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Clover Park High School
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Clover Park High School
Located at 11023 Gravelly LK DR SW, in Lakewood, Washington, Clover Park High School is a high-enrollment 9-12 campus that enrolls 1,161 students (grades 9 through 12), one of the schools within Clover Park School District. Enrollment runs roughly 103% above the state mean of about 573.
Clover Park High School is one of 32 schools operated by Clover Park School District, a district that caters to 12,345 students overall.
For racial and ethnic makeup, Clover Park High School records that the most-represented group is Hispanic (47%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school logs 14% White, 12% Black, 10% multiracial, 8% Pacific Islander. By comparison, Pierce County as a whole is about 13% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.
Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 71 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 21.6:1, putting Clover Park High School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 77% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is higher than Pierce County's rate of about 50%.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Clover Park High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 28.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 22.3%.
In the area at large, community-level numbers for Pierce County indicate median household earnings sit near $99,564, about 31% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Clover Park High School is one of 287 public schools in Pierce County (combined enrollment of about 138,462 students).
Nearest neighbor: Special Education Services/relife, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Clover Park High School. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Clover Park High School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 27.2%.
The school occupies a downtown site.
Looking at the recent track record. Clover Park High School's enrollment has decreased 10% since 2018, when it stood at 1,283 (now 1,161). Hispanic enrollment moved from 42% to 47% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 19.1:1 in 2018 to 16.4:1 today.
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