Enrollment
198
High
DISTRICT 1,292 · STATE 573
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ISSAQUAH SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530375003588
Gibson Ek High School
379 1st PL SE, Issaquah, WA 98027 · (425) 837-6350 · King County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL198 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 67% of Washington public high schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C-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
18.0:1
11 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.5:1 · STATE 21.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
15%
29 students
DISTRICT 18% · STATE 51%
Community
0
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 | 48 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 50 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 47 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 53 | 27% |
Student demographics
49%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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
68.8%
WA avg 58.4% . -20.5pp since 2017
Math
43.8%
WA avg 51.2% . -8.0pp since 2017
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 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 21 points since 2017, while math scores are down about 8 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 68.8% | 43.8% |
| 2023-24 | 82.1% | 50.0% |
| 2022-23 | 79.7% | 35.6% |
| 2021-22 | 83.3% | 50.0% |
| 2018-19 | 85.4% | 33.3% |
| 2017-18 | 89.3% | 51.8% |
% 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
62.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
70.4%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 70% 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 Gibson Ek High School
Gibson Ek High School's state test result (62.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gibson Ek High School this school | 198 | 14.6% | 62.4% |
| Innovation Lab High School Bothell | 252 | 14.3% | 71.6% |
| Discovery High School Camas | 201 | 15.9% | N/A |
| The Center School SEATTLE | 165 | 14.5% | 46.5% |
| Stem Academy at SVT Spokane Valley | 190 | 21.6% | 74.1% |
| Intergenerational High School Bellingham | 107 | 23.4% | 29.1% |
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 Gibson Ek High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In King County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.4% | #25 of 271 | #15 of 59 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.8% | #55 of 321 ▼ 20 | #28 of 59 ▼ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.8% | #84 of 327 ▼ 61 | #27 of 61 ▼ 15 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -10.4pp | #19 of 259 | #3 of 57 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 198 | #318 of 570 | #69 of 97 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 14.6% | #368 of 386 | #62 of 76 |
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
198
+36 (+22%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
18.0:1
was 11.6:1
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 | 198 | 11 | 18.0:1 | 15% (29) |
| 2023-24 | 194 | 10.6 | 18.3:1 | 14% (28) |
| 2022-23 | 178 | 12.2 | 14.6:1 | 17% (31) |
| 2020-21 | 162 | 14 | 11.6:1 | 7% (12) |
| 2017-18 | 147 | 11 | 13.4:1 | 8% (12) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Gibson Ek High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 35% (147 to 198); teachers unchanged (11 to 11).
About Gibson Ek High School
Gibson Ek High School is a very small high school with an address in Issaquah, Washington. The school has 198 students in 2024-25 across grades 9 through 12. That compares with an average of about 573 students for high schools in Washington.
Issaquah School District, which runs Gibson Ek High School, has 30 schools and 19,098 students.
At Gibson Ek High School, 70% of students are White. The remaining students are 10% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 7% Asian, and 3% Black. Census figures show King County is about 55% White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Gibson Ek High School scores 49%.
Staffing at Gibson Ek High School comes to 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 18.0:1. By comparison, the average for high schools in Washington is 21.6:1. Gibson Ek High School counts 15% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in King County is 38%.
Among Washington public high schools, Gibson Ek High School outscored 67%, which works out to a B+ on the allk12 Grade.
Gibson Ek High School posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 62.4%, compared with a predicted 70.4%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Washington schools on BeatsExpectations.
The school's county is King County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $124,746, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. King County's 544 public schools enroll about 278,492 students and include Gibson Ek High School.
Among nearby public schools, Clark Elementary is closest at less than a tenth of a mile. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Gibson Ek High School comes in 5th of 7 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Enrollment increased 22% over 4 years, reaching 198 in 2024-25. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 11.6:1 to 18.0:1.
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King County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,287,171
Census ACS
Median income
$124,746
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
57%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
544
278,492 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Issaquah School District
- Issaquah High SchoolHigh · 2,419 students
- Skyline High SchoolHigh · 2,244 students
- Liberty Sr High SchoolHigh · 1,495 students
- Pine Lake Middle SchoolMiddle · 877 students
- Maywood Middle SchoolMiddle · 826 students
- Issaquah Middle SchoolMiddle · 808 students
Other schools in Issaquah
- Issaquah High SchoolHigh · 2,419 students
- Issaquah Middle SchoolMiddle · 808 students
- Beaver Lake Middle SchoolMiddle · 699 students
- Issaquah Valley ElementaryElementary · 646 students
- Cougar Mountain Middle SchoolMiddle · 616 students
- Pacific Cascade Middle SchoolMiddle · 605 students
Nearby schools
- Clark Elementary0.0 mi · 586
- Issaquah Middle School0.3 mi · 808
- Issaquah High School0.4 mi · 2,419
- Holly Street Early Learning Center0.8 mi · 89
- Issaquah Preschool Academy0.8 mi · 42
- Issaquah Valley Elementary0.9 mi · 646
Frequently asked questions
About Gibson Ek High SchoolHow large is Gibson Ek High School?
Gibson Ek High School enrolls approximately 198 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Gibson Ek High School serve?
Gibson Ek High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many teachers does Gibson Ek High School have?
Gibson Ek High School employs 11 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Gibson Ek High School?
Student demographics at Gibson Ek High School are roughly 70% White, 10% Hispanic, 3% Black, 7% Asian, 10% Two or more.
What district is Gibson Ek High School in?
Gibson Ek High School is part of Issaquah School District.
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