How does the state figure out how much money to send to schools?
While the state distributed about $14,556 per student in 2019-20, according to federal data, it’s not a one-to-one relationship between each student and that amount. Many factors go into the funding formula.
The size of the student population is an obvious part of the equation, but other factors include community poverty levels, special education needs and differences in the local cost of living which affects educator salaries, which all can result in additional funding from the state.
Washington has created what it calls a “prototypical model” for schools. The state provides funding that is calculated to be
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