Hoquiam High School

Hoquiam High School is a cozy high school in Hoquiam, Washington, part of Hoquiam School District. The school hosts 410 students in grades 9 through 12. That puts it 28% below the typical public school in Washington, which averages around 573 students.

Hoquiam School District comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 1,566 students; Hoquiam High School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Hoquiam High School shows that the largest single group is White, at 57% of enrollment; the rest is composed of 27% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 5% Native American. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 79%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.1:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 21.6:1 average. About 68% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Hoquiam High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 34.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 30.0%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Grays Harbor County put median household earnings sit near $64,414, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Hoquiam High School is one of 46 public schools in Grays Harbor County (combined enrollment of about 10,564 students).

Nearest neighbor: Hoquiam Middle School, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Hoquiam High School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 24.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Hoquiam High School has shrank 17%, going from 492 students in 2018 to 410 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 72% to 57% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 19.4:1 in 2018 to 17.1:1 in 2025.

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