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Enrollment
2,419
High
DISTRICT 1,292 · STATE 573
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ISSAQUAH SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530375000574
Issaquah High School
700 2ND AVE SE, ISSAQUAH, WA 98027 · (425) 837-6000 · King County
GRADES 09–12HIGH41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL2,419 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 47% of Washington public high schools
- A-Test 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.
- CThree-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
21.9:1
110 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.5:1 · STATE 21.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
16%
399 students
DISTRICT 18% · 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 | 598 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 641 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 594 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 586 | 24% |
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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
77.9%
WA avg 58.4% . +73.8pp since 2014
Math
65.5%
WA avg 51.2% . +63.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 78 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 66 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 74 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 63 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 77.9% | 65.5% |
| 2023-24 | 82.7% | 67.8% |
| 2022-23 | 73.7% | 58.4% |
| 2021-22 | 83.2% | 65.6% |
| 2018-19 | 89.2% | 77.2% |
| 2017-18 | 88.0% | 54.7% |
| 2016-17 | 8.0% | 1.1% |
| 2015-16 | 20.5% | 4.5% |
| 2014-15 | 4.1% | 2.2% |
% 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
54.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.1%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 69% 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 Issaquah High School
Issaquah High School's state test result (54.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Issaquah High School this school | 2,419 | 16.5% | 54.1% |
| Liberty Sr High School RENTON | 1,495 | 18.3% | 64.3% |
| Lake Washington High School Kirkland | 2,081 | 13.5% | 59.2% |
| Henry M. Jackson High School Mill Creek | 2,148 | 25.5% | 69.5% |
| Redmond High School Redmond | 2,304 | 14.6% | 59.1% |
| Mercer Island High School Mercer Island | 1,439 | 7.1% | 76.6% |
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 Issaquah High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In King County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.1% | #50 of 271 | #24 of 59 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 65.5% | #11 of 321 ▼ 1 | #9 of 59 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 77.9% | #42 of 327 ▼ 21 | #22 of 61 ▼ 12 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.7pp | #93 of 259 | #22 of 57 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,419 | #6 of 570 | #3 of 97 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.9:1 | #221 of 311 | #50 of 67 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.0% | #83 of 316 | #41 of 67 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 16.5% | #364 of 386 | #60 of 76 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.8% | #120 of 136 | #26 of 31 |
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
2,419
-85 (-3%) vs 2020
+72% since 1990-91, when it was 1,403
Student : Teacher
21.9:1
was 22.6:1
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 | 2,419 | 110.2 | 21.9:1 | 16% (399) |
| 2023-24 | 2,452 | 108.4 | 22.6:1 | 15% (377) |
| 2022-23 | 2,412 | 106.4 | 22.7:1 | 14% (340) |
| 2020-21 | 2,504 | 111 | 22.6:1 | 9% (221) |
| 2017-18 | 2,377 | 94 | 25.3:1 | 9% (206) |
| 2015-16 | 2,242 | 88 | 25.5:1 | 9% (203) |
| 2010-11 | 1,843 | 74 | 24.9:1 | 6% (118) |
| 2000-01 | 1,427 | 58 | 24.6:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 1,403 | 59 | 23.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Issaquah High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (2,377 to 2,419); teachers up 17% (94 to 110.2).
About Issaquah High School
Issaquah High School is a high-enrollment high school found in ISSAQUAH, Washington. A federal count lists 2,419 students at the school, in grades 9 through 12. An average school in this group (high schools in Washington) has about 573 students.
Issaquah High School is part of Issaquah School District, where 30 schools serve 19,098 students.
By race and ethnicity, the largest group at Issaquah High School is White (46%). Other students are 30% Asian, 11% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, and 4% Black. That is lower than the 55% White share among all King County residents. Issaquah High School has a diversity index of 68%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
A ratio of 21.9:1 comes from the school's 110.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. High schools in Washington average about 21.6:1, a similar figure. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 16% in 2024-25. Across public schools in King County, the average is 38%.
Measured against Washington public high schools, Issaquah High School receives a B-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Issaquah High School is in the bottom 10% of Washington schools: 54.1% actual against 69.1% predicted.
County data help place the school in context: in King County, median household income is about $124,746, roughly 57% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. The public schools of King County number 544 and enroll about 278,492.
The closest public school, Issaquah Middle School, is about 0.1 miles from Issaquah High School. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, Issaquah High School ranks 7th in a group of 7 nearby schools.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Rural: Fringe.
Issaquah High School had 2,504 students in 2020-21 and 2,419 in 2024-25, a 3% decrease.
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King County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,287,171
Census ACS
Median income
$124,746
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
57%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
544
278,492 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Issaquah School District
- Skyline High SchoolHigh · 2,244 students
- Liberty Sr High SchoolHigh · 1,495 students
- Pine Lake Middle SchoolMiddle · 877 students
- Maywood Middle SchoolMiddle · 826 students
- Issaquah Middle SchoolMiddle · 808 students
- Beaver Lake Middle SchoolMiddle · 699 students
Other schools in ISSAQUAH
- Issaquah Middle SchoolMiddle · 808 students
- Beaver Lake Middle SchoolMiddle · 699 students
- Issaquah Valley ElementaryElementary · 646 students
- Cougar Mountain Middle SchoolMiddle · 616 students
- Pacific Cascade Middle SchoolMiddle · 605 students
- Clark ElementaryElementary · 586 students
Nearby schools
- Issaquah Middle School0.1 mi · 808
- Gibson Ek High School0.4 mi · 198
- Clark Elementary0.4 mi · 586
- Issaquah Preschool Academy1.2 mi · 42
- Holly Street Early Learning Center1.2 mi · 89
- Issaquah Valley Elementary1.3 mi · 646
Frequently asked questions
About Issaquah High SchoolHow many students attend Issaquah High School?
Issaquah High School enrolls approximately 2,419 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Issaquah High School serve?
Issaquah High School serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Issaquah High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Issaquah High School is approximately 21.9:1 (110 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Issaquah High School?
At Issaquah High School, the student body is approximately 46% White, 11% Hispanic, 4% Black, 30% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is Issaquah High School public or private?
Issaquah High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Issaquah School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.