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What's something Auburn Mountainview High School does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
1,560
High
DISTRICT 1,356 · STATE 573
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·AUBURN SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530030002978
Auburn Mountainview High School
28900 124th AVE SE, Auburn, WA 98092 · (253) 804-4539 · King County
GRADES 09–12HIGH13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,560 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 42% of Washington public high schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Washington public high schools
Student : Teacher
18.8:1
83 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.0:1 · STATE 21.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
912 students
DISTRICT 60% · STATE 51%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 389 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 413 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 386 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 372 | 24% |
Student demographics
76%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 77% · STATE 68% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
59.0%
WA avg 58.4% . +18.0pp since 2014
Math
23.2%
WA avg 51.2% . -3.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Washington schools, those numbers are about 58 and 51. Reading and writing scores are up about 18 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 4 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 59.0% | 23.2% |
| 2023-24 | 53.7% | 14.4% |
| 2022-23 | 57.3% | 21.3% |
| 2021-22 | 63.8% | 22.2% |
| 2018-19 | 70.1% | 35.7% |
| 2017-18 | 71.4% | 38.2% |
| 2016-17 | 15.4% | 13.2% |
| 2015-16 | 16.4% | 24.6% |
| 2014-15 | 41.0% | 27.2% |
% Met or Exceeded Standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Smarter Balanced + WCAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
37.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.0%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% typical for Washington schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Washington's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Auburn Mountainview High School
Auburn Mountainview High School's state test result (37.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auburn Mountainview High School this school | 1,560 | 58.5% | 37.5% |
| Cascade High School Everett | 1,651 | 61.2% | 46.1% |
| Lynnwood High School BOTHELL | 1,335 | 52.1% | 44.4% |
| Kentlake High School Kent | 1,561 | 47.9% | 38.0% |
| Kentwood High School Covington | 1,995 | 50.2% | 38.1% |
| Auburn Riverside High School AUBURN | 1,852 | 48.9% | 39.9% |
Matched among Washington high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Auburn Mountainview High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In King County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.5% | #170 of 271 | #40 of 59 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.2% | #215 of 321 ▲ 49 | #40 of 59 ▲ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.0% | #157 of 327 ▲ 53 | #35 of 61 ▲ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.9pp | #111 of 259 | #25 of 57 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,560 | #74 of 570 | #27 of 97 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.8:1 | #83 of 311 | #12 of 67 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 76.1% | #22 of 316 | #13 of 67 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 58.5% | #133 of 386 | #21 of 76 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.1% | #164 of 164 | #34 of 34 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,560
-108 (-6%) vs 2020
+9% since 2010-11, when it was 1,427
Student : Teacher
18.8:1
was 22.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,560 | 83 | 18.8:1 | 58% (912) |
| 2023-24 | 1,611 | 79.7 | 20.2:1 | 60% (971) |
| 2022-23 | 1,581 | 75.5 | 20.9:1 | 63% (989) |
| 2020-21 | 1,668 | 74 | 22.5:1 | 49% (811) |
| 2017-18 | 1,561 | 72.5 | 21.5:1 | 42% (651) |
| 2015-16 | 1,487 | 69 | 21.6:1 | 42% (626) |
| 2010-11 | 1,427 | 62 | 23.0:1 | 26% (374) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Auburn Mountainview High School.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (1,561 to 1,560); teachers up 14% (72.5 to 83).
About Auburn Mountainview High School
Auburn Mountainview High School is a large high school found in Auburn, Washington. Students in grades 9 through 12 attend, and enrollment is 1,560 students. The typical figure for high schools in Washington is about 573 students.
A total of 26 schools make up Auburn School District, with 18,174 students enrolled.
At Auburn Mountainview High School, the largest share of students is White, at 35%. It is also 24% Hispanic, 20% Asian, 9% Black, and 8% multiracial. For comparison, the population of King County is roughly 55% White. Pick two students at random and there is a 76% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The teaching staff at Auburn Mountainview High School is 83 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 18.8:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 21.6:1 average for high schools in Washington. About 58% of students, or 912, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in King County averages 38%, lower than here.
Auburn Mountainview High School is graded C+ by allk12, scoring above 42% of Washington public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
The model predicts 41.0% for a school in Washington with Auburn Mountainview High School's free or reduced-price lunch share. Auburn Mountainview High School posts 37.5%.
King County has about 2,287,171 residents, and the median household income is $124,746, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 57% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. In all, King County has 544 public schools and roughly 278,492 students.
Arthur Jacobsen Elementary is the public school closest to Auburn Mountainview High School, about 0.2 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 37.3% on proficiency, and Auburn Mountainview High School is above that at 37.5%.
NCES assigns Auburn Mountainview High School the locale City: Small, meaning inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment has fallen by 108 students since 2020-21, to 1,560. The number of students per teacher fell from 22.5 to 18.8 over 4 years.
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King County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,287,171
Census ACS
Median income
$124,746
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
57%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
544
278,492 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Auburn School District
- Auburn Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,918 students
- Auburn Riverside High SchoolHigh · 1,852 students
- Cascade Middle SchoolMiddle · 966 students
- Olympic Middle SchoolMiddle · 956 students
- Mt Baker Middle SchoolMiddle · 917 students
- Rainier Middle SchoolMiddle · 907 students
Other schools in Auburn
- Auburn Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,918 students
- Auburn Riverside High SchoolHigh · 1,852 students
- Thomas Jefferson High SchoolHigh · 1,810 students
- Cascade Middle SchoolMiddle · 966 students
- Olympic Middle SchoolMiddle · 956 students
- Mt Baker Middle SchoolMiddle · 917 students
Nearby schools
- Arthur Jacobsen Elementary0.2 mi · 367
- Willow Crest Elementary0.8 mi · 656
- Pine Tree Elementary School0.9 mi · 305
- Hazelwood Elementary School1.1 mi · 502
- Lea Hill Elementary School1.2 mi · 593
- Rainier Middle School1.2 mi · 907
Frequently asked questions
About Auburn Mountainview High SchoolHow large is Auburn Mountainview High School?
Auburn Mountainview High School enrolls approximately 1,560 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Auburn Mountainview High School serve?
Auburn Mountainview High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many teachers does Auburn Mountainview High School have?
Auburn Mountainview High School employs 83 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Auburn Mountainview High School?
Student demographics at Auburn Mountainview High School are roughly 35% White, 24% Hispanic, 9% Black, 20% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Auburn Mountainview High School public or private?
Auburn Mountainview High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Auburn School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.