Bickleton Elementary & High Schl

Located at 3626 Bickleton Highway, in Bickleton, Washington, Bickleton Elementary & High Schl is a tight-knit multi-level school that instructs 91 students (grades K through 12), run under Bickleton School District. By comparison, Washington's public schools average about 204 students each, so Bickleton Elementary & High Schl sits 55% leaner than that benchmark.

Operationally, Bickleton Elementary & High Schl answers to Bickleton School District, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

On the student-mix side, Bickleton Elementary & High Schl records that the largest single group is White, at 74% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school records 20% Hispanic, 3% Native American, 2% Asian. By comparison, Klickitat County as a whole is about 82% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 7.0:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 33.2:1, putting Bickleton Elementary & High Schl tighter than the state norm the norm.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Klickitat County indicate median household earnings sit near $71,042, about 31% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Klickitat County runs 21 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,803 students), of which Bickleton Elementary & High Schl is one.

Nearest neighbor: Roosevelt Elementary School, around 18.2 miles off.

Bickleton Elementary & High Schl operates from a small-town location.

Over the past 7-year window. Bickleton Elementary & High Schl's enrollment has ticked down 26% since 2018, when it stood at 123 (now 91). The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked down from 43% to 20% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 10.3:1 in 2018 to 7.0:1 in 2025.

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