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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Deer Park High School this year?
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Enrollment
637
High
DISTRICT 366 · STATE 573
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DEER PARK SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530207001759
Deer Park High School
S. 800 Weber Road, Deer Park, WA 99006 · (509) 464-5900 · Spokane County
GRADES 09–12HIGH42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL637 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 91% of Washington public high schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
18.8:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 244.4:1 · STATE 21.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
49%
315 students
DISTRICT 60% · 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 | 162 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 154 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 162 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 159 | 25% |
Student demographics
28%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 23% · 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
75.6%
WA avg 58.4% . +46.2pp since 2014
Math
37.8%
WA avg 51.2% . +22.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 76 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 38 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 46 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 22 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 75.6% | 37.8% |
| 2023-24 | 81.0% | 38.6% |
| 2022-23 | 70.0% | 30.5% |
| 2021-22 | 69.9% | 33.8% |
| 2018-19 | 75.7% | 35.6% |
| 2017-18 | 69.8% | 37.2% |
| 2016-17 | 14.0% | 12.6% |
| 2015-16 | 15.0% | 24.5% |
| 2014-15 | 29.4% | 15.7% |
% 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
53.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.0%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 Deer Park High School
Deer Park High School's state test result (53.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deer Park High School this school | 637 | 49.5% | 53.2% |
| Charles Francis Adams High School Clarkston | 670 | 47.9% | N/A |
| Colville Senior High School Colville | 506 | 53.4% | 48.8% |
| West Valley High School SPOKANE | 836 | 50.4% | 39.3% |
| Castle Rock High School CASTLE ROCK | 422 | 47.6% | N/A |
| Riverside High School Chattaroy | 432 | 46.8% | 44.0% |
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 Deer Park High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Spokane County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.2% | #57 of 271 | #6 of 21 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.8% | #93 of 321 ▼ 9 | #10 of 21 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 75.6% | #52 of 327 ▼ 22 | #4 of 21 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.9pp | #43 of 259 | #4 of 21 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 637 | #191 of 570 | #14 of 43 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.8:1 | #82 of 311 | #10 of 21 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 28.2% | #292 of 316 | #19 of 21 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 49.5% | #201 of 386 | #13 of 29 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.6% | #108 of 164 | #11 of 14 |
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
637
-32 (-5%) vs 2020
+36% since 1990-91, when it was 470
Student : Teacher
18.8:1
was 19.7:1
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 | 637 | 34 | 18.8:1 | 49% (315) |
| 2023-24 | 649 | 36.1 | 18.0:1 | 50% (327) |
| 2022-23 | 716 | 37.8 | 18.9:1 | 53% (376) |
| 2020-21 | 669 | 34 | 19.7:1 | 48% (318) |
| 2017-18 | 675 | 35.8 | 18.9:1 | 48% (326) |
| 2015-16 | 661 | 34 | 19.4:1 | 56% (367) |
| 2010-11 | 698 | 34 | 20.5:1 | 45% (316) |
| 2000-01 | 638 | 28 | 22.8:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 470 | 22 | 21.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Deer Park High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (675 to 637); teachers down 5% (35.8 to 34).
About Deer Park High School
Deer Park High School is a public high school run by Deer Park School District in Deer Park, Washington. Its 637 students are spread across grades 9 through 12.
A total of 7 schools make up Deer Park School District, with 2,783 students enrolled.
Most students at Deer Park High School are White: 84% of enrollment. The remaining students are 9% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. For comparison, Spokane County is about 83% White. By the diversity index, Deer Park High School comes in at 28%.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 18.8:1, with 34 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average ratio among high schools in Washington is 21.6:1, higher than at this school. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 49% of enrollment.
Deer Park High School is graded A by allk12, scoring above 91% of Washington public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
The model predicts 47.0% for a school in Washington with Deer Park High School's free or reduced-price lunch share. Deer Park High School posts 53.2%.
Across Spokane County, median household income is about $78,582, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 33%, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Deer Park High School is among the 187 public schools in Spokane County.
The next-closest public school is Deer Park Achievement High School, less than a tenth of a mile away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Deer Park High School ranks 2nd of 5 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 53.2% against a local average of 49.7%.
The federal government classifies Deer Park High School's location as Rural: Distant.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 637 was 5% lower than in 2020-21, when it was 669.
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Spokane County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
549,056
Census ACS
Median income
$78,582
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
187
76,588 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Deer Park School District
- Deer Park Home Link ProgramCombined · 617 students
- Deer Park Middle SchoolMiddle · 503 students
- Arcadia ElementaryElementary · 455 students
- Deer Park ElementaryElementary · 400 students
- Deer Park Achievement High SchoolHigh · 94 students
- Deer Park Early Learning CenterElementary · 77 students
Other schools in Deer Park
- Deer Park Home Link ProgramCombined · 617 students
- Deer Park Middle SchoolMiddle · 503 students
- Arcadia ElementaryElementary · 455 students
- Deer Park ElementaryElementary · 400 students
- Deer Park Achievement High SchoolHigh · 94 students
- Deer Park Early Learning CenterElementary · 77 students
Other Deer Park High schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Deer Park High. Deer Park High School is the 3rd largest of the 3.
- Deer Park High SchoolDEER PARK, TX · 4,057 students
- DEER PARK HIGH SCHOOLDEER PARK, NY · 1,326 students
Nearby schools
- Deer Park Achievement High School0.0 mi · 94
- Arcadia Elementary0.3 mi · 455
- Deer Park Early Learning Center0.3 mi · 77
- Deer Park Elementary0.3 mi · 400
- Deer Park Middle School0.6 mi · 503
- Deer Park Home Link Program1.2 mi · 617
Frequently asked questions
About Deer Park High SchoolHow many students attend Deer Park High School?
Deer Park High School enrolls approximately 637 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Deer Park High School serve?
Deer Park High School serves grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Deer Park High School have?
Deer Park High School employs 34 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.8:1.
How diverse is Deer Park High School?
Deer Park High School reports a student body of 84% White, 9% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Deer Park High School public or private?
Deer Park High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Deer Park School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.