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Enrollment
1,642
High
DISTRICT 838 · STATE 573
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SNOHOMISH SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530802003217
Glacier Peak High School
7401 144th Pl SE, Snohomish, WA 98296 · (360) 563-7300 · Snohomish County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,642 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 61% 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.
- BThree-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
25.1:1
66 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.8:1 · STATE 21.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
18%
297 students
DISTRICT 28% · 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 | 423 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 410 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 398 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 411 | 25% |
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · 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
83.8%
WA avg 58.4% . +71.0pp since 2014
Math
55.7%
WA avg 51.2% . +43.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 84 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 56 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 71 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 43 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 83.8% | 55.7% |
| 2023-24 | 81.2% | 50.6% |
| 2022-23 | 78.2% | 48.3% |
| 2021-22 | 84.7% | 54.8% |
| 2018-19 | 84.9% | 58.0% |
| 2017-18 | 86.3% | 61.5% |
| 2016-17 | 5.4% | 31.0% |
| 2015-16 | 31.3% | 48.6% |
| 2014-15 | 12.8% | 12.5% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of WA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
56.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.1%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 68% typical for Washington schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Glacier Peak High School
Glacier Peak High School's state test result (56.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glacier Peak High School this school | 1,642 | 18.1% | 56.0% |
| Camas High School Camas | 2,026 | 18.1% | N/A |
| Woodinville HS Woodinville | 1,662 | 14.6% | 64.8% |
| Olympia High School OLYMPIA | 1,901 | 22.7% | 60.6% |
| Tahoma Senior High School Maple Valley | 2,919 | 19.3% | 58.3% |
| Lincoln High School Seattle | 1,770 | 11.6% | 77.6% |
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 Glacier Peak High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Snohomish County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #41 of 271 | #5 of 26 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.7% | #25 of 321 ▲ 9 | #4 of 25 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 83.8% | #15 of 327 ▲ 14 | #3 of 26 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.0pp | #116 of 259 | #11 of 23 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,642 | #62 of 570 | #9 of 45 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 25.1:1 | #301 of 311 | #22 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.2% | #131 of 316 | #18 of 25 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 18.1% | #363 of 386 | #33 of 34 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.4% | #81 of 164 | #6 of 12 |
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
1,642
-77 (-4%) vs 2020
+7% since 2010-11, when it was 1,540
Student : Teacher
25.1:1
was 25.7:1
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 | 1,642 | 65.5 | 25.1:1 | 18% (297) |
| 2023-24 | 1,630 | 68.9 | 23.7:1 | 17% (271) |
| 2022-23 | 1,630 | 66.3 | 24.6:1 | 16% (267) |
| 2020-21 | 1,719 | 67 | 25.7:1 | 11% (191) |
| 2017-18 | 1,792 | 72.8 | 24.6:1 | 10% (171) |
| 2015-16 | 1,767 | 66 | 26.8:1 | 12% (209) |
| 2010-11 | 1,540 | 61 | 25.3:1 | 11% (168) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Glacier Peak High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (1,792 to 1,642); teachers down 10% (72.8 to 65.5).
About Glacier Peak High School
Glacier Peak High School is a high school located in Snohomish, Washington, in Snohomish County. The school had 1,642 students in grades 9 through 12 in 2024-25. An average school in this group (high schools in Washington) has about 573 students.
A total of 18 schools make up Snohomish School District, with 9,732 students enrolled.
At Glacier Peak High School, White students make up 60% of the student body. Next come 15% Hispanic, 12% Asian, 9% multiracial, and 3% Black. County-wide, about 64% of residents are White. The school's diversity index is 58%, meaning two students picked at random have a 58% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
With 65.5 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Glacier Peak High School was 25.1:1. On average, high schools in Washington have 21.6:1, compared with 25.1:1 here. Glacier Peak High School's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 18%. Across public schools in Snohomish County, the average is 41%.
Glacier Peak High School is graded B by allk12, scoring above 61% of Washington public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Glacier Peak High School ranks in the bottom 10% of Washington schools after adjusting test results for student poverty. Actual: 56.0%. Predicted: 68.1%. Difference: 12.1 points.
In the county around the school, Snohomish County, the median household income is $111,246, about 38% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Snohomish County is home to 227 public schools and about 118,688 public school students.
The nearest other public school, Little Cedars Elementary School, is about 0.2 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Glacier Peak High School is 9th of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Glacier Peak High School is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
Glacier Peak High School's enrollment declined from 1,719 in 2020-21 to 1,642 in 2024-25.
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Snohomish County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
844,430
Census ACS
Median income
$111,246
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
227
118,688 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Snohomish School District
- Snohomish High SchoolHigh · 1,496 students
- Centennial Middle SchoolMiddle · 734 students
- Dutch Hill ElementaryElementary · 694 students
- Little Cedars Elementary SchoolElementary · 646 students
- Valley View Middle SchoolMiddle · 641 students
- Machias ElementaryElementary · 615 students
Other schools in Snohomish
- Snohomish High SchoolHigh · 1,496 students
- Centennial Middle SchoolMiddle · 734 students
- Dutch Hill ElementaryElementary · 694 students
- Little Cedars Elementary SchoolElementary · 646 students
- Valley View Middle SchoolMiddle · 641 students
- Machias ElementaryElementary · 615 students
Nearby schools
- Little Cedars Elementary School0.2 mi · 646
- Totem Falls0.5 mi · 412
- Silver Firs Elementary0.9 mi · 538
- Forest View Elementary School1.3 mi · 634
- Valley View Middle School1.4 mi · 641
- Gateway Middle School1.4 mi · 1,057
Frequently asked questions
About Glacier Peak High SchoolHow many students attend Glacier Peak High School?
Glacier Peak High School enrolls approximately 1,642 students in grades 09-12.
Is Glacier Peak High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Glacier Peak High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Glacier Peak High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Glacier Peak High School is approximately 25.1:1 (66 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Glacier Peak High School?
Glacier Peak High School reports a student body of 60% White, 15% Hispanic, 3% Black, 12% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees Glacier Peak High School?
Glacier Peak High School is overseen by Snohomish School District in Snohomish County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.