revenue $110.1M
  58. #58
    Arlington School District 16
    FY 2022 pop. 5,397
    Expenditures $104.2M
    Revenue $96.5M
  59. #59
    Eastmont School District 206
    FY 2022 pop. 5,964
    Expenditures $101.9M
    Revenue $100.8M
  60. #60
    University Place SCH DIST 83
    FY 2022 pop. 5,613
    Expenditures $98.1M
    Revenue $98.2M
  61. #61
    Bremerton School District 100 C
    FY 2022 pop. 4,404
    Expenditures $95.4M
    Revenue $97.4M
  62. #62
    Stanwood School District 401
    FY 2022 pop. 4,642
    Expenditures $94.0M
    Revenue $94.2M
  63. #63
    WEST Valley School District 208
    FY 2022 pop. 5,373
    Expenditures $90.1M
    Revenue $88.9M
  64. #64
    Mercer Island School District 400
    FY 2022 pop. 4,065
    Expenditures $86.0M
    Revenue $84.2M
  65. #65
    Cheney School District 360
    FY 2022 pop. 5,358
    Expenditures $85.4M
    Revenue $91.2M
  66. #66
    Sedro Woolley School District 101
    FY 2022 pop. 4,437
    Expenditures $85.2M
    Revenue $83.2M
  67. #67
    Enumclaw School District 216
    FY 2022 pop. 4,242
    Expenditures $83.9M
    Revenue $77.0M
  68. #68
    Toppenish School District 202
    FY 2022 pop. 4,276
    Expenditures $83.1M
    Revenue $81.4M
  69. #69
    Shelton School District 309
    FY 2022 pop. 4,408
    Expenditures $79.6M
    Revenue $80.7M
  70. #70
    Ellensburg School District 401
    FY 2022 pop. 3,273
    Expenditures $78.9M
    Revenue $73.7M
  71. #71
    Othello School District 147 163-55
    FY 2022 pop. 4,707
    Expenditures $75.8M
    Revenue $77.1M
  72. #72
    Educational Service District 112
    FY 2022
    Expenditures $72.9M
    Revenue $92.4M
  73. #73
    White River School District 416
    FY 2022 pop. 4,331
    Expenditures $71.6M
    Revenue $75.0M
  74. #74
    Quillayute Valley School District
    FY 2022 pop. 2,696
    Expenditures $71.4M
    Revenue $48.8M
  75. #75
    Selah School District 119
    FY 2022 pop. 3,748
    Expenditures $71.3M
    Revenue $74.3M
  76. #76
    Bainbridge Island School District 303
    FY 2022 pop. 3,638
    Expenditures $70.8M
    Revenue $76.1M
  77. #77
    Burlington Edison School District 100
    FY 2022 pop. 3,312
    Expenditures $67.1M
    Revenue $66.7M
  78. #78
    EAST Valley School District 361
    FY 2022 pop. 3,666
    Expenditures $67.1M
    Revenue $67.6M
  79. #79
    Puget Sound Educational Service District
    FY 2022
    Expenditures $66.3M
    Revenue $82.8M
  80. #80
    Tukwila School District 406
    FY 2022 pop. 2,523
    Expenditures $65.9M
    Revenue $65.9M
  81. #81
    Steilacoom Historical School District 1
    FY 2022 pop. 3,177
    Expenditures $65.3M
    Revenue $60.2M
  82. #82
    Grandview School District 116-200
    FY 2022 pop. 3,659
    Expenditures $62.8M
    Revenue $62.9M
  83. #83
    Prosser School District 116
    FY 2022 pop. 2,493
    Expenditures $62.3M
    Revenue $64.8M
  84. #84
    Aberdeen School District 5
    FY 2022 pop. 3,262
    Expenditures $62.2M
    Revenue $61.8M
  85. #85
    PORT Angeles School District 121
    FY 2022 pop. 3,506
    Expenditures $62.0M
    Revenue $71.9M
  86. #86
    Wapato School District 207
    FY 2022 pop. 3,231
    Expenditures $61.5M
    Revenue $62.1M
  87. #87
    WEST Valley School District 363
    FY 2022 pop. 3,444
    Expenditures $60.9M
    Revenue $59.6M
  88. #88
    Ridgefield School District 122
    FY 2022 pop. 3,846
    Expenditures $60.4M
    Revenue $70.0M
  89. #89
    Riverview School District 407
    FY 2022 pop. 3,062
    Expenditures $59.8M
    Revenue $59.7M
  90. #90
    Quincy School District 144-101
    FY 2022 pop. 3,126
    Expenditures $59.7M
    Revenue $62.5M
  91. #91
    Ephrata School District 165
    FY 2022 pop. 2,701
    Expenditures $58.7M
    Revenue $55.5M
  92. #92
    Centralia School District 401
    FY 2022 pop. 3,274
    Expenditures $57.7M
    Revenue $61.1M
  93. #93
    EAST Valley School District 90
    FY 2022 pop. 3,271
    Expenditures $57.7M
    Revenue $59.0M
  94. #94
    Lynden School District 504
    FY 2022 pop. 3,425
    Expenditures $57.6M
    Revenue $56.7M
  95. #95
    Washougal School District 112-6
    FY 2022 pop. 2,978
    Expenditures $56.7M
    Revenue $59.4M
  96. #96
    Chehalis School District 302
    FY 2022 pop. 2,986
    Expenditures $54.8M
    Revenue $55.1M
  97. #97
    Nooksack Valley School District 506
    FY 2022 pop. 1,878
    Expenditures $52.7M
    Revenue $44.1M
  98. #98
    Anacortes School District 103
    FY 2022 pop. 2,551
    Expenditures $51.0M
    Revenue $52.4M
  99. #99
    Orting School District 344
    FY 2022 pop. 2,658
    Expenditures $50.8M
    Revenue $42.6M
  100. #100
    Pullman School District 267
    FY 2022 pop. 2,654
    Expenditures $48.8M
    Revenue $49.3M