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Enrollment
410
High
DISTRICT 261 · STATE 573
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HOQUIAM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530366000564
Hoquiam High School
501 W. Emerson, Hoquiam, WA 98550 · (360) 538-8210 · Grays Harbor County
GRADES 09–12HIGH33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL410 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 18% of Washington public high schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats 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
17.1:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.8:1 · STATE 21.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
68%
277 students
DISTRICT 71% · 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 | 126 | 31% |
| Grade 10 | 112 | 27% |
| Grade 11 | 81 | 20% |
| Grade 12 | 91 | 22% |
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · 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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Hoquiam School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
40.0%
WA avg 58.4% . +23.9pp since 2014
Math
11.8%
WA avg 51.2% . +7.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 12 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 24 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 8 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 40.0% | 11.8% |
| 2023-24 | 47.7% | 11.1% |
| 2022-23 | 37.3% | 9.0% |
| 2021-22 | 48.7% | 20.0% |
| 2018-19 | 53.2% | 15.3% |
| 2017-18 | 40.9% | 16.5% |
| 2016-17 | 6.4% | 9.0% |
| 2015-16 | N/A | 19.3% |
| 2014-15 | 16.1% | 4.3% |
% 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
30.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.9%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 Hoquiam High School
Hoquiam High School's state test result (30.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hoquiam High School this school | 410 | 67.6% | 30.0% |
| Ocosta Junior - Senior High Westport | 272 | 65.4% | 35.9% |
| Raymond Jr Sr High School RAYMOND | 240 | 67.1% | 25.5% |
| Elma High School Elma | 578 | 62.5% | 44.9% |
| Oroville Middle-High School Oroville | 243 | 70.0% | 40.1% |
| Mossyrock Jr./Sr. High School MOSSYROCK | 281 | 61.9% | 35.7% |
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 Hoquiam High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Grays Harbor County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.0% | #227 of 271 | #7 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 11.8% | #298 of 321 ▲ 1 | #7 of 7 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #275 of 327 ▼ 32 | #5 of 8 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -8.4pp | #32 of 259 | #2 of 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 410 | #229 of 570 | #4 of 14 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.1:1 | #44 of 311 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.1% | #123 of 316 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 67.6% | #70 of 386 | #2 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.7% | #36 of 164 | N/A |
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
410
-37 (-8%) vs 2020
-38% since 1990-91, when it was 660
Student : Teacher
17.1:1
was 21.3:1
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 | 410 | 24 | 17.1:1 | 68% (277) |
| 2023-24 | 435 | 25.4 | 17.1:1 | 67% (293) |
| 2022-23 | 450 | 24.5 | 18.3:1 | 66% (295) |
| 2020-21 | 447 | 21 | 21.3:1 | 62% (275) |
| 2017-18 | 492 | 25.3 | 19.4:1 | 58% (284) |
| 2015-16 | 492 | 22 | 22.4:1 | 57% (282) |
| 2010-11 | 573 | 31 | 18.5:1 | 57% (327) |
| 2000-01 | 715 | 33 | 21.7:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 660 | 31 | 21.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hoquiam High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (492 to 410); teachers down 5% (25.3 to 24).
About Hoquiam High School
Hoquiam High School is a small high school in Hoquiam School District, located in Hoquiam, Washington. Its enrollment is 410 students, spread over grades 9 through 12. That compares with an average of about 573 students for high schools in Washington.
The district, Hoquiam School District, operates 6 schools serving 1,566 students.
At Hoquiam High School, 57% of students are White. The remaining students are 27% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 5% Native American. Census figures show Grays Harbor County is about 79% White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 59%.
Hoquiam High School reports a ratio of 17.1 students per teacher, from 24 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for high schools in Washington is 21.6:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. At Hoquiam High School, 68% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. The figure for public schools in Grays Harbor County is close, at 65%.
Among Washington public high schools, Hoquiam High School outscored 18%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Hoquiam High School falls in the middle 80% of Washington schools: 30.0% actual against 34.9% predicted.
For the population of Grays Harbor County, the median household earns about $64,414 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 18% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Hoquiam High School shares Grays Harbor County with 45 other public schools.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Hoquiam Middle School, is about 0.3 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Hoquiam High School places 2nd of 6 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Under the NCES locale system, Hoquiam High School is Town: Remote.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased 8%. By 2024-25, the school had 17.1 students per teacher, compared with 21.3 in 2020-21.
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Grays Harbor County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
77,053
Census ACS
Median income
$64,414
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
46
10,564 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Hoquiam School District
- Hoquiam Middle SchoolMiddle · 372 students
- Lincoln ElementaryElementary · 233 students
- Central Elementary SchoolElementary · 232 students
- Emerson ElementaryElementary · 212 students
- Hoquiam Homelink SchoolCombined · 107 students
Other schools in Hoquiam
- Hoquiam Middle SchoolMiddle · 372 students
- Lincoln ElementaryElementary · 233 students
- Central Elementary SchoolElementary · 232 students
- Emerson ElementaryElementary · 212 students
- Hoquiam Homelink SchoolCombined · 107 students
Nearby schools
- Hoquiam Middle School0.3 mi · 372
- Emerson Elementary0.4 mi · 212
- Central Elementary School1.0 mi · 232
- Lincoln Elementary1.2 mi · 233
- Hoquiam Homelink School2.2 mi · 107
- A J West Elementary3.5 mi · 281
Frequently asked questions
About Hoquiam High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Hoquiam High School?
Hoquiam High School enrolls approximately 410 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Hoquiam High School serve?
Hoquiam High School serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Hoquiam High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Hoquiam High School is approximately 17.1:1 (24 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Hoquiam High School?
Student demographics at Hoquiam High School are roughly 57% White, 27% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Hoquiam High School in?
Hoquiam High School is part of Hoquiam School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.