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What's the most underrated thing about Cheney High School that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
1,491
High
DISTRICT 417 · STATE 573
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHENEY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530123000223
Cheney High School
460 N SIXTH ST, CHENEY, WA 99004 · (509) 559-4000 · Spokane County
GRADES 09–12HIGH31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,491 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 44% 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.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A+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
18.9:1
79 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.5:1 · STATE 21.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
740 students
DISTRICT 61% · 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 | 395 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 368 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 354 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 374 | 25% |
Student demographics
51%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · 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
56.5%
WA avg 58.4% . +14.8pp since 2014
Math
25.1%
WA avg 51.2% . +2.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 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 15 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 56.5% | 25.1% |
| 2023-24 | 51.2% | 26.8% |
| 2022-23 | 57.3% | 19.1% |
| 2021-22 | 48.1% | 15.0% |
| 2018-19 | 66.5% | 39.2% |
| 2017-18 | 64.3% | 38.4% |
| 2016-17 | 22.7% | 23.9% |
| 2015-16 | 33.0% | 31.6% |
| 2014-15 | 41.6% | 22.8% |
% 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
39.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.9%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 Cheney High School
Cheney High School's state test result (39.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cheney High School this school | 1,491 | 49.6% | 39.0% |
| Port Angeles High School PORT ANGELES | 974 | 47.8% | N/A |
| Kelso High School Kelso | 1,390 | 54.2% | N/A |
| Ferris High School Spokane | 1,644 | 44.8% | 44.6% |
| Sedro Woolley Senior High School Sedro-Woolley | 1,280 | 47.7% | 39.6% |
| West Valley High School SPOKANE | 836 | 50.4% | 39.3% |
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 Cheney High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Spokane County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.0% | #160 of 271 | #17 of 21 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 25.1% | #195 of 321 ▼ 30 | #16 of 21 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.5% | #179 of 327 ▲ 45 | #15 of 21 ▲ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +9.2pp | #21 of 259 | #1 of 21 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,491 | #90 of 570 | #7 of 43 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.9:1 | #93 of 311 | #11 of 21 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.8% | #200 of 316 | #6 of 21 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 49.6% | #199 of 386 | #12 of 29 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +14.2% | #44 of 136 | N/A |
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
1,491
+107 (+8%) vs 2020
+144% since 1990-91, when it was 612
Student : Teacher
18.9:1
was 18.7:1
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 | 1,491 | 78.8 | 18.9:1 | 50% (740) |
| 2023-24 | 1,488 | 76.7 | 19.4:1 | 51% (765) |
| 2022-23 | 1,476 | 77 | 19.2:1 | 50% (740) |
| 2020-21 | 1,384 | 74 | 18.7:1 | 41% (572) |
| 2017-18 | 1,306 | 69.5 | 18.8:1 | 43% (556) |
| 2015-16 | 1,220 | 62 | 19.7:1 | 43% (521) |
| 2010-11 | 1,171 | 55 | 21.3:1 | 37% (432) |
| 2000-01 | 1,070 | 53 | 20.2:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 612 | 35 | 17.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cheney High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 14% (1,306 to 1,491); teachers up 13% (69.5 to 78.8).
About Cheney High School
Cheney High School is a large high school in Washington, located in CHENEY. The student body numbers 1,491 students, from grades 9 through 12. An average school in this group (high schools in Washington) has about 573 students.
District-wide, Cheney School District has 12 schools and 5,662 students.
White students account for 68% of enrollment at Cheney High School. Other groups include 14% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 5% Pacific Islander, and 2% Asian. The county population is about 83% White. Cheney High School has a diversity index of 51%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The ratio of students to teachers is 18.9:1, with 78.8 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. The 21.6:1 average for high schools in Washington is higher than this school's figure. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Cheney High School is 50%. That is close to the 52% average for public schools in Spokane County.
The allk12 Grade for Cheney High School is C+. Compared with Washington public high schools, the school scored higher than 44% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Cheney High School is 46.9%, and its average proficiency rate on state tests is 39.0%.
In Spokane County (population about 549,056), median household income is about $78,582, roughly 33% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Cheney High School is one of 187 public schools in Spokane County, which together enroll about 76,588 students.
Of nearby public schools, WIN Academy is the closest, at less than a tenth of a mile. Inside a five-mile radius, there are 7 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 43.5%, higher than Cheney High School's 39.0%.
Cheney High School is coded as Town: Fringe in federal locale data.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 1,491 was 8% higher than in 2020-21, when it was 1,384.
Topics for discussion here include school safety, transportation, and start times. 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 Cheney School District
- Cheney Middle SchoolMiddle · 637 students
- Sunset ElementaryElementary · 634 students
- Westwood Middle SchoolMiddle · 624 students
- Windsor ElementaryElementary · 549 students
- Betz ElementaryElementary · 535 students
- Phil Snowdon ElementaryElementary · 525 students
Other schools in CHENEY
- Cheney Middle SchoolMiddle · 637 students
- Betz ElementaryElementary · 535 students
- Phil Snowdon ElementaryElementary · 525 students
- Salnave ElementaryElementary · 347 students
- HomeWorksCombined · 145 students
- Three Springs High SchoolHigh · 103 students
Other Cheney High schools
One other US public school is named Cheney High. Cheney High School is the largest of the 2.
- Cheney HighCheney, KS · 235 students
Nearby schools
- WIN Academy0.0 mi · 62
- Cheney Open Doors0.0 mi · 10
- Betz Elementary0.2 mi · 535
- Cheney Middle School0.6 mi · 637
- Salnave Elementary1.4 mi · 347
- Three Springs High School3.4 mi · 103
Frequently asked questions
About Cheney High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Cheney High School?
Cheney High School enrolls approximately 1,491 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Cheney High School serve?
Cheney High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Cheney High School?
Approximately 18.9:1 students per teacher at Cheney High School.
What is the student diversity at Cheney High School?
Student demographics at Cheney High School are roughly 68% White, 14% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Cheney High School in?
Cheney High School is part of Cheney School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.