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School districts in Spokane County, WA

Spokane County has 14 regular public school districts, enrolling 76,523 students in 2024–25. The largest is Spokane School District (28,853 students, 38% of the county), followed by Central Valley School District and Mead School District. All 14 offer kindergarten. Washington's kindergarten cutoff: turn 5 by August 31.

The 14 districts, largest first

School districts in Spokane County, WA by 2024–25 enrollment
District and officeGradesSchoolsStudentsKindergartenDistrict office contact
Spokane School District
200 N BERNARD ST, SPOKANE
Pre-K–126728,8532,106
(509) 354-5900
Central Valley School District
2218 N. Molter, Liberty Lake
Pre-K–123215,025896
(509) 558-5400
Mead School District
2323 E Farwell Rd, MEAD
Pre-K–121710,657778
(509) 465-6000
Cheney School District
12414 S Andrus Rd, CHENEY
also serves Whitman County
Pre-K–12135,662403
(509) 559-4501
East Valley School District (Spokane)
3830 N Sullivan Rd, SPOKANE
Pre-K–1293,601262
No website listed by NCES (2025–26)
(509) 924-1830
West Valley School District (Spokane)
2805 N ARGONNE RD, SPOKANE
Pre-K–12123,475197
(509) 924-2150
Deer Park School District
428 N. Main, DEER PARK
also serves Pend Oreille County and Stevens County
Pre-K–1282,783159
(509) 464-5500
Medical Lake School District
116 W THIRD ST, MEDICAL LAKE
Pre-K–1241,842185
(509) 565-3100
Riverside School District
34515 N NEWPORT HWY, CHATTAROY
also serves Pend Oreille County
Pre-K–1251,57089
(509) 464-8201
Nine Mile Falls School District
10110 W CHARLES RD, NINE MILE FALLS
also serves Stevens County
Pre-K–1261,440109
(509) 340-4300
Freeman School District
15001 S JACKSON RD, ROCKFORD
Pre-K–12388784
(509) 291-3695
Liberty School District
29818 S NORTH PINE CREEK RD, SPANGLE
Pre-K–12260558
No website listed by NCES (2025–26)
(509) 624-4415
Orchard Prairie School District
7626 N. Orchard Prairie Road, SPOKANE
K–717914
No website listed by NCES (2025–26)
(509) 467-9517
Great Northern School District
3115 N SPOTTED RD, SPOKANE
K–61444
(509) 747-7714

Spokane County at a glance

Together the 14 districts run 180 schools from offices in 10 towns. The smallest by enrollment is Great Northern School District, with 44 students; the median Spokane County district has 1,842. By grade span: 12 Pre-K–12, 1 K–6 and 1 K–7.

Kindergarten in 2024–25, counting the 14 districts that report a K grade: 5,344 children. The biggest kindergarten was Spokane School District's, with 2,106; Central Valley School District had 896, and the smallest, Great Northern School District, had 4.

Spokane County holds 14 of Washington's 298 regular districts (4.7%) and 7.0% of its 1,087,695 public school students, ranking 4th of 39 counties by number of districts and 4th by enrollment. By size, 4 enroll 5,000 or more, 6 enroll 1,000 to 4,999 and 4 have fewer than 1,000 students, and the average school here has about 425 students.

4 districts reach past the county line: Cheney School District (into Whitman County), Deer Park School District (into Pend Oreille County and Stevens County), Riverside School District (into Pend Oreille County) and Nine Mile Falls School District (into Stevens County).

Which district am I in?

Each district draws its own attendance zones, so your home address decides it, and with 4 of Spokane County's districts crossing county lines the county alone won't. There is no address lookup here; ask the district. 3 of the 14 have no website on file with NCES; their office phone numbers are in the table. Websites for the rest:

Spokane School District · Central Valley School District · Mead School District · Cheney School District · West Valley School District (Spokane) · Deer Park School District · Medical Lake School District · Riverside School District · Nine Mile Falls School District · Freeman School District · Great Northern School District

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Most US states use a September 1 cutoff. Year-stamped for the 2026–27 school year.

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Sources

District list, grades, school counts and websites: NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) LEA Universe Directory, SY 2025-26 (preliminary, v0a), published July 1, 2026. Regular public districts only (NCES LEA types 1 and 2); charter-only, state-run and regional service agencies are not listed.
Enrollment: NCES CCD LEA Membership, SY 2024-25 (v1a), published December 29, 2025 — the newest year NCES has released.
Counties: NCES EDGE Public LEA Geocodes, SY 2024-25 (district office location) and NCES EDGE Geographic Relationship Files 2025 (grf25_lea_county) (counties each district boundary covers).
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