Captain Strong

As a high-enrollment primary school in BATTLE GROUND, Washington, Captain Strong instructs 649 students from grades pre-K through 4, overseen by Battle Ground School District. By comparison, Washington's public schools average about 380 students each, so Captain Strong sits 71% above that benchmark.

Across the 20 schools in Battle Ground School District (12,754 students total), Captain Strong accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Captain Strong shows that 80% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest comes out to 11% Hispanic, 6% multiracial.

In terms of school funding signals, Captain Strong records 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 41% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Clark County indicate the typical household earns roughly $97,536 per year, about 33% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Clark County's 151 public schools (combined enrollment of about 74,406 students), Captain Strong is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Chief Umtuch Middle, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Captain Strong operates from a commuter-belt location.

Over the past 7-year window. Captain Strong's enrollment has edged down 12% since 2018, when it stood at 739 (now 649). Over the same period, the White share contracted from 85% to 80%.

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