Cowlitz Prairie Academy

Cowlitz Prairie Academy is one of the one-room-style four-year high schools in Toledo, Washington, one of the schools within Toledo School District, with 38 students on its rolls from grades 7 through 12. By comparison, Washington's public schools average about 573 students each, so Cowlitz Prairie Academy sits 93% smaller than that benchmark.

Toledo School District runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 906 students. Cowlitz Prairie Academy is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Cowlitz Prairie Academy reports that White students make up the majority at 79%; the rest breaks down as 13% Hispanic, 8% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 2 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 25.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 21.6:1 average. About 63% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Lewis County put the typical household earns roughly $74,796 per year, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Cowlitz Prairie Academy is one of 45 public schools in Lewis County (combined enrollment of about 12,548 students).

Nearest neighbor: Toledo Middle School, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around Cowlitz Prairie Academy.

Cowlitz Prairie Academy operates from a small-town location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Cowlitz Prairie Academy has rose 19%, going from 32 students in 2018 to 38 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 6% to 13% across the same window.

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