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Olympia School District, WA: schools, enrollment and spending
Olympia School District runs 20 public schools with 9,386 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 17.8 students per teacher is about the same as the Washington figure of 18.2.
At a glance
- Schools
- 20
- Students
- 9,386
- Teachers (FTE)
- 527
- Students per teacher
- 17.8
- WA: 18.2 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 111 Bethel St NE, Olympia, WA 98506
- Phone
- (360)596-6100
- County
- Thurston County
- Locale
- City: Small
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 5306180
- State district ID
- WA-34111
- Total staff (FTE)
- 1,093
- School counselors (FTE)
- 17.0About 552 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 29.0
Students per teacher compared
This district17.8
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 (9,492), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $173.0 million
- Federal revenue
- $8.4 million
- State revenue
- $108.2 million
- Local revenue
- $56.5 million
- Total spending
- $176.4 million
- Spending per pupil
- $18,580
- Salaries
- $85.1 million48.2% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $253.3 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 4.8%
- State: 62.5%
- Local: 32.6%
Washington overall
- Federal: 8.1%
- State: 67.2%
- Local: 24.6%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$18,580
Washington$19,323
United States$16,826
Schools in Olympia School District
By level: 4 high, 4 middle, 11 elementary, 1 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Avanti High School | High | 9 to 12 | 167 | 18.6 |
| Boston Harbor Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 178 | 17.8 |
| Capital High School | High | 9 to 12 | 1,322 | 21.3 |
| Centennial Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 434 | 18.1 |
| Garfield Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 314 | 13.7 |
| Jefferson Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 462 | 18.5 |
| Julia Butler Hansen ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 412 | 14.7 |
| Leland P Brown ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 328 | 14.9 |
| Lincoln Elementary School | Elementary | K to 5 | 300 | 17.6 |
| Madison Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 5 | 203 | 18.5 |
| McKenny Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 322 | 16.9 |
| McLane Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 5 | 407 | 16.3 |
| Olympia High School | High | 9 to 12 | 1,901 | 23.2 |
| Olympia Regional Learning Academy | Other | K to 12 | 345 | 13.3 |
| Pioneer Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 5 | 384 | 18.3 |
| Reeves Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 394 | 18.8 |
| Roosevelt Elementary School | Elementary | K to 5 | 340 | 13.1 |
| Thurgood Marshall Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 469 | 16.8 |
| Touchstone | High | 6 to 12 | 2 | 2.0 |
| Washington Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 702 | 19.5 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Thurston County
- North Thurston Public Schools 15,167 students
- Tumwater School District 6,350 students
- Yelm School District 5,671 students
- Rochester School District 2,175 students
- Tenino School District 1,283 students
- Rainier School District 1,017 students
- Griffin School District 585 students
- Capital Region ESD 113 344 students
- Evergreen State College
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.