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Washington, Illinois · NCES district 1741040

Washington SD 52

District spending, enrollment and school closures

FY 2024 Census per-pupil spending
$13,583
Fall 2024 NCES membership
820
Closed school entries in available years
0

NCES fall membership changed -10.7% from 918 in 2019 to 820 in 2024.

The median reported per-pupil spending among 342 Illinois elementary districts with FY 2024 data here was $19,526. Each district counts once.

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Spending, enrollment and closures by school year

Each row pairs fall membership and school statuses with the Census fiscal year that uses that fall for its enrollment count. The newest school-status release, 2025–26, is preliminary.

District timeline
School yearCensus fiscal yearCurrent spendingCensus per-pupil spendingFall enrollment in Census financeFall membership in NCESOperating schoolsClosedNewReopened
2018–192019$9,279,000$9,719919UnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
2019–202020$9,682,000$10,3319189182000
2020–212021$10,605,000$11,9048738732000
2021–222022$10,220,000$11,4498708702000
2022–232023$11,020,000$12,6638438432000
2023–242024$11,834,000$13,5838378372000
2024–25UnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable8202000
2025–26UnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable2000

Why did spending per enrolled student change?

The calculation divides district current spending in 2024 dollars by the enrollment in the same Census finance row. It averages the spending and enrollment effects in both calculation orders so they sum to the change before rounding.

FY 2019 to FY 2024 · 2024 dollars per enrolled student

+$1,750 · +14.1% change in the calculated ratio

Change in real spending+$512
Change in enrollment+$1,238

Real current spending +3.9% · Census fall enrollment -8.9%

Which schools changed status?

0 school entries have a Closed status in the available directory years. The table includes openings, temporary closures, reopenings and agency changes when they appear in the same records.

District directory coverage · 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25, 2025–26. The 2025–26 entries are preliminary.

No status-change entries appear in those directory records.

Where the district’s money came from and went

Figures are in the dollars reported for each year. Census revenue and expenditure totals describe different transactions in the survey.

Census finance by fiscal year
Fiscal yearTotal revenueFederal revenueState revenueLocal revenueInstructionSupport servicesCapital outlayTotal expendituresCensus fall enrollment flag
FY 2019$11,016,000$343,000$5,857,000$4,816,000$5,744,000$3,252,000$192,000$9,976,000Alternative source
FY 2020$11,573,000$351,000$6,291,000$4,931,000$6,191,000$3,223,000$256,000$10,394,000Alternative source
FY 2021$12,274,000$926,000$6,484,000$4,864,000$6,690,000$3,555,000$104,000$11,089,000Alternative source
FY 2022$11,658,000$1,069,000$5,694,000$4,895,000$6,183,000$3,639,000$332,000$10,804,000Alternative source
FY 2023$12,153,000$646,000$6,296,000$5,211,000$6,484,000$4,082,000$502,000$11,844,000Alternative source
FY 2024$13,013,000$537,000$6,933,000$5,543,000$7,070,000$4,288,000$518,000$12,748,000Alternative source

Sources and methodology

America.co analysis of public federal data, compiled 2026-11-13.

Census finance tables · NCES enrollment and directory files · 2025–26 preliminary directory · BLS inflation data