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Mead School District

Mead, Washington · Public School District · Open

Key statistics

10,657
Students enrolled
17
Public schools
574
Classroom teachers (FTE)
18.6:1
Students per teacher

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data. School year: 2024-25.

Students

By grade

  • Pre-K 133
  • Kindergarten 778
  • Grade 1 640
  • Grade 2 713
  • Grade 3 755
  • Grade 4 788
  • Grade 5 753
  • Grade 6 882
  • Grade 7 802
  • Grade 8 834
  • Grade 9 849
  • Grade 10 902
  • Grade 11 859
  • Grade 12 969

By race/ethnicity

  • White 79%
  • Two or more races 8%
  • Hispanic/Latino 7%
  • Asian 2%
  • Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 2%
  • Black or African American 2%
  • American Indian or Alaska Native <1%
  • Race not reported <1%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (fall membership), school year 2024-25. Race/ethnicity as reported by the state.

Free and reduced-price lunch

39% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 4,142 of 10,648 students in the 16 of its 17 schools that report
  • Free lunch 30%
  • Reduced-price lunch 9%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, school year 2024-25. Eligibility as reported by the state. Schools that serve free meals to every student may count all of them as eligible, so figures are not comparable from state to state.

Spending and revenue

$15,808 spent per student on day-to-day operations Washington median: $18,433 per student

Spending per student

  • Instruction $9,800
  • Support services $5,394
  • Other (food service, etc.) $614

Where the money comes from

  • Local 22%
  • State 73%
  • Federal 5%

Total revenue $180.6 milliontotal spending $181.7 million

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, School District Finance Survey (F-33), school year 2023-24. Day-to-day spending is NCES's current expenditures: it leaves out construction, equipment, debt and payments to charter or private schools. Per student is per fall enrollment of that year.

District details

Grades served

PK to 12

Locale (NCES)

Suburb: LargeStudents: 71% suburb, 24% rural, 4% city

Total staff (FTE)

1,100

District office

2323 E Farwell Rd, Mead WA 99021

County

Spokane County

Official website

NCES District ID

5304920

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About Mead School District

Description provided by the district or community — not part of the NCES dataset.

The Mead District: • A top, traditional high school, Spokane-area graduation rate: 91% (3 year average) • SAT scores well above state and national averages • Newsweek has ranked both our high schools among “America’s Best High Schools” • US News & World Report has ranked Mead HS among top 3% of US public high schools • 85% of graduates pursue post-secondary degrees • Top ranked in Spokane area by school rating sites: publicschoolreview.com, schooldigger.com, greatschools.com, neighborhoodscout.com • Parenting magazine rates the Spokane area America’s “Top Education City”. RICH ACADEMICS AND ACTIVITIES: • Elementary schools, in addition to core academics, offer music (band, choir, orchestra), intramural sports and Quest, a program for gifted students • High schools offer 256 courses including an advanced placement program, music (orchestra, band, jazz, choir), art, drama, languages, Project-Lead-The-Way engineering and bio-med courses, plus vocational classes offered in house and at the Skills Center • One of only three districts statewide to be named a S.T.E.M. Lighthouse District, teaching accelerated science, technology, engineering and mathematics - only district in the state to receive a $25,000 grant in conjunction with this designation • 65% of high school students participate in co-curricular and extra-curricular programs and athletics.
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