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Enrollment
3,127
High
DISTRICT 2,020 · STATE 573
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PASCO SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530657003292
Chiawana Senior High School
8125 W Argent Rd, Pasco, WA 99301 · (509) 543-6786 · Franklin County
GRADES 08–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL3,127 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 11% 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.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- FThree-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
20.6:1
152 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.9:1 · STATE 21.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
62%
1,930 students
DISTRICT 72% · 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 | 784 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 835 | 27% |
| Grade 11 | 785 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 723 | 23% |
Student demographics
47%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 40% · 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
34.9%
WA avg 58.4% . +22.6pp since 2014
Math
15.0%
WA avg 51.2% . +3.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 15 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 23 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 34.9% | 15.0% |
| 2023-24 | 46.5% | 18.6% |
| 2022-23 | 44.6% | 17.9% |
| 2021-22 | 51.0% | 19.4% |
| 2018-19 | 59.0% | 26.4% |
| 2017-18 | 57.8% | 27.6% |
| 2016-17 | 19.3% | 10.1% |
| 2015-16 | 16.9% | 18.0% |
| 2014-15 | 12.3% | 11.5% |
% 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
31.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.8%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 Chiawana Senior High School
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chiawana Senior High School this school | 3,127 | 61.7% | 31.5% |
| Kennewick High School Kennewick | 1,921 | 62.9% | N/A |
| Mount Vernon High School Mount Vernon | 1,849 | 59.2% | 34.4% |
| Wenatchee High School WENATCHEE | 2,066 | 61.1% | N/A |
| Moses Lake High School MOSES LAKE | 1,856 | 57.6% | 35.9% |
| Prosser High School Prosser | 877 | 62.3% | 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 Chiawana Senior High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Franklin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.5% | #224 of 271 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 15.0% | #262 of 321 ▼ 35 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.9% | #296 of 327 ▼ 43 | N/A |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -10.3pp | #20 of 259 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 3,127 | #1 of 570 | #1 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.6:1 | #157 of 311 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.7% | #224 of 316 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 61.7% | #109 of 386 | N/A |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +15.3% | #40 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
3,127
+19 (+1%) vs 2020
+55% since 2010-11, when it was 2,023
Student : Teacher
20.6:1
was 22.2:1
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 | 3,127 | 151.5 | 20.6:1 | 62% (1,930) |
| 2023-24 | 3,163 | 151.3 | 20.9:1 | 67% (2,118) |
| 2022-23 | 2,999 | 148.5 | 20.2:1 | 67% (2,011) |
| 2020-21 | 3,108 | 140 | 22.2:1 | 65% (2,010) |
| 2017-18 | 2,711 | 128.5 | 21.1:1 | 64% (1,722) |
| 2015-16 | 2,543 | 121 | 21.0:1 | 58% (1,466) |
| 2010-11 | 2,023 | 101 | 20.0:1 | 62% (1,263) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Chiawana Senior High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 15% (2,711 to 3,127); teachers up 18% (128.5 to 151.5).
About Chiawana Senior High School
Chiawana Senior High School sits in Pasco, Washington, and is classified as a high school. It has an enrollment of 3,127 students in grades 8 through 12. On average, high schools in Washington enroll around 573, and this school is 446% larger than that mark.
Chiawana Senior High School is one of 28 schools in Pasco School District, which enrolls 18,913 students in total.
The student body at Chiawana Senior High School is 68% Hispanic. It is also 25% White, 3% multiracial, and 2% Asian. Franklin County's residents are about 55% Hispanic, 13 points below the school's share. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 47, compared with 70 nationally.
Chiawana Senior High School reports a ratio of 20.6 students per teacher, from 151.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. Across high schools in Washington, the average ratio is 21.6:1. Lunch program data show 62% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
On the allk12 Grade, Chiawana Senior High School lands at D, ahead of 11% of Washington public high schools.
Chiawana Senior High School posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 31.5%, compared with a predicted 38.8%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Washington schools on BeatsExpectations.
The school's county is Franklin County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $86,714 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 21% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Chiawana Senior High School shares Franklin County with 42 other public schools.
About 0.4 miles separate Chiawana Senior High School from the closest public school, Three Rivers Elementary. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. On average proficiency, Chiawana Senior High School is 6th of 8 nearby schools with test data.
NCES describes the area around Chiawana Senior High School as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment at Chiawana Senior High School was 3,108 in 2020-21 and 3,127 in 2024-25, a change of less than 3%. The number of students per teacher dropped from 22.2 to 20.6 over 4 years.
The Chiawana Senior High School discussion page is a place for homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Franklin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
98,902
Census ACS
Median income
$86,714
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
43
21,403 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Pasco School District
- Pasco Senior High SchoolHigh · 2,590 students
- Ray Reynolds Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,294 students
- Mcloughlin Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,171 students
- Stevens Middle SchoolMiddle · 956 students
- Ellen Ochoa Middle SchoolMiddle · 831 students
- Three Rivers ElementaryElementary · 657 students
Other schools in Pasco
- Pasco Senior High SchoolHigh · 2,590 students
- Ray Reynolds Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,294 students
- Mcloughlin Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,171 students
- Stevens Middle SchoolMiddle · 956 students
- Ellen Ochoa Middle SchoolMiddle · 831 students
- Three Rivers ElementaryElementary · 657 students
Nearby schools
- Three Rivers Elementary0.4 mi · 657
- Ruth Livingston Elementary0.4 mi · 541
- Internet Pasco Academy of Learning0.4 mi · 50
- Mcloughlin Middle School0.4 mi · 1,171
- Maya Angelou Elementary1.7 mi · 579
- Barbara McClintock STEM Elementary2.0 mi · 570
Frequently asked questions
About Chiawana Senior High SchoolHow many students attend Chiawana Senior High School?
Chiawana Senior High School enrolls approximately 3,127 students in grades 08-12.
What age range does Chiawana Senior High School serve?
Chiawana Senior High School serves students from grade 08 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Chiawana Senior High School?
Approximately 20.6:1 students per teacher at Chiawana Senior High School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Chiawana Senior High School?
At Chiawana Senior High School, the student body is approximately 25% White, 68% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Chiawana Senior High School public or private?
Chiawana Senior High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Pasco School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.