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Which teacher or staff member at Kamiak High School deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
2,384
High
DISTRICT 1,175 · STATE 573
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MUKILTEO SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530543001188
Kamiak High School
10801 Harbour Pointe Blvd, Mukilteo, WA 98275 · (425) 366-5400 · Snohomish County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL2,384 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
24.6:1
97 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.1:1 · STATE 21.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
37%
880 students
DISTRICT 56% · 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 | 554 | 23% |
| Grade 10 | 622 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 585 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 623 | 26% |
Student demographics
74%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 75% · 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
75.9%
WA avg 58.4% . +62.2pp since 2014
Math
48.2%
WA avg 51.2% . +35.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 76 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 48 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 62 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 36 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 75.9% | 48.2% |
| 2023-24 | 77.3% | 51.0% |
| 2022-23 | 75.7% | 45.2% |
| 2021-22 | 78.6% | 53.9% |
| 2018-19 | 88.2% | 71.7% |
| 2017-18 | 86.7% | 71.0% |
| 2016-17 | 19.7% | 15.5% |
| 2015-16 | 16.7% | 21.2% |
| 2014-15 | 13.7% | 12.6% |
% 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
59.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.4%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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 Kamiak High School
Kamiak High School's state test result (59.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kamiak High School this school | 2,384 | 36.9% | 59.8% |
| Mountlake Terrace High School MTLK TERRACE | 1,456 | 36.3% | 41.8% |
| Shorewood High School Shoreline | 1,544 | 31.4% | 63.5% |
| Sammamish Senior High Bellevue | 1,363 | 43.3% | 37.1% |
| Edmonds Woodway High School EDMONDS | 1,605 | 39.6% | 43.4% |
| Hazen Senior High School Renton | 1,796 | 38.2% | 47.1% |
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 Kamiak High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Snohomish County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.8% | #30 of 271 | #4 of 26 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.2% | #43 of 321 ▼ 10 | #5 of 25 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 75.9% | #51 of 327 ▼ 5 | #5 of 26 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -4.2pp | #75 of 259 | #8 of 23 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,384 | #7 of 570 | #1 of 45 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.6:1 | #296 of 311 | #21 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.7% | #37 of 316 | #2 of 25 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 36.9% | #290 of 386 | #25 of 34 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +14.5% | #42 of 136 | #6 of 12 |
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
2,384
+231 (+11%) vs 2020
+25% since 2000-01, when it was 1,914
Student : Teacher
24.6:1
was 24.5:1
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 | 2,384 | 96.9 | 24.6:1 | 37% (880) |
| 2023-24 | 2,382 | 93.5 | 25.5:1 | 40% (947) |
| 2022-23 | 2,250 | 93.2 | 24.1:1 | 35% (777) |
| 2020-21 | 2,153 | 88 | 24.5:1 | 23% (502) |
| 2017-18 | 2,082 | 86.4 | 24.1:1 | 20% (414) |
| 2015-16 | 2,129 | 86 | 24.8:1 | 20% (423) |
| 2010-11 | 2,175 | 89 | 24.4:1 | 16% (356) |
| 2000-01 | 1,914 | 78 | 24.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Kamiak High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 15% (2,082 to 2,384); teachers up 12% (86.4 to 96.9).
About Kamiak High School
Kamiak High School is a large high school with its address in Mukilteo, Washington. The school had 2,384 students in grades 9 through 12 in 2024-25. An average school in this group (high schools in Washington) has about 573 students.
The 23 schools in Mukilteo School District enroll 15,175 students altogether, Kamiak High School among them.
By race and ethnicity, the largest group at Kamiak High School is White (41%). Enrollment also includes 21% Asian, 18% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, and 7% Black. The school's White share is 24 points below the 64% share among Snohomish County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at Kamiak High School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 74%.
Kamiak High School employs 96.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 24.6:1. That ratio is over the 21.6:1 average for high schools in Washington. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 37% in 2024-25.
After adjusting for student poverty, Kamiak High School lands between the top and bottom 10% of Washington schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 59.8%; the prediction is 55.4%.
Census estimates describe Snohomish County this way: median household income is about $111,246, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Snohomish County number 227 and enroll about 118,688.
The nearest public school is Columbia Elementary, at about 0.1 miles. Kamiak High School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 51.5%, lower than Kamiak High School's 59.8%.
Kamiak High School has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.
Kamiak High School had 2,153 students in 2020-21 and 2,384 in 2024-25, an 11% gain.
Conversations here can range across science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Snohomish County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
844,430
Census ACS
Median income
$111,246
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
227
118,688 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Mukilteo School District
- Mariner High SchoolHigh · 2,106 students
- Voyager Middle SchoolMiddle · 902 students
- Olympic View Middle SchoolMiddle · 851 students
- Harbour Pointe Middle SchoolMiddle · 803 students
- Explorer Middle SchoolMiddle · 777 students
- Challenger ElementaryElementary · 658 students
Other schools in Mukilteo
- Olympic View Middle SchoolMiddle · 851 students
- Harbour Pointe Middle SchoolMiddle · 803 students
- Columbia ElementaryElementary · 596 students
- Mukilteo ElementaryElementary · 521 students
- Endeavour ElementaryElementary · 436 students
- ECEAPElementary · 118 students
Nearby schools
- Columbia Elementary0.1 mi · 596
- Harbour Pointe Middle School0.1 mi · 803
- Endeavour Elementary1.2 mi · 436
- ECEAP1.6 mi · 118
- Fairmount Elementary1.6 mi · 510
- Pathfinder Kindergarten Center1.6 mi · 437
Frequently asked questions
About Kamiak High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Kamiak High School?
Kamiak High School enrolls approximately 2,384 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Kamiak High School serve?
Kamiak High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Kamiak High School?
Approximately 24.6:1 students per teacher at Kamiak High School.
How diverse is Kamiak High School?
Kamiak High School reports a student body of 41% White, 18% Hispanic, 7% Black, 21% Asian, 12% Two or more.
Who oversees Kamiak High School?
Kamiak High School is overseen by Mukilteo School District in Snohomish County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.