Discovery High School

As an one-room-style senior high in Longview, Washington, Discovery High School hosts 57 students from grades 9 through 12, overseen by Longview School District. Enrollment runs roughly 90% below the state mean of about 573.

Longview School District runs 17 schools in total, collectively educating 6,382 students. Discovery High School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Discovery High School logs that White students make up the majority at 61%; the rest looks like 26% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 83%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 5 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.4:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 21.6:1 average. An estimated 81% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is above Cowlitz County's rate of about 58%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Cowlitz County indicate median household income runs about $76,531, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Cowlitz County runs 48 public schools (combined enrollment of about 17,080 students), of which Discovery High School is one.

The closest other public school is Longview Virtual Academy, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Discovery High School.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Discovery High School has ticked down 59%, going from 140 students in 2018 to 57 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 25.9:1 in 2018 to 11.4:1 in 2025.

On allk12, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.