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Yelm School District, WA: schools, enrollment and spending
Yelm School District runs 10 public schools with 5,671 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 20.0 students per teacher is 1.8 higher than the Washington figure of 18.2.
At a glance
- Schools
- 10
- Students
- 5,671
- Teachers (FTE)
- 283
- Students per teacher
- 20.0
- WA: 18.2 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 107 1st N., Yelm, WA 98597
- Phone
- (360)458-1900
- County
- Thurston County
- Locale
- Town: Fringe
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 5310140
- State district ID
- WA-34002
- Total staff (FTE)
- 559
- School counselors (FTE)
- 10.0About 567 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 14.0
Students per teacher compared
This district20.0
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 (5,416), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $97.7 million
- Federal revenue
- $6.3 million
- State revenue
- $71.0 million
- Local revenue
- $20.4 million
- Total spending
- $137.5 million
- Spending per pupil
- $25,384
- Salaries
- $46.9 million34.1% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $97.8 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 6.5%
- State: 72.7%
- Local: 20.9%
Washington overall
- Federal: 8.1%
- State: 67.2%
- Local: 24.6%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$25,384
Washington$19,323
United States$16,826
Schools in Yelm School District
By level: 2 high, 2 middle, 6 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Fort Stevens ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 462 | 15.4 |
| Lackamas Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 290 | 18.1 |
| McKenna ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 418 | 18.2 |
| Mill Pond Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 374 | 17.8 |
| Ridgeline Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 568 | 21.0 |
| Southworth Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 671 | 20.3 |
| Yelm Extension SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 116 | 29.0 |
| Yelm High School 12 | High | 9 to 12 | 1,693 | 24.9 |
| Yelm Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 652 | 22.5 |
| Yelm Prairie ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 427 | 17.8 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Thurston County
- North Thurston Public Schools 15,167 students
- Olympia School District 9,386 students
- Tumwater School District 6,350 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.