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Enrollment
1,380
High
DISTRICT 549 · STATE 573
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CENTRAL VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530111000191
Central Valley High School
821 S Sullivan Rd, Spokane Valley, WA 99037 · (509) 558-5100 · Spokane County
GRADES 09–12HIGH12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,380 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 75% of Washington public high schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-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
22.0:1
63 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.5:1 · STATE 21.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
42%
585 students
DISTRICT 47% · 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 | 360 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 342 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 344 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 334 | 24% |
Student demographics
41%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 39% · 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
63.9%
WA avg 58.4% . +47.7pp since 2014
Math
36.0%
WA avg 51.2% . +25.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 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 48 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 25 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 63.9% | 36.0% |
| 2023-24 | 61.9% | 31.6% |
| 2022-23 | 54.3% | 29.4% |
| 2021-22 | 66.7% | 32.5% |
| 2018-19 | 80.1% | 51.1% |
| 2017-18 | 82.3% | 50.8% |
| 2016-17 | 6.4% | 38.8% |
| 2015-16 | 25.0% | 36.9% |
| 2014-15 | 16.2% | 10.6% |
% 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
49.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.8%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% 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 Central Valley High School
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central Valley High School this school | 1,380 | 42.4% | 49.6% |
| University High School Spokane Valley | 1,410 | 43.2% | 43.7% |
| Ferris High School Spokane | 1,644 | 44.8% | 44.6% |
| Washougal High School Washougal | 942 | 39.9% | N/A |
| Port Angeles High School PORT ANGELES | 974 | 47.8% | N/A |
| Prairie High School BRUSH PRAIRIE | 1,502 | 43.5% | N/A |
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 Central Valley High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Spokane County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.6% | #82 of 271 | #11 of 21 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #101 of 321 ▲ 27 | #11 of 21 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.9% | #115 of 327 ▲ 38 | #11 of 21 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.4pp | #107 of 259 | #10 of 21 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,380 | #110 of 570 | #11 of 43 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.0:1 | #222 of 311 | #19 of 21 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.4% | #243 of 316 | #10 of 21 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 42.4% | #257 of 386 | #20 of 29 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -37.1% | #6 of 164 | #2 of 14 |
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
1,380
-905 (-40%) vs 2020
+22% since 1990-91, when it was 1,127
Student : Teacher
22.0:1
was 23.3:1
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 | 1,380 | 62.8 | 22.0:1 | 42% (585) |
| 2023-24 | 1,336 | 61.6 | 21.7:1 | 47% (625) |
| 2022-23 | 1,376 | 75.2 | 18.3:1 | 42% (583) |
| 2020-21 | 2,285 | 98 | 23.3:1 | 22% (499) |
| 2017-18 | 2,193 | 95.8 | 22.9:1 | 28% (611) |
| 2015-16 | 2,078 | 97 | 21.4:1 | 25% (524) |
| 2010-11 | 1,924 | 88 | 21.9:1 | 33% (628) |
| 2000-01 | 1,465 | 61 | 24.0:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 1,127 | 50 | 22.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Central Valley High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 37% (2,193 to 1,380); teachers down 34% (95.8 to 62.8).
About Central Valley High School
Central Valley High School is a high-enrollment high school serving families in Spokane Valley, Washington. Enrolled students number 1,380 students, in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment is 141% higher than the average for high schools in Washington, which is about 573.
The Central Valley School District system has 33 schools and 15,087 students.
White students make up a majority at Central Valley High School, at 76%. Other students are 8% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 3% Asian, and 3% Pacific Islander. Pick two students at random and there is a 41% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school has about 22.0 students per teacher and 62.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. That matches the 21.6:1 average for high schools in Washington fairly closely. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 42%. That is lower than the 52% average for public schools in Spokane County.
Central Valley High School is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 75% of Washington public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On BeatsExpectations, Central Valley High School is 2.1 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Washington schools.
Among Spokane County residents, the median household income is $78,582, roughly 33% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Central Valley High School is one of 187 public schools in the county.
The closest other public school is Adams Elementary, about 0.6 miles away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Its average proficiency rate of 49.6% is below the 51.9% average for nearby schools.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Mid-size: inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
2024-25 enrollment was 1,380, a 40% decrease from 2,285 in 2020-21. Its ratio of students to teachers was 23.3:1 in 2020-21, and 22.0:1 in 2024-25.
The Central Valley High School community page is open for posts about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Spokane County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
549,056
Census ACS
Median income
$78,582
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
187
76,588 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Central Valley School District
- Ridgeline High SchoolHigh · 1,575 students
- University High SchoolHigh · 1,410 students
- Evergreen Middle SchoolMiddle · 668 students
- Sunrise ElementaryElementary · 644 students
- Greenacres ElementaryElementary · 637 students
- Opportunity ElementaryElementary · 631 students
Other schools in Spokane Valley
- University High SchoolHigh · 1,410 students
- East Valley High SchoolHigh · 912 students
- Evergreen Middle SchoolMiddle · 668 students
- Sunrise ElementaryElementary · 644 students
- Greenacres ElementaryElementary · 637 students
- Opportunity ElementaryElementary · 631 students
Other Central Valley High schools
5 other US public schools in 5 states are named Central Valley High. Central Valley High School is the 2nd largest of the 6.
- Central Valley HighCeres, CA · 2,317 students
- Central Valley High SchoolMonaca, PA · 721 students
- Central Valley HighShasta Lake, CA · 583 students
- CENTRAL VALLEY HIGH SCHOOLGREELEY, NE · 133 students
- CENTRAL VALLEY HIGH SCHOOLBuxton, ND · 101 students
Nearby schools
- Adams Elementary0.6 mi · 376
- Mica Peak High School0.7 mi · 107
- School to Life0.7 mi · 38
- Central Valley Early Learning Center0.7 mi · 325
- Evergreen Middle School1.0 mi · 668
- Progress Elementary School1.1 mi · 280
Frequently asked questions
About Central Valley High SchoolHow large is Central Valley High School?
Central Valley High School enrolls approximately 1,380 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Central Valley High School serve?
Central Valley High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Central Valley High School?
Approximately 22.0:1 students per teacher at Central Valley High School.
What is the student diversity at Central Valley High School?
Student demographics at Central Valley High School are roughly 76% White, 8% Hispanic, 2% Black, 3% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Central Valley High School in?
Central Valley High School is part of Central Valley School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.