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Palouse School District, WA: schools, enrollment and spending
Palouse School District runs 3 public schools with 191 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 11.2 students per teacher is 7.0 lower than the Washington figure of 18.2.
At a glance
- Schools
- 3
- Students
- 191
- Teachers (FTE)
- 17
- Students per teacher
- 11.2
- WA: 18.2 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 600 E Alder St, Palouse, WA 99161
- Phone
- (509)878-1921
- County
- Whitman County
- Locale
- Rural: Remote
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 5306540
- State district ID
- WA-38301
- Total staff (FTE)
- 27
- School counselors (FTE)
- 1.0About 191 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 0.0
Students per teacher compared
This district11.2
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 (177), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $3.8 million
- Federal revenue
- $218,000
- State revenue
- $2.8 million
- Local revenue
- $767,000
- Total spending
- $3.6 million
- Spending per pupil
- $20,209
- Salaries
- $1.9 million52.3% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $0
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 5.8%
- State: 73.9%
- Local: 20.4%
Washington overall
- Federal: 8.1%
- State: 67.2%
- Local: 24.6%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$20,209
Washington$19,323
United States$16,826
Schools in Palouse School District
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 1 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Palouse at Garfield Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 34 | |
| Palouse Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 100 | 11.1 |
| Palouse High School | High | 9 to 12 | 57 | 8.1 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Whitman County
- Pullman School District 2,731 students
- Colfax School District 533 students
- Tekoa School District 206 students
- Colton School District 166 students
- Rosalia School District 163 students
- Oakesdale School District 153 students
- St. John School District 145 students
- Garfield School District 127 students
- Endicott School District 83 students
- LaCrosse School District 61 students
- Steptoe School District 47 students
- Lamont School District 29 students
- Pullman Community Montessori
- Washington State University
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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.