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Highland School District, WA: schools, enrollment and spending
Highland School District runs 4 public schools with 1,060 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 19.3 students per teacher is 1.1 higher than the Washington figure of 18.2.
At a glance
- Schools
- 4
- Students
- 1,060
- Teachers (FTE)
- 55
- Students per teacher
- 19.3
- WA: 18.2 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 17000 Summitview Rd, Cowiche, WA 98923
- Phone
- (509)678-8630
- County
- Yakima County
- Locale
- Rural: Fringe
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 5303510
- State district ID
- WA-39203
- Total staff (FTE)
- 120
- School counselors (FTE)
- 3.0About 353 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 4.0
Students per teacher compared
This district19.3
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 (1,103), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $17.6 million
- Federal revenue
- $2.0 million
- State revenue
- $13.2 million
- Local revenue
- $2.4 million
- Total spending
- $16.8 million
- Spending per pupil
- $15,199
- Salaries
- $9.4 million56.3% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $2.6 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 11.1%
- State: 75.3%
- Local: 13.6%
Washington overall
- Federal: 8.1%
- State: 67.2%
- Local: 24.6%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$15,199
Washington$19,323
United States$16,826
Schools in Highland School District
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 2 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Highland High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 366 | 22.9 |
| Highland Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 243 | 18.7 |
| Marcus Whitman-Cowiche ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 2 | 249 | 17.8 |
| Tieton Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | 3 to 5 | 202 | 18.4 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Yakima County
- Yakima School District 15,488 students
- Sunnyside School District 6,151 students
- West Valley School District (Yakima) 5,480 students
- Toppenish School District 3,646 students
- Grandview School District 3,583 students
- East Valley School District (Yakima) 3,387 students
- Wapato School District 3,198 students
- Granger School District 1,438 students
- Zillah School District 1,330 students
- Naches Valley School District 1,308 students
- Mount Adams School District 839 students
- Mabton School District 735 students
- Union Gap School District 558 students
- Educational Service District 105 120 students
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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.