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Bethel School District, WA: schools, enrollment and spending

Bethel School District runs 36 public schools with 21,450 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 18.5 students per teacher is about the same as the Washington figure of 18.2.

At a glance

Schools
36
Students
21,450
Teachers (FTE)
1,160
Students per teacher
18.5
WA: 18.2 · US: 15.3
Address
516 176th St E, Spanaway, WA 98387
Phone
(253)800-6000
County
Pierce County
Locale
Suburb: Large
Grades offered
PK to 12
Agency type
Regular local school district
NCES district ID
5300480
State district ID
WA-27403
Total staff (FTE)
2,340
School counselors (FTE)
43.0About 499 students per counselor.
School administrators (FTE)
86.0
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

Students per teacher compared

This district18.5
Washington18.2
United States15.3

2020 finance data

From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (20,076), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
Total revenue
$349.1 million
Federal revenue
$25.6 million
State revenue
$239.2 million
Local revenue
$84.3 million
Total spending
$362.0 million
Spending per pupil
$18,030
Salaries
$180.9 million50.0% of total spending.
Long-term debt (end of year)
$242.0 million

Where revenue came from

  • Federal: 7.3%
  • State: 68.5%
  • Local: 24.1%

Washington overall

  • Federal: 8.1%
  • State: 67.2%
  • Local: 24.6%

Spending per pupil compared

This district$18,030
Washington$19,323
United States$16,826

Schools in Bethel School District

By level: 7 high, 6 middle, 22 elementary, 1 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
Acceleration AcademyCEP schoolHigh9 to 1245056.2
Bethel Elementary Learning AcademyElementaryK to 50
Bethel High SchoolCEP schoolHigh9 to 121,68821.6
Bethel Hope Early Learning CenterCEP schoolElementaryPK to K16323.3
Bethel Middle SchoolCEP schoolMiddle6 to 866121.3
Bethel Virtual AcademyOtherK to 1248221.0
Camas Prairie ElementaryCEP schoolElementaryK to 552913.6
Cedarcrest Middle SchoolCEP schoolMiddle6 to 876521.9
Centennial ElementaryCEP schoolElementaryK to 554015.0
Challenger High SchoolCEP schoolHigh7 to 1231815.9
Chester H Thompson ElementaryCEP schoolElementaryPK to 568816.8
Clover Creek ElementaryCEP schoolElementaryK to 561716.2
Cougar Mountain Middle SchoolCEP schoolMiddle6 to 860520.9
Elk Plain School of ChoiceElementaryK to 857417.4
Evergreen ElementaryCEP schoolElementaryK to 553014.7
Expedition ElementaryCEP schoolElementaryK to 553017.1
Frederickson ElementaryElementaryK to 552715.1
Frontier Middle SchoolCEP schoolMiddle6 to 862021.4
Graham ElementaryElementaryK to 542815.3
Graham Kapowsin High SchoolCEP schoolHigh9 to 122,08724.3
Kapowsin ElementaryElementaryK to 532116.1
Katherine G. Johnson Elementary SchoolCEP schoolElementaryK to 559217.4
Liberty Middle SchoolCEP schoolMiddle6 to 885721.4
Naches Trail ElementaryCEP schoolElementaryPK to 551916.7
Nelson Elementary SchoolElementaryPK to 549715.1
North Star ElementaryElementaryK to 544614.9
Pierce County Skills CenterHigh8 to 1235523.7
Pioneer Valley ElementaryElementaryK to 552415.9
Rocky Ridge ElementaryCEP schoolElementaryK to 543015.4
Roy ElementaryCEP schoolElementaryPK to 528513.0
Shining Mountain ElementaryCEP schoolElementaryK to 561316.6
Spanaway ElementaryCEP schoolElementaryK to 537114.8
Spanaway Lake High SchoolCEP schoolHigh9 to 121,78722.9
Spanaway Middle SchoolCEP schoolMiddle6 to 876622.5
Thompson PreschoolCEP schoolElementaryPK to K22756.8
Transition 18-21 ProgramHigh1258

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Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.