School district · Washington
Pasco School District
Pasco School District in Washington: 31 public schools with 18,913 students and 17.4 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year. It spent $16,663 per student in FY2024.
- Schools
- 31
- Students
- 18,913
- Students per teacher
- 17.4
- WA 17.8 · US 15.1
- Spending per student
- $16,663
- 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)
- 1,085
- Counselors (FTE)
- 49.0
- Students per counselor
- 386
- WA 360 · US 357
- Psychologists (FTE)
- 14.9
- Librarians (FTE): 9.0
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%33%proficient
+1.8 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 87% of school districts in Washington
Median 47% · 267 school districts compared
8,063 students tested, grades 3–8 · SBAC; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
Washington: 44%25%proficient
+1.5 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 88% of school districts in Washington
Median 40% · 263 school districts compared
8,065 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
- 8.2% · $29M
- State
- 73% · $255.7M
- Local
- 19% · $67.2M
Per student (FY2024)
- Instruction
- $9,905
- Support services
- $5,964
- Buildings and equipment (capital outlay)
- $109.1M
- Long-term debt
- $357.4M
Schools
Open public schools of the district in the 2024–25 school year.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 60 | — | — | — | |
Pasco Early Learning CenterFree meals for all | Pre-K | 318 | — | — | — |
Barbara McClintock STEM ElementaryFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 570 | 14.3 | 40% | 36% |
Captain Gray STEM ElementaryFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 408 | 14.5 | 12% | 8.9% |
Columbia River ElementaryFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 618 | 15.7 | 40% | 34% |
Edwin Markham ElementaryFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 227 | 14.2 | 63% | 47% |
Emerson ElementaryFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 447 | 15.4 | 16% | 12% |
Internet Pasco Academy of LearningAlternative | K–8 | 50 | 5.0 | — | — |
James McGee ElementaryFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 499 | 15.4 | 43% | 32% |
Longfellow ElementaryFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 312 | 13.1 | 14% | 17% |
Marie Curie STEM ElementaryFree meals for all | 3–5 | 376 | 12.6 | 18% | 16% |
Mark Twain ElementaryFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 579 | 15.9 | 29% | 27% |
Maya Angelou ElementaryFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 579 | 14.2 | 36% | 38% |
Pasco Innovative Experiences and e-LearningFully virtual | K–8 | 70 | 12.2 | — | — |
Robert Frost ElementaryFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 459 | 14.5 | 19% | 21% |
Rosalind Franklin STEM ElementaryFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 543 | 16.2 | 47% | 42% |
Rowena Chess ElementaryFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 436 | 14.3 | 10% | 19% |
Ruth Livingston ElementaryFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 541 | 16.7 | 70% | 66% |
Three Rivers ElementaryFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 657 | 15.9 | 33% | 28% |
Virgie Robinson ElementaryFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 473 | 16.7 | 29% | 21% |
Whittier ElementaryFree meals for all | K–2 | 378 | 14.3 | — | — |
Ellen Ochoa Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 831 | 18.9 | 19% | 9.4% |
Mcloughlin Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 1,171 | 21.6 | 43% | 26% |
Ray Reynolds Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 1,294 | 20.3 | 43% | 34% |
Stevens Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 956 | 18.7 | 23% | 13% |
Chiawana Senior High SchoolFree meals for all | 8–12 | 3,127 | 20.6 | — | — |
New Horizons High SchoolAlternativeFree meals for all | 6–12 | 344 | 15.8 | — | — |
| 9–12 | 0 | — | — | — | |
Pasco Senior High SchoolFree meals for all | 9–12 | 2,590 | 20.3 | — | — |
| 9–12 | 0 | — | — | — | |
Soar to SuccessAlternative | 9–12 | 0 | — | — | — |
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
- 1215 W Lewis St, Pasco, WA 99301
- Phone
- (509)543-6700
- 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.