Enrollment
251
High
DISTRICT 176 · STATE 573
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHIMACUM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530129000233
Chimacum Junior/Senior High School
91 West Valley Rd, Chimacum, WA 98325 · (360) 302-5900 · Jefferson County
GRADES 07–12HIGH41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL251 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 39% 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.
- B+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
14.8:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.3:1 · STATE 21.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
51%
128 students
DISTRICT 60% · STATE 51%
Community
0
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 7 | 36 | 14% |
| Grade 8 | 66 | 26% |
| Grade 9 | 34 | 14% |
| Grade 10 | 35 | 14% |
| Grade 11 | 37 | 15% |
| Grade 12 | 43 | 17% |
Student demographics
39%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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Chimacum School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
54.9%
WA avg 58.4% . +21.2pp since 2014
Math
27.1%
WA avg 51.2% . +13.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 27 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 21 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 13 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 54.9% | 27.1% |
| 2023-24 | 40.1% | 24.5% |
| 2022-23 | 52.1% | 21.4% |
| 2021-22 | 45.6% | 28.7% |
| 2018-19 | 69.3% | 37.1% |
| 2017-18 | 62.7% | 32.8% |
| 2016-17 | 13.3% | 11.0% |
| 2015-16 | N/A | 33.8% |
| 2014-15 | 33.7% | 14.0% |
% 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
38.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.0%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 Chimacum Junior/Senior High School
Chimacum Junior/Senior High School's state test result (38.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chimacum Junior/Senior High School this school | 251 | 51.0% | 38.1% |
| Rainier Senior High School Rainier | 283 | 49.5% | 51.9% |
| Stevenson High School Stevenson | 271 | 53.5% | 52.6% |
| Jenkins Junior/Senior High Chewelah | 322 | 50.9% | 37.8% |
| Toutle Lake High School Toutle | 308 | 49.7% | N/A |
| Onalaska High School Onalaska | 281 | 47.3% | 33.1% |
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 Chimacum Junior/Senior High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Washington |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.1% | #163 of 271 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.1% | #181 of 321 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.9% | #198 of 327 ▲ 92 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.9pp | #56 of 259 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 251 | #291 of 570 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #19 of 311 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 39.5% | #256 of 316 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 51.0% | #183 of 386 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.3% | #18 of 164 |
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
251
-52 (-17%) vs 2020
-24% since 1990-91, when it was 331
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 21.6:1
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 | 251 | 17 | 14.8:1 | 51% (128) |
| 2023-24 | 276 | 17.2 | 16.1:1 | 54% (149) |
| 2022-23 | 258 | 14.2 | 18.2:1 | 55% (141) |
| 2020-21 | 303 | 14 | 21.6:1 | 48% (145) |
| 2017-18 | 323 | 15 | 21.5:1 | 39% (126) |
| 2015-16 | 346 | 14 | 24.7:1 | 40% (138) |
| 2010-11 | 333 | 15 | 22.2:1 | 40% (134) |
| 2000-01 | 439 | 14 | 31.4:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 331 | 17 | 19.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Chimacum Junior/Senior High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (323 to 251); teachers up 13% (15 to 17).
About Chimacum Junior/Senior High School
Chimacum Junior/Senior High School runs as a small high school in Chimacum, Washington. It enrolled 251 students in grades 7 through 12 for the 2024-25 school year. Enrollment is 56% lower than the average for high schools in Washington, which is about 573.
Chimacum School District has 704 students in 4 schools, and Chimacum Junior/Senior High School is one of those schools.
Chimacum Junior/Senior High School is 76% White by enrollment. The remaining students are 12% Hispanic and 8% multiracial. Among people living in Jefferson County, the White share is about 86%. Pick two students at random and there is a 39% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
A ratio of 14.8:1 comes from the school's 17 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 21.6:1 average for high schools in Washington. The lunch program counts 51% of students at Chimacum Junior/Senior High School as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. For comparison, public schools in Jefferson County average 49%.
Chimacum Junior/Senior High School is graded C+ by allk12, scoring above 39% of Washington public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 46.0% for Chimacum Junior/Senior High School. The school posts 38.1%, 7.9 points below the prediction.
Census estimates describe Jefferson County this way: the median household income is $74,048, 44% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides Chimacum Junior/Senior High School, Jefferson County has 12 other public schools.
The nearest other public school, Chimacum Elementary School, is less than a tenth of a mile away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are 3 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Chimacum Junior/Senior High School places 6th out of 6 schools in its immediate area.
Its location is classified as Rural: Fringe by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Enrollment has fallen by 52 students since 2020-21, to 251. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio fell from 21.6:1 to 14.8:1.
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Jefferson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
33,577
Census ACS
Median income
$74,048
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
44%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
13
2,670 students
Quick facts
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- Chimacum Elementary SchoolElementary · 257 students
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Other schools in Chimacum
- Chimacum Elementary SchoolElementary · 257 students
- PI ProgramCombined · 49 students
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- Chimacum Elementary School0.0 mi · 257
- PI Program0.0 mi · 49
- Chimacum Creek Primary School1.5 mi · 147
- Salish Coast Elementary7.0 mi · 528
- Port Townsend High School7.3 mi · 383
- OCEAN8.1 mi · 144
Frequently asked questions
About Chimacum Junior/Senior High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Chimacum Junior/Senior High School?
Chimacum Junior/Senior High School enrolls approximately 251 students in grades 07-12.
What grades does Chimacum Junior/Senior High School serve?
Chimacum Junior/Senior High School serves grades 07-12.
How many students per teacher at Chimacum Junior/Senior High School?
Approximately 14.8:1 students per teacher at Chimacum Junior/Senior High School.
What is the student diversity at Chimacum Junior/Senior High School?
Student demographics at Chimacum Junior/Senior High School are roughly 76% White, 12% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Chimacum Junior/Senior High School in?
Chimacum Junior/Senior High School is part of Chimacum School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.