Klickitat Elem & High

As a micro-enrollment K-12 campus in Klickitat, Washington, Klickitat Elem & High works with 71 students from grades K through 12, run under Klickitat School District. That puts it 65% smaller than the typical public school in Washington, which averages around 204 students.

Klickitat Elem & High sits inside Klickitat School District, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Klickitat Elem & High lists that the largest single group is White, at 79% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school shows 11% multiracial, 6% Native American, 4% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 6 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 33.2:1 average. About 52% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, Klickitat Elem & High is in the bottom 10% of Washington public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 45.2%; Klickitat Elem & High posts 30.2%, -15.1 points below that line.

In the area at large, Klickitat County reports that the typical household earns roughly $71,042 per year, roughly 31% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Klickitat Elem & High is one of 21 public schools in Klickitat County (combined enrollment of about 2,803 students).

Lyle High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 10.4 miles from this campus. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Klickitat Elem & High at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 31.0%.

Klickitat Elem & High operates from a small-town location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count remained close to its prior level: 72 students in 2018 compared to 71 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 86% to 79% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 8.3:1 in 2018 to 12.6:1 today.

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