Hudson's Bay High School

Hudson's Bay High School, a big high school in VANCOUVER, Washington, one of the schools within Vancouver School District, instructs 1,197 students, covering grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Washington's public schools average about 573 students each, so Hudson's Bay High School sits 109% larger than that benchmark.

Within Vancouver School District, which oversees 43 schools and 21,783 students, Hudson's Bay High School is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Hudson's Bay High School reports that 39% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest consists of 38% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 5% Pacific Islander, 5% Black. By comparison, Clark County as a whole is about 75% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school reports having 52 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 23.1:1. The state averages around 21.6:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 62% of students at Hudson's Bay High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is above Clark County's rate of about 43%.

Zooming out to the county, Clark County reports that median household income runs about $97,536, roughly 33% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Clark County's 151 public schools (combined enrollment of about 74,406 students), Hudson's Bay High School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Washington State School for the Blind, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Hudson's Bay High School.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 3%: 1,231 students in 2018 compared to 1,197 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 53% to 39%. Class-load math has rose: from 20.9:1 in 2018 to 23.1:1 in 2025.

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