Lacrosse High School

Lacrosse High School operates as a micro-enrollment senior high in LaCrosse, Washington, operated by LaCrosse School District. Current enrollment sits at 28 students spanning grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 95% leaner than the state mean of about 573.

Across the 2 schools in LaCrosse School District (61 students total), Lacrosse High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Lacrosse High School reports that 89% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest reads as 11% Hispanic. That is considerably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 76%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 3.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 21.6:1 average. Roughly 39% of students at Lacrosse High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, Lacrosse High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 53.9%; this one delivers 48.0%.

In the broader community, census data for Whitman County shows median household income runs about $55,406, 50% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Whitman County's 28 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,753 students), Lacrosse High School is one campus in the mix.

Lacrosse Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Lacrosse High School at 5th of 5; the average score across the group is 54.5%.

Lacrosse High School operates from a countryside location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 15%: 33 students in 2018 compared to 28 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 6% to 11% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 5.2:1 in 2018 to 3.9:1 today.

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