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Mead School District, WA: schools, enrollment and spending
Mead School District runs 17 public schools with 10,657 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 18.6 students per teacher is about the same as the Washington figure of 18.2.
At a glance
- Schools
- 17
- Students
- 10,657
- Teachers (FTE)
- 574
- Students per teacher
- 18.6
- WA: 18.2 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 2323 E Farwell Rd, Mead, WA 99021
- Phone
- (509)465-6000
- County
- Spokane County
- Locale
- Suburb: Large
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 5304920
- State district ID
- WA-32354
- Total staff (FTE)
- 1,099
- School counselors (FTE)
- 19.0About 561 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 28.0
Students per teacher compared
This district18.6
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 (10,233), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $171.6 million
- Federal revenue
- $18.4 million
- State revenue
- $126.3 million
- Local revenue
- $27.0 million
- Total spending
- $181.6 million
- Spending per pupil
- $17,743
- Salaries
- $88.0 million48.5% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $175.3 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 10.7%
- State: 73.6%
- Local: 15.7%
Washington overall
- Federal: 8.1%
- State: 67.2%
- Local: 24.6%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$17,743
Washington$19,323
United States$16,826
Schools in Mead School District
By level: 3 high, 3 middle, 10 elementary, 1 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Brentwood Elementary School | Elementary | K to 5 | 468 | 17.3 |
| Colbert Elementary School | Elementary | K to 5 | 364 | 14.6 |
| Creekside Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 355 | 16.1 |
| Evergreen Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 433 | 14.4 |
| Farwell Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 471 | 16.8 |
| Highland Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 704 | 17.6 |
| Mead Learning Options | Other | K to 12 | 790 | 30.4 |
| Mead Open Doors | High | 11 to 12 | 9 | |
| Mead Senior High School | High | 9 to 12 | 1,827 | 20.5 |
| Meadow Ridge Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 453 | 20.6 |
| Midway Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 418 | 17.4 |
| Mountainside Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 824 | 18.7 |
| Mt Spokane High School | High | 9 to 12 | 1,482 | 20.3 |
| Northwood Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 796 | 19.0 |
| Prairie View Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 386 | 15.4 |
| Shiloh Hills ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 465 | 16.6 |
| Skyline Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 412 | 19.6 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Spokane County
- Spokane School District 28,853 students
- Central Valley School District 15,025 students
- Cheney School District 5,662 students
- East Valley School District (Spokane) 3,601 students
- West Valley School District (Spokane) 3,475 students
- Deer Park School District 2,783 students
- Medical Lake School District 1,842 students
- Riverside School District 1,570 students
- Nine Mile Falls School District 1,440 students
- Freeman School District 887 students
- Spokane International Academy 824 students
- Liberty School District 605 students
- PRIDE Prep Charter School District 232 students
- Educational Service District 101 168 students
- Orchard Prairie School District 79 students
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.