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Rochester School District

Rochester, Washington · Public School District · Open

Key statistics

2,175
Students enrolled
5
Public schools
115
Classroom teachers (FTE)
18.8:1
Students per teacher

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

Students

By grade

  • Pre-K 27
  • Kindergarten 162
  • Grade 1 151
  • Grade 2 148
  • Grade 3 177
  • Grade 4 181
  • Grade 5 149
  • Grade 6 192
  • Grade 7 167
  • Grade 8 176
  • Grade 9 163
  • Grade 10 165
  • Grade 11 151
  • Grade 12 166

By race/ethnicity

  • White 58%
  • Hispanic/Latino 31%
  • Two or more races 7%
  • American Indian or Alaska Native 2%
  • Asian <1%
  • Black or African American <1%
  • Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander <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

61% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 1,324 of 2,175 students in the district's schools
  • Free lunch 47%
  • Reduced-price lunch 13%

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

$17,947 spent per student on day-to-day operations Washington median: $18,433 per student

Spending per student

  • Instruction $9,855
  • Support services $7,496
  • Other (food service, etc.) $596

Where the money comes from

  • Local 14%
  • State 74%
  • Federal 12%

Total revenue $41.1 milliontotal spending $39.6 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)

Rural: FringeStudents: 98% rural, 2% town

Total staff (FTE)

216

District office

10140 HIGHWAY 12 SW, Rochester WA 98579

County

Thurston County

Official website

NCES District ID

5307470

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About Rochester School District

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

Rochester School District is located in Thurston County, approximately 20 miles south of Olympia, right off Interstate 5. Rochester School District is committed to the education of the community’s youth. We have an enrollment of approximately 2095 students in six schools. Rochester School District Mission: Preparing students for…Lifelong Learning, Rewarding Careers & Productive Citizenship By embracing… Accountability, Adaptability & Academic Excellence.
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