Regular local school district · Wahkiakum County
Wahkiakum School District, WA: schools, enrollment and spending
Wahkiakum School District runs 2 public schools with 399 students in grades K to 12. Its ratio of 18.1 students per teacher is about the same as the Washington figure of 18.2.
At a glance
- Schools
- 2
- Students
- 399
- Teachers (FTE)
- 22
- Students per teacher
- 18.1
- WA: 18.2 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 500 S. Third St, Cathlamet, WA 98612
- Phone
- (360)795-3971
- County
- Wahkiakum County
- Locale
- Rural: Distant
- Grades offered
- K to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 5309330
- State district ID
- WA-35200
- Total staff (FTE)
- 45
- School administrators (FTE)
- 2.0
Students per teacher compared
This district18.1
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 (485), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $7.7 million
- Federal revenue
- $486,000
- State revenue
- $6.1 million
- Local revenue
- $1.1 million
- Total spending
- $7.8 million
- Spending per pupil
- $16,054
- Salaries
- $3.6 million46.6% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $0
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 6.3%
- State: 79.2%
- Local: 14.5%
Washington overall
- Federal: 8.1%
- State: 67.2%
- Local: 24.6%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$16,054
Washington$19,323
United States$16,826
Schools in Wahkiakum School District
By level: 1 high, 1 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Julius A Wendt Elementary/John C Thomas Middle SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 8 | 272 | 18.1 |
| Wahkiakum High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 127 | 18.1 |
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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.