Mercer Island School District 鈥� King County, WA

Key statistics

3,993

Students enrolled

6

Public schools

222

Classroom teachers (FTE)

18.0:1

Students per teacher

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

Students

By grade

Pre-K 33
Kindergarten 218
Grade 1 212
Grade 2 277
Grade 3 290
Grade 4 294
Grade 5 270
Grade 6 290
Grade 7 341
Grade 8 329
Grade 9 352
Grade 10 350
Grade 11 361
Grade 12 376

By race/ethnicity

White 48%
Asian 28%
Two or more races 14%
Hispanic/Latino 7%
Black or African American 1%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander <1%
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

7% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 274 of 3,993 students in the district's schools

Free lunch 5%
Reduced-price lunch 2%

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

$19,351 spent per student on day-to-day operations Washington median: $18,433 per student

Spending per student

Instruction $10,856
Support services $7,670
Other (food service, etc.) $825

Where the money comes from

Local 40%
State 59%
Federal 2%

Total revenue $91.3 milliontotal spending $85.3 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: Large

Total staff (FTE)

432

District office

4160 86TH AVE SE, Mercer Island WA 98040

Phone

(206) 236-3300

County

King County

Official website

NCES District ID

5304980

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About Mercer Island School District

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

The Mercer Island School District, with a K-12 student population of approximately 4,200, enjoys a wide-spread reputation for quality and excellence, combining academics, cultural expression, and athletic achievement. This tradition of excellence is a major reason many families make Mercer Island their home. Achievement test scores at the elementary, middle, and high school levels are consistently the highest in the state. The district maintains a graduation rate of over 95 percent. With its proximity to Seattle and Bellevue, the Island has easy access to several public and private colleges and universities including the University of Washington, Seattle University, Bellevue College, and Lake Washington Technical College. The district employs a teaching and support staff of 495 and has an annual operating budget of approximately $48.5 million. In the 2010-11 school year, the Mercer Island Schools Foundation in partnership with the schools鈥� PTA鈥檚 contributed over $1.7 million dollars to maintain teaching positions and instructional support in light of statewide reductions in funding. Quality educators and support personnel are complemented by quality school facilities. The district has one 9-12 high school and an alternative high school program, one 6-8 middle school, and three K-5 elementary schools.

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