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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Gov John Rogers High School administration to hear?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
1,788
High
DISTRICT 1,089 · STATE 573
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PUYALLUP SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530696001028
Gov John Rogers High School
12801 86th Ave E, Puyallup, WA 98373 · (253) 841-8717 · Pierce County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,788 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 9% of Washington public high schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-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
23.5:1
76 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.0:1 · STATE 21.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
835 students
DISTRICT 49% · 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 | 1 | 0% |
| Grade 10 | 628 | 35% |
| Grade 11 | 595 | 33% |
| Grade 12 | 564 | 32% |
Student demographics
73%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
58.5%
WA avg 58.4% . +42.0pp since 2014
Math
19.8%
WA avg 51.2% . +12.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 20 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 42 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 12 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 58.5% | 19.8% |
| 2023-24 | 62.3% | 22.6% |
| 2022-23 | 59.8% | 24.7% |
| 2021-22 | 69.8% | 25.7% |
| 2018-19 | 74.9% | 35.3% |
| 2017-18 | 71.1% | 35.8% |
| 2016-17 | 7.3% | 26.8% |
| 2015-16 | 29.6% | 25.2% |
| 2014-15 | 16.6% | 7.5% |
% 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
35.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.9%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 49% 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 Gov John Rogers High School
Gov John Rogers High School's state test result (35.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gov John Rogers High School this school | 1,788 | 46.7% | 35.9% |
| Emerald Ridge High School Puyallup | 1,599 | 43.7% | 45.6% |
| Graham Kapowsin High School Graham | 2,087 | 47.9% | 35.4% |
| River Ridge High School Lacey | 1,547 | 46.9% | 36.3% |
| Marysville Getchell High School Marysville | 1,381 | 44.2% | 35.6% |
| North Thurston High School Lacey | 1,378 | 50.2% | 43.8% |
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 Gov John Rogers High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Pierce County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.9% | #190 of 271 | #22 of 32 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.8% | #236 of 321 ▼ 34 | #21 of 32 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.5% | #161 of 327 ▼ 12 | #18 of 33 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -8.6pp | #31 of 259 | #4 of 32 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,788 | #42 of 570 | #4 of 51 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.5:1 | #274 of 311 | #26 of 34 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.7% | #44 of 316 | #13 of 35 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 46.7% | #222 of 386 | #21 of 39 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.8% | #143 of 164 | #13 of 15 |
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
1,788
+68 (+4%) vs 2020
+14% since 1990-91, when it was 1,575
Student : Teacher
23.5:1
was 23.6:1
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 | 1,788 | 76 | 23.5:1 | 47% (835) |
| 2023-24 | 1,750 | 73.9 | 23.7:1 | 43% (754) |
| 2022-23 | 1,730 | 72.2 | 24.0:1 | 42% (724) |
| 2020-21 | 1,720 | 73 | 23.6:1 | 35% (608) |
| 2017-18 | 1,839 | 80.8 | 22.8:1 | 31% (568) |
| 2015-16 | 1,814 | 76 | 23.9:1 | 32% (587) |
| 2010-11 | 1,841 | 78 | 23.6:1 | 23% (415) |
| 2000-01 | 1,423 | 72 | 19.8:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 1,575 | 77 | 20.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Gov John Rogers High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (1,839 to 1,788); teachers down 6% (80.8 to 76).
About Gov John Rogers High School
Gov John Rogers High School is a high school located in Puyallup, Washington, in Pierce County. It has an enrollment of 1,788 students in grades 9 through 12. High schools in Washington average about 573 students, which makes this school 212% larger than average.
Gov John Rogers High School is one of 37 schools in Puyallup School District, which enrolls 23,026 students in total.
The largest group at Gov John Rogers High School is White students, at 43%. After that, the student body is 22% Hispanic, 13% multiracial, 9% Asian, and 8% Black. Census figures show Pierce County is about 64% White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 73%.
Gov John Rogers High School has 76 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 23.5:1. By comparison, the average for high schools in Washington is 21.6:1. At Gov John Rogers High School, 47% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25.
On the allk12 Grade, Gov John Rogers High School lands at D, ahead of 9% of Washington public high schools.
After accounting for student poverty, Gov John Rogers High School is in the bottom 10% of Washington schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results of 35.9% is 13.0 points below the 48.9% predicted for its lunch-eligibility share.
Looking at the county, Pierce County, median household income comes to about $99,564, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 31% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. The county's public schools total 287, with about 138,462 students.
A public school about 0.3 miles away, Edward Zeiger Elem, is the closest to Gov John Rogers High School. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Among 6 nearby schools that report test results, Gov John Rogers High School ranks 5th on proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 1,720 students in 2020-21, enrollment rose to 1,788 by 2024-25.
Anyone can start a thread about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at Gov John Rogers High School. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Pierce County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
930,319
Census ACS
Median income
$99,564
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
287
138,462 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Puyallup School District
- Puyallup High SchoolHigh · 1,815 students
- Emerald Ridge High SchoolHigh · 1,599 students
- Dessie F Evans ElementaryElementary · 919 students
- Ballou Jr HighMiddle · 852 students
- Doris Stahl Junior HighMiddle · 846 students
- Glacier View Junior HighMiddle · 843 students
Other schools in Puyallup
- Puyallup High SchoolHigh · 1,815 students
- Emerald Ridge High SchoolHigh · 1,599 students
- Dessie F Evans ElementaryElementary · 919 students
- Ballou Jr HighMiddle · 852 students
- Doris Stahl Junior HighMiddle · 846 students
- Glacier View Junior HighMiddle · 843 students
Nearby schools
- Edward Zeiger Elem0.3 mi · 500
- Ballou Jr High0.8 mi · 852
- Dessie F Evans Elementary0.9 mi · 919
- Firgrove Elementary1.0 mi · 593
- Puyallup Online Academy/POA1.2 mi · 199
- Puyallup Open Doors/POD1.2 mi · 124
Frequently asked questions
About Gov John Rogers High SchoolHow many students attend Gov John Rogers High School?
Gov John Rogers High School enrolls approximately 1,788 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Gov John Rogers High School serve?
Gov John Rogers High School serves grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at Gov John Rogers High School?
Approximately 23.5:1 students per teacher at Gov John Rogers High School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Gov John Rogers High School?
At Gov John Rogers High School, the student body is approximately 43% White, 22% Hispanic, 8% Black, 9% Asian, 13% Two or more.
What district is Gov John Rogers High School in?
Gov John Rogers High School is part of Puyallup School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.