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Enrollment
1,161
High
DISTRICT 422 · STATE 573
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLOVER PARK SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530141000250
Clover Park High School
11023 Gravelly LK DR SW, Lakewood, WA 98499 · (253) 583-5500 · Pierce County
GRADES 09–12HIGH13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,161 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 21% of Washington public high schools
- DTest 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.
- 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
16.4:1
71 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.9:1 · STATE 21.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
77%
898 students
DISTRICT 66% · 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 | 335 | 29% |
| Grade 10 | 309 | 27% |
| Grade 11 | 278 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 239 | 21% |
Student demographics
70%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 76% · 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
40.7%
WA avg 58.4% . +8.7pp since 2014
Math
13.6%
WA avg 51.2% . +2.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 14 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 9 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 40.7% | 13.6% |
| 2023-24 | 34.0% | 7.0% |
| 2022-23 | 41.0% | 9.9% |
| 2021-22 | 37.6% | 7.7% |
| 2018-19 | 54.1% | 17.0% |
| 2017-18 | 45.1% | 17.2% |
| 2016-17 | 18.1% | 11.6% |
| 2015-16 | 18.3% | 14.9% |
| 2014-15 | 32.0% | 11.0% |
% 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
22.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.3%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 28% 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 Clover Park High School
Clover Park High School's state test result (22.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clover Park High School this school | 1,161 | 77.3% | 22.3% |
| Tyee High School SeaTac | 644 | 75.8% | 10.7% |
| Washington High School Tacoma | 989 | 69.1% | 32.5% |
| Federal Way High School FEDERAL WAY | 1,665 | 73.8% | 22.5% |
| Technology Access Foundation Academy at Saghalie Federal Way | 532 | 74.1% | 21.8% |
| Lincoln High School Tacoma | 1,556 | 72.7% | 22.3% |
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 Clover Park High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Pierce County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.3% | #255 of 271 | #30 of 32 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 13.6% | #277 of 321 ▲ 39 | #28 of 32 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.7% | #272 of 327 ▲ 34 | #29 of 33 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.5pp | #47 of 259 | #6 of 32 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,161 | #136 of 570 | #16 of 51 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.4:1 | #35 of 311 | #2 of 34 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.0% | #67 of 316 | #20 of 35 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 77.3% | #38 of 386 | #3 of 39 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.5% | #67 of 164 | #5 of 15 |
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
1,161
-186 (-14%) vs 2020
+16% since 1990-91, when it was 999
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
was 19.2:1
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 | 1,161 | 71 | 16.4:1 | 77% (898) |
| 2023-24 | 1,137 | 71 | 16.0:1 | 84% (957) |
| 2022-23 | 1,315 | 70 | 18.8:1 | 83% (1,098) |
| 2020-21 | 1,347 | 70 | 19.2:1 | 75% (1,016) |
| 2017-18 | 1,283 | 67 | 19.1:1 | 79% (1,012) |
| 2015-16 | 1,183 | 61 | 19.4:1 | 83% (987) |
| 2010-11 | 1,175 | 58 | 20.3:1 | 59% (692) |
| 2000-01 | 1,485 | 74 | 20.1:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 999 | 53 | 18.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Clover Park High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (1,283 to 1,161); teachers up 6% (67 to 71).
About Clover Park High School
Clover Park High School is a large high school that serves part of Lakewood, Washington. The school enrolls 1,161 students, from grades 9 through 12. An average school in this group (high schools in Washington) has about 573 students.
Clover Park School District serves 12,345 students across 32 schools.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Clover Park High School. The largest is Hispanic students, at 47%. The remaining students are 14% White, 12% Black, 10% multiracial, and 8% Pacific Islander. Census figures show Pierce County is about 13% Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 70% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school has about 16.4 students per teacher and 71 full-time-equivalent teachers. This ratio sits 5.2 below the 21.6:1 average for high schools in Washington. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 77%. The 50% average for public schools in Pierce County is 27 points lower.
The allk12 Grade for Clover Park High School is C-. Compared with Washington public high schools, the school scored higher than 21% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The model predicts 28.3% for a school in Washington with Clover Park High School's free or reduced-price lunch share. Clover Park High School posts 22.3%.
Across Pierce County, the median household income is $99,564, about 31% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. In all, Pierce County has 287 public schools and roughly 138,462 students.
The nearest other public school, Special Education Services/relife, is about 0.1 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Clover Park High School places 6th of 6 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Small. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 186 fewer students in 2024-25. The school's ratio fell from 19.2:1 to 16.4:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Clover Park High School covering things like sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Pierce County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
930,319
Census ACS
Median income
$99,564
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
287
138,462 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Clover Park School District
- Lakes High SchoolHigh · 1,158 students
- Thomas Middle SchoolMiddle · 934 students
- General William H. Harrison Preparatory SchoolHigh · 738 students
- Rainier Elementary SchoolElementary · 576 students
- Hillside Elementary SchoolElementary · 567 students
- Hudtloff Middle SchoolMiddle · 555 students
Other schools in Lakewood
- Lakes High SchoolHigh · 1,158 students
- Thomas Middle SchoolMiddle · 934 students
- General William H. Harrison Preparatory SchoolHigh · 738 students
- Hudtloff Middle SchoolMiddle · 555 students
- Four Heroes ElementaryElementary · 541 students
- Lakeview Hope AcademyElementary · 540 students
Nearby schools
- Special Education Services/relife0.1 mi · 4
- CPSD Open Doors Program0.4 mi · 276
- Gravelly Lake K-12 Academy0.4 mi · 162
- Park Lodge Elementary School0.6 mi · 363
- Tyee Park Elementary School0.8 mi · 381
- Lakeview Hope Academy1.0 mi · 540
Frequently asked questions
About Clover Park High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Clover Park High School?
Clover Park High School enrolls approximately 1,161 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Clover Park High School serve?
Clover Park High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Clover Park High School?
Approximately 16.4:1 students per teacher at Clover Park High School.
What is the student diversity at Clover Park High School?
Student demographics at Clover Park High School are roughly 14% White, 47% Hispanic, 12% Black, 4% Asian, 10% Two or more.
What district is Clover Park High School in?
Clover Park High School is part of Clover Park School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.