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Waitsburg School District, WA: schools, enrollment and spending
Waitsburg School District runs 3 public schools with 309 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 16.3 students per teacher is 1.9 lower than the Washington figure of 18.2.
At a glance
- Schools
- 3
- Students
- 309
- Teachers (FTE)
- 19
- Students per teacher
- 16.3
- WA: 18.2 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 184 Academy Street, Waitsburg, WA 99361
- Phone
- (509)337-6301
- County
- Walla Walla County
- Locale
- Rural: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 5309390
- State district ID
- WA-36401
- Total staff (FTE)
- 35
- School administrators (FTE)
- 1.0
Students per teacher compared
This district16.3
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 (263), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $4.7 million
- Federal revenue
- $283,000
- State revenue
- $3.6 million
- Local revenue
- $755,000
- Total spending
- $4.7 million
- Spending per pupil
- $17,996
- Salaries
- $2.3 million48.3% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $3.2 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 6.0%
- State: 77.8%
- Local: 16.1%
Washington overall
- Federal: 8.1%
- State: 67.2%
- Local: 24.6%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$17,996
Washington$19,323
United States$16,826
Schools in Waitsburg School District
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 1 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Preston Hall Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 74 | 14.8 |
| Waitsburg Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 5 | 148 | 21.1 |
| Waitsburg High School | High | 9 to 12 | 87 | 14.5 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Walla Walla County
- Walla Walla Public Schools 5,410 students
- College Place School District 1,531 students
- Columbia (Walla Walla) School District 776 students
- Touchet School District 251 students
- Prescott School District 225 students
- Dixie School District 14 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.