Enrollment
322
High
DISTRICT 181 · STATE 573
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHEWELAH SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530126000230
Jenkins Junior/Senior High
702 E Lincoln, Chewelah, WA 99109 · (509) 685-6800 · Stevens County
GRADES 07–12HIGH43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL322 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 30% 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.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+Three-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
16.4:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.4:1 · STATE 21.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
51%
164 students
DISTRICT 60% · STATE 51%
Community
0
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 7 | 42 | 13% |
| Grade 8 | 56 | 17% |
| Grade 9 | 53 | 16% |
| Grade 10 | 59 | 18% |
| Grade 11 | 58 | 18% |
| Grade 12 | 54 | 17% |
Student demographics
35%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 28% · 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 Chewelah School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
50.4%
WA avg 58.4% . -9.0pp since 2014
Math
26.4%
WA avg 51.2% . -13.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 26 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Washington schools, those numbers are about 58 and 51. Reading and writing scores are down about 9 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 13 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 50.4% | 26.4% |
| 2023-24 | 47.2% | 17.2% |
| 2022-23 | 50.4% | 20.6% |
| 2021-22 | 55.6% | 26.6% |
| 2018-19 | 69.0% | 33.3% |
| 2017-18 | 66.7% | 46.3% |
| 2016-17 | 65.9% | 41.4% |
| 2015-16 | 53.9% | 47.5% |
| 2014-15 | 59.3% | 39.6% |
% 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
37.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.0%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 Jenkins Junior/Senior High
Jenkins Junior/Senior High's state test result (37.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jenkins Junior/Senior High this school | 322 | 50.9% | 37.8% |
| Toutle Lake High School Toutle | 308 | 49.7% | N/A |
| Rainier Senior High School Rainier | 283 | 49.5% | 51.9% |
| Davenport Senior High School DAVENPORT | 313 | 50.2% | 57.6% |
| Chimacum Junior/Senior High School Chimacum | 251 | 51.0% | 38.1% |
| Castle Rock High School CASTLE ROCK | 422 | 47.6% | N/A |
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 Jenkins Junior/Senior High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Stevens County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.8% | #168 of 271 | #4 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.4% | #186 of 321 ▲ 46 | #3 of 6 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.4% | #220 of 327 ▲ 30 | #3 of 6 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.7pp | #92 of 259 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 322 | #255 of 570 | #3 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.4:1 | #34 of 311 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 34.5% | #274 of 316 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.9% | #184 of 386 | #5 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.0% | #33 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
322
+63 (+24%) vs 2020
-13% since 1990-91, when it was 371
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
was 13.6:1
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 | 322 | 19.7 | 16.4:1 | 51% (164) |
| 2023-24 | 338 | 19.7 | 17.2:1 | 57% (192) |
| 2022-23 | 314 | 19.8 | 15.8:1 | 56% (175) |
| 2020-21 | 259 | 19 | 13.6:1 | 51% (131) |
| 2017-18 | 388 | 22.5 | 17.3:1 | 50% (195) |
| 2015-16 | 407 | 25 | 16.3:1 | 53% (215) |
| 2010-11 | 325 | 18 | 18.1:1 | 52% (168) |
| 2000-01 | 455 | 21 | 21.7:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 371 | 17 | 21.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jenkins Junior/Senior High.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (388 to 322); teachers down 12% (22.5 to 19.7).
About Jenkins Junior/Senior High
Federal records list Jenkins Junior/Senior High as a high school in Chewelah, Washington. It teaches 322 students in grades 7 through 12. It has 44% fewer students than the average for high schools in Washington (about 573).
Jenkins Junior/Senior High is part of a district of 4 schools: Chewelah School District, with 799 students.
A large majority of enrollment at Jenkins Junior/Senior High is White, at 80%. The rest of enrollment is 8% multiracial, 7% Hispanic, and 3% Native American. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 35%.
The school has 19.7 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 16.4 students per teacher. High schools in Washington have an average ratio of 21.6:1. The school reported 51% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25.
Jenkins Junior/Senior High earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 30% of Washington public high schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Jenkins Junior/Senior High falls in the middle 80% of Washington schools: 37.8% actual against 46.0% predicted.
Census data for Stevens County show the median household earns about $69,327 a year, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Stevens County number 41, with about 7,726 students.
Measured in a straight line, Gess Elementary is about 0.2 miles from Jenkins Junior/Senior High. Within five miles are 3 other public schools. In a group of 4 nearby schools with scores, Jenkins Junior/Senior High ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
In the federal locale system, Jenkins Junior/Senior High is coded Rural: Remote, for schools in rural territory far from an urban area.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment rose 24%. The ratio was 13.6:1 in 2020-21 and 16.4:1 in 2024-25.
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Stevens County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
48,067
Census ACS
Median income
$69,327
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
41
7,726 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Chewelah School District
- Gess ElementaryElementary · 324 students
- Quartzite LearningCombined · 113 students
- Chewelah Open Doors Reengagement ProgramHigh · 40 students
Other schools in Chewelah
- Gess ElementaryElementary · 324 students
- Quartzite LearningCombined · 113 students
- Chewelah Open Doors Reengagement ProgramHigh · 40 students
Nearby schools
- Gess Elementary0.2 mi · 324
- Quartzite Learning0.4 mi · 113
- Chewelah Open Doors Reengagement Program0.4 mi · 40
- Columbia Virtual Academy7.6 mi · 863
- Valley Early Learning Center7.6 mi · 47
- Valley School7.7 mi · 166
Frequently asked questions
About Jenkins Junior/Senior HighHow many students attend Jenkins Junior/Senior High?
Jenkins Junior/Senior High enrolls approximately 322 students in grades 07-12.
Is Jenkins Junior/Senior High an elementary, middle, or high school?
Jenkins Junior/Senior High is a high school covering grades 07-12.
How many teachers does Jenkins Junior/Senior High have?
Jenkins Junior/Senior High employs 20 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.4:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Jenkins Junior/Senior High?
At Jenkins Junior/Senior High, the student body is approximately 80% White, 7% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Jenkins Junior/Senior High public or private?
Jenkins Junior/Senior High is a public K-12 school, overseen by Chewelah School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.