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Enrollment
1,016
High
DISTRICT 1,247 · STATE 573
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CENTRAL KITSAP SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530108002524
Klahowya Secondary
7607 NW NEWBERRY HILL RD, SILVERDALE, WA 98383 · (360) 662-4000 · Kitsap County
GRADES 06–12HIGH41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL1,016 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 30% of Washington public high schools
- BTest 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.
- 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
20.7:1
49 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.9:1 · STATE 21.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
32%
325 students
DISTRICT 40% · 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 6 | 162 | 16% |
| Grade 7 | 175 | 17% |
| Grade 8 | 143 | 14% |
| Grade 9 | 141 | 14% |
| Grade 10 | 117 | 12% |
| Grade 11 | 152 | 15% |
| Grade 12 | 126 | 12% |
Student demographics
42%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · 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
54.9%
WA avg 58.4% . +10.1pp since 2014
Math
34.7%
WA avg 51.2% . -0.0pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 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 10 points since 2014, while math scores have held steady.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 54.9% | 34.7% |
| 2023-24 | 57.0% | 36.0% |
| 2022-23 | 58.2% | 36.9% |
| 2021-22 | 60.3% | 38.8% |
| 2018-19 | 64.7% | 50.9% |
| 2017-18 | 68.7% | 51.3% |
| 2016-17 | 57.3% | 48.3% |
| 2015-16 | 62.5% | 44.1% |
| 2014-15 | 44.8% | 34.7% |
% 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
45.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.7%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 59% 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 Klahowya Secondary
Klahowya Secondary's state test result (45.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Klahowya Secondary this school | 1,016 | 32.0% | 45.7% |
| Stanwood High School STANWOOD | 1,384 | 31.0% | 47.3% |
| White River High School Buckley | 1,340 | 31.3% | 45.8% |
| Tumwater High School Tumwater | 1,117 | 30.6% | 49.2% |
| Sehome High School Bellingham | 1,116 | 29.9% | 50.2% |
| Ridgeline High School Liberty Lake | 1,575 | 31.9% | 54.3% |
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 Klahowya Secondary ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Kitsap County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.7% | #117 of 271 | #6 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.7% | #113 of 321 ▼ 19 | #3 of 8 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.9% | #197 of 327 ▼ 12 | #7 of 8 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -4.8pp | #66 of 259 | #2 of 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,016 | #149 of 570 | #7 of 14 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.7:1 | #160 of 311 | #2 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.3% | #238 of 316 | #8 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 32.0% | #314 of 386 | #6 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.1% | #104 of 164 | #4 of 6 |
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
1,016
+106 (+12%) vs 2020
-1% since 2000-01, when it was 1,025
Student : Teacher
20.7:1
was 20.7:1
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 | 1,016 | 49.1 | 20.7:1 | 32% (325) |
| 2023-24 | 977 | 49.8 | 19.6:1 | 30% (297) |
| 2022-23 | 969 | 46.5 | 20.8:1 | 32% (313) |
| 2020-21 | 910 | 44 | 20.7:1 | 17% (154) |
| 2017-18 | 1,082 | 52 | 20.8:1 | 19% (204) |
| 2015-16 | 939 | 43 | 21.8:1 | 29% (273) |
| 2010-11 | 989 | 48 | 20.6:1 | 17% (172) |
| 2000-01 | 1,025 | 50 | 20.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Klahowya Secondary.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (1,082 to 1,016); teachers down 5% (52 to 49.1).
About Klahowya Secondary
Klahowya Secondary is a public large high school in SILVERDALE, Washington. A total of 1,016 students attend the school, which covers grades 6 through 12. Against the 573-student average for high schools in Washington, enrollment here is 77% higher.
The district, Central Kitsap School District, has 11,100 students enrolled across 19 schools.
At Klahowya Secondary, White students make up 74% of the student body. Next come 12% multiracial, 9% Hispanic, and 2% Asian. County-wide, about 75% of residents are White. The school's diversity index is 42%, meaning two students picked at random have a 42% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 20.7:1, with 49.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is 0.9 students per teacher below the 21.6:1 average for high schools in Washington. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 32% of enrollment. For comparison, public schools in Kitsap County average 41%.
Klahowya Secondary is graded C by allk12, scoring above 30% of Washington public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. Klahowya Secondary posts 45.7% against a 58.7% prediction, a bottom-10% result in Washington.
County data help place the school in context: in Kitsap County, the median household income is $104,158, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 38%, and about 5% of people live in poverty. In all, Kitsap County has 77 public schools and roughly 34,233 students.
Silverdale Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.0 miles away. Within five miles of Klahowya Secondary, there are at least 8 other public schools. On proficiency, Klahowya Secondary is behind the 49.8% nearby average, ranking 7th of 9.
The school's federal locale classification is Rural: Fringe.
Enrollment climbed 12% from its 2020-21 level of 910.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss school safety, transportation, and start times at Klahowya Secondary. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Kitsap County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
277,881
Census ACS
Median income
$104,158
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
77
34,233 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Central Kitsap School District
- Central Kitsap High SchoolHigh · 1,564 students
- Olympic High SchoolHigh · 1,162 students
- Ridgetop Middle SchoolMiddle · 784 students
- Fairview Middle SchoolMiddle · 620 students
- Central Kitsap Middle SchoolMiddle · 564 students
- Barker Creek Community SchoolCombined · 551 students
Other schools in SILVERDALE
- Central Kitsap High SchoolHigh · 1,564 students
- Ridgetop Middle SchoolMiddle · 784 students
- Central Kitsap Middle SchoolMiddle · 564 students
- Emerald Heights ElementaryElementary · 466 students
- Clear Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 448 students
- Silver Ridge ElementaryElementary · 430 students
Nearby schools
- Silverdale Elementary2.0 mi · 413
- Central Kitsap Middle School3.1 mi · 564
- Central Kitsap High School3.1 mi · 1,564
- John D. Bud Hawk Elementary at Jackson Park3.7 mi · 464
- Green Mountain Elementary3.7 mi · 360
- Cougar Valley Elementary4.0 mi · 397
Frequently asked questions
About Klahowya SecondaryWhat is the total enrollment at Klahowya Secondary?
Klahowya Secondary enrolls approximately 1,016 students in grades 06-12.
What grades does Klahowya Secondary serve?
Klahowya Secondary serves grades 06-12.
How many students per teacher at Klahowya Secondary?
Approximately 20.7:1 students per teacher at Klahowya Secondary.
How diverse is Klahowya Secondary?
Klahowya Secondary reports a student body of 74% White, 9% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 12% Two or more.
Who oversees Klahowya Secondary?
Klahowya Secondary is overseen by Central Kitsap School District in Kitsap County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.