Regular local school district · Kittitas County
Ellensburg School District, WA: schools, enrollment and spending
Ellensburg School District runs 9 public schools with 3,408 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 18.4 students per teacher is about the same as the Washington figure of 18.2.
At a glance
- Schools
- 9
- Students
- 3,408
- Teachers (FTE)
- 185
- Students per teacher
- 18.4
- WA: 18.2 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 1300 E 3rd Ave, Ellensburg, WA 98926
- Phone
- (509)925-8000
- County
- Kittitas County
- Locale
- Town: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 5302460
- State district ID
- WA-19401
- Total staff (FTE)
- 371
- School counselors (FTE)
- 8.0About 426 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 14.0
Students per teacher compared
This district18.4
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 (3,199), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $56.9 million
- Federal revenue
- $5.8 million
- State revenue
- $35.9 million
- Local revenue
- $15.3 million
- Total spending
- $89.6 million
- Spending per pupil
- $28,006
- Salaries
- $27.2 million30.3% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $81.3 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 10.2%
- State: 63.0%
- Local: 26.8%
Washington overall
- Federal: 8.1%
- State: 67.2%
- Local: 24.6%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$28,006
Washington$19,323
United States$16,826
Schools in Ellensburg School District
By level: 2 high, 1 middle, 4 elementary, 1 prekindergarten, 1 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Early Learning CenterCEP school | Prekindergarten | PK | 54 | 27.0 |
| Ellensburg Choice SchoolsCEP school | Other | K to 12 | 148 | |
| Ellensburg High School | High | 9 to 12 | 957 | 20.8 |
| Ellensburg Open Doors | High | 11 to 12 | 38 | |
| Ida Nason Aronica ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 361 | 15.7 |
| Lincoln ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 334 | 15.9 |
| Morgan Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 772 | 19.8 |
| Mt. Stuart ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 336 | 13.4 |
| Valley View Elementary School | Elementary | K to 5 | 408 | 16.3 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Kittitas County
- Cle Elum-Roslyn School District 1,026 students
- Kittitas School District 577 students
- Thorp School District 247 students
- Easton School District 81 students
- Damman School District 48 students
- Central Washington University
More in Washington
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.