Cedar High School

Cedar High School operates as a tiny 9-12 campus in Shelton, Washington, overseen by Shelton School District. Current enrollment sits at 100 students spanning grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Washington's public schools average about 573 students each, so Cedar High School sits 83% below that benchmark.

Within Shelton School District, which oversees 10 schools and 4,517 students, Cedar High School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Cedar High School logs that 72% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school logs 21% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 2% Native American.

On the resource side, The school employs 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.9:1. The state averages around 21.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 51% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Mason County (around 63%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Cedar High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 46.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 40.9%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Mason County indicate median household earnings sit near $83,270, roughly 22% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Mason County runs 26 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,539 students), of which Cedar High School is one.

Olympic Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Cedar High School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Cedar High School at 1st of 6; the average score across the group is 25.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

On allk12, members of the Cedar High School community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.