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Enrollment
615
High
DISTRICT 217 · STATE 573
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTH FRANKLIN SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530573000848
Connell High School
1131 W. Clark St., Connell, WA 99326 · (509) 234-2911 · Franklin County
GRADES 09–12HIGH32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL615 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
19.3:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.4:1 · STATE 21.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
71%
439 students
DISTRICT 75% · 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
37.4%
WA avg 58.4% . -1.5pp since 2014
Math
15.1%
WA avg 51.2% . +2.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 37 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 down about 2 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 2 points.
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
29.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.3%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
615
+19 (+3%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
19.3:1
was 18.8:1
% White
25%
was 31%
% Hispanic
73%
was 66%
% Black
0%
was 1%
% Asian
1%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Connell High School
Connell High School, an average-sized secondary school in Connell, Washington, one of the schools within North Franklin School District, works with 615 students, covering grades 9 through 12.
Across the 9 schools in North Franklin School District (2,078 students total), Connell High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
On demographics, Connell High School records that 73% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder consists of 25% White. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 55%.
On the resource side, Connell High School lists 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 21.6:1 average. About 71% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Connell High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 32.3%, the actual is 29.0%, a residual of -3.4 points.
Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Franklin County put median household income runs about $86,714, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Franklin County runs 43 public schools (combined enrollment of about 21,403 students), of which Connell High School is one.
Nearest neighbor: Robert L Olds Junior High School, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 6 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Connell High School comes 4th of 5 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 32.6%.
Connell High School operates from a town-center location.
Trend over the last 7 years. Connell High School's enrollment has ticked up 3% since 2018, when it stood at 596 (now 615). Over the same period, the White share decreased from 31% to 25%.
Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Connell High School typically covers pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 North Franklin School District
- Connell ElemElementary · 491 students
- Basin City ElemElementary · 330 students
- Robert L Olds Junior High SchoolMiddle · 322 students
- Mesa ElemElementary · 220 students
- North Franklin Virtual AcademyCombined · 44 students
- Palouse Junction High SchoolHigh · 29 students
Other schools in Connell
- Connell ElemElementary · 491 students
- Robert L Olds Junior High SchoolMiddle · 322 students
- North Franklin Virtual AcademyCombined · 44 students
- Palouse Junction High SchoolHigh · 29 students
- Connell PreschoolElementary · 20 students
- CRCC-Open DoorsHigh · 7 students
Nearby schools
- Robert L Olds Junior High School0.1 mi · 322
- North Franklin Virtual Academy0.1 mi · 44
- Connell Elem0.2 mi · 491
- Connell Preschool0.7 mi · 20
- Palouse Junction High School0.8 mi · 29
- CRCC-Open Doors1.6 mi · 7
Frequently asked questions
About Connell High SchoolHow many students attend Connell High School?
Connell High School enrolls approximately 615 students in grades 09-12.
Is Connell High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Connell High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Connell High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Connell High School is approximately 19.3:1 (32 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Connell High School?
At Connell High School, the student body is approximately 25% White, 73% Hispanic, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Connell High School?
Connell High School is overseen by North Franklin School District in Franklin County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.