Jenkins Junior/Senior High

As a small high school in Chewelah, Washington, Jenkins Junior/Senior High hosts 322 students from grades 7 through 12, operated by Chewelah School District. By comparison, Washington's public schools average about 573 students each, so Jenkins Junior/Senior High sits 44% smaller than that benchmark.

Within Chewelah School District, which oversees 4 schools and 799 students, Jenkins Junior/Senior High is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Jenkins Junior/Senior High reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (80%). Other groups include 8% multiracial, 7% Hispanic, 3% Native American.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.4:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 21.6:1 average. About 51% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, Jenkins Junior/Senior High sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 46.0%; this one delivers 37.8%.

In the area at large, census data for Stevens County shows median household earnings sit near $69,327, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Jenkins Junior/Senior High is one of 41 public schools in Stevens County (combined enrollment of about 7,726 students).

Nearest neighbor: Gess Elementary, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Jenkins Junior/Senior High comes 2nd of 4 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 35.4%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Jenkins Junior/Senior High's enrollment has declined 17% since 2018, when it stood at 388 (now 322). White enrollment moved from 94% to 80% across the same window.

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