Lake Roosevelt Alternative School

Lake Roosevelt Alternative School operates as a minimally staffed 9-12 campus in Grand Coulee, Washington, overseen by Grand Coulee Dam School District. Current enrollment sits at 33 students spanning grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Washington's public schools average about 573 students each, so Lake Roosevelt Alternative School sits 94% leaner than that benchmark.

Lake Roosevelt Alternative School is one of 3 schools operated by Grand Coulee Dam School District, a district that instructs 695 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Lake Roosevelt Alternative School reports that 61% of the student body identifies as Native American. Other groups include 21% White, 12% multiracial, 3% Hispanic, 3% Asian.

On the income-and-resources front, Lake Roosevelt Alternative School logs 1 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 33.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 21.6:1, putting Lake Roosevelt Alternative School higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 91% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Grant County runs at roughly 69%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Grant County) logs that median household earnings sit near $73,267, roughly 18% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. Across Grant County's 61 public schools (combined enrollment of about 20,494 students), Lake Roosevelt Alternative School is one campus in the mix.

Lake Roosevelt Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.8 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Lake Roosevelt Alternative School operates from a low-density location.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.