School district · Washington
Bethel School District
Bethel School District in Washington: 36 public schools with 21,450 students and 18.5 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year. It spent $16,236 per student in FY2024.
- Schools
- 36
- Students
- 21,450
- Students per teacher
- 18.5
- WA 17.8 · US 15.1
- Spending per student
- $16,236
- WA $18.3K · US $17.6K
Staff
Full-time equivalents reported by the district. Ratios are students per staff member: lower means more staff for each student, not better results.
- Teachers (FTE)
- 1,161
- Counselors (FTE)
- 43.5
- Students per counselor
- 493
- WA 360 · US 357
- Psychologists (FTE)
- 8.0
- Librarians (FTE): 12.5
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on Washington's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
Washington: 51%48%proficient
+0.1 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 57% of school districts in Washington
Median 47% · 267 school districts compared
9,102 students tested, grades 3–8 · SBAC; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
Washington: 44%39%proficient
−0.3 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 51% of school districts in Washington
Median 40% · 263 school districts compared
9,063 students tested, grades 3–8 · SBAC; proficient means Levels 3-4
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Money
Current spending pays for staff, services and supplies; buildings and debt are counted apart. It follows local costs and needs (special education, long bus routes), so it is a comparison, not a grade.
- Federal
- 8.4% · $40.6M
- State
- 67% · $321.7M
- Local
- 25% · $118.9M
Per student (FY2024)
- Instruction
- $9,020
- Support services
- $6,661
- Buildings and equipment (capital outlay)
- $95.1M
- Long-term debt
- $302.1M
Schools
Open public schools of the district in the 2024–25 school year.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| K–5 | 0 | — | — | — | |
Bethel Hope Early Learning CenterFree meals for all | Pre-K–K | 163 | 23.3 | — | — |
Camas Prairie ElementaryFree meals for all | K–5 | 529 | 13.5 | 57% | 55% |
Centennial ElementaryFree meals for all | K–5 | 540 | 15.0 | 52% | 43% |
Chester H Thompson ElementaryFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 688 | 16.6 | 40% | 36% |
Clover Creek ElementaryFree meals for all | K–5 | 617 | 15.9 | 61% | 55% |
| K–8 | 574 | 17.0 | 53% | 47% | |
Evergreen ElementaryFree meals for all | K–5 | 530 | 14.7 | 42% | 39% |
Expedition ElementaryFree meals for all | K–5 | 530 | 16.9 | 57% | 50% |
| K–5 | 527 | 15.0 | 35% | 33% | |
| K–5 | 428 | 15.2 | 59% | 57% | |
| K–5 | 321 | 15.9 | 49% | 43% | |
Katherine G. Johnson Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | K–5 | 592 | 17.4 | 56% | 55% |
Naches Trail ElementaryFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 519 | 16.5 | 41% | 38% |
| Pre-K–5 | 497 | 15.0 | 64% | 64% | |
| K–5 | 446 | 14.5 | 53% | 51% | |
| K–5 | 524 | 15.5 | 62% | 59% | |
Rocky Ridge ElementaryFree meals for all | K–5 | 430 | 15.3 | 53% | 48% |
Roy ElementaryFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 285 | 12.8 | 40% | 41% |
Shining Mountain ElementaryFree meals for all | K–5 | 613 | 16.3 | 40% | 34% |
Spanaway ElementaryFree meals for all | K–5 | 371 | 14.3 | 41% | 43% |
Thompson PreschoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–K | 227 | 56.8 | — | — |
Bethel Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 661 | 20.8 | 49% | 30% |
Cedarcrest Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 765 | 21.8 | 41% | 20% |
Cougar Mountain Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 605 | 20.7 | 51% | 33% |
Frontier Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 620 | 20.8 | 46% | 36% |
Liberty Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 857 | 21.1 | 45% | 31% |
Spanaway Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 766 | 22.5 | 45% | 41% |
Acceleration AcademyAlternativeFree meals for all | 9–12 | 450 | 56.3 | — | — |
Bethel High SchoolFree meals for all | 9–12 | 1,688 | 21.6 | — | — |
Challenger High SchoolAlternativeFree meals for all | 7–12 | 318 | 15.9 | 40% | 27% |
Graham Kapowsin High SchoolFree meals for all | 9–12 | 2,087 | 24.2 | — | — |
Pierce County Skills CenterCareer and technical | 8–12 | 355 | 23.7 | — | — |
Spanaway Lake High SchoolFree meals for all | 9–12 | 1,787 | 22.8 | — | — |
Transition 18-21 ProgramSpecial education | 12 | 58 | — | — | — |
Bethel Virtual AcademyAlternativeFully virtual | K–12 | 482 | 20.4 | 42% | 21% |
Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Sources
- Address
- 516 176th St E, Spanaway, WA 98387
- Phone
- (253)800-6000
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- Annual Survey of School System Finances (U.S. Census Bureau), FY2024. U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances (F-33).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.