Chimacum Junior/Senior High School

As a close-knit four-year high school in Chimacum, Washington, Chimacum Junior/Senior High School works with 251 students from grades 7 through 12, one of the schools within Chimacum School District. By comparison, Washington's public schools average about 573 students each, so Chimacum Junior/Senior High School sits 56% below that benchmark.

Chimacum Junior/Senior High School is one of 4 schools operated by Chimacum School District, a district that serves 704 students overall.

On demographics, Chimacum Junior/Senior High School records that the largest single group is White, at 76% of enrollment. Other groups include 12% Hispanic, 8% multiracial. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 86%.

On the resource side, Chimacum Junior/Senior High School logs 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 21.6:1 average. Roughly 51% of students at Chimacum Junior/Senior High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Chimacum Junior/Senior High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 46.0%, the actual is 38.1%, a residual of -7.9 points.

In the broader community, Jefferson County reports that the typical household earns roughly $74,048 per year, about 44% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Jefferson County runs 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,670 students), of which Chimacum Junior/Senior High School is one.

The closest other public school is Chimacum Elementary School, roughly 0.0 miles away. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Chimacum Junior/Senior High School at 5th of 5; the average score across the group is 49.2%.

Chimacum Junior/Senior High School operates from a low-density location.

Over the past 7-year window. Chimacum Junior/Senior High School's enrollment has declined 22% since 2018, when it stood at 323 (now 251). The Hispanic share of enrollment climbed from 7% to 12% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 21.5:1 in 2018 to 14.8:1 in 2025.

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