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Enrollment
2,205
High
DISTRICT 1,237 · STATE 573
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAKE STEVENS SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530420000653
Lake Stevens Sr High School
2908 113th Ave NE, Lake Stevens, WA 98258 · (425) 335-1515 · Snohomish County
GRADES 10–12HIGH22-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL2,205 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 59% of Washington public high schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-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
24.0:1
92 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.2:1 · STATE 21.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
32%
698 students
DISTRICT 35% · 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 10 | 737 | 33% |
| Grade 11 | 737 | 33% |
| Grade 12 | 731 | 33% |
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 61% · 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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Lake Stevens School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
71.5%
WA avg 58.4% . +26.7pp since 2014
Math
39.3%
WA avg 51.2% . +3.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 71 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 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 27 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 71.5% | 39.3% |
| 2023-24 | 69.8% | 38.5% |
| 2022-23 | 69.9% | 36.5% |
| 2021-22 | 72.8% | 38.9% |
| 2018-19 | 80.6% | 51.7% |
| 2017-18 | 79.2% | 45.2% |
| 2016-17 | 26.4% | 23.1% |
| 2015-16 | 6.5% | 42.5% |
| 2014-15 | 44.7% | 35.7% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
51.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.0%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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 Lake Stevens Sr High School
Lake Stevens Sr High School's state test result (51.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Stevens Sr High School this school | 2,205 | 31.7% | 51.0% |
| Cavelero Mid High School Lake Stevens | 1,490 | 29.7% | 46.7% |
| Bonney Lake High School Bonney Lake | 1,643 | 33.5% | 55.5% |
| Central Kitsap High School SILVERDALE | 1,564 | 30.8% | 51.1% |
| Skyview High School VANCOUVER | 1,869 | 34.6% | N/A |
| Hanford High School Richland | 1,959 | 32.7% | N/A |
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 Lake Stevens Sr High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Snohomish County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.0% | #75 of 271 | #6 of 26 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.3% | #84 of 321 ▲ 1 | #9 of 25 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 71.5% | #72 of 327 ▲ 15 | #6 of 26 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.5pp | #133 of 259 | #11 of 23 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,205 | #13 of 570 | #2 of 45 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.0:1 | #283 of 311 | #19 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.4% | #120 of 316 | #16 of 25 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 31.7% | #316 of 386 | #27 of 34 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +16.1% | #37 of 136 | #4 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
2,205
+171 (+8%) vs 2020
+116% since 1990-91, when it was 1,019
Student : Teacher
24.0:1
was 23.9:1
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 | 2,205 | 91.7 | 24.0:1 | 32% (698) |
| 2023-24 | 2,187 | 90 | 24.3:1 | 32% (693) |
| 2022-23 | 2,140 | 90.8 | 23.6:1 | 31% (664) |
| 2020-21 | 2,034 | 85 | 23.9:1 | 22% (451) |
| 2017-18 | 1,900 | 82.6 | 23.0:1 | 23% (433) |
| 2015-16 | 1,826 | 77 | 23.7:1 | 25% (456) |
| 2010-11 | 1,746 | 73 | 23.9:1 | 18% (320) |
| 2000-01 | 1,817 | 78 | 23.3:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 1,019 | 50 | 20.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lake Stevens Sr High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 16% (1,900 to 2,205); teachers up 11% (82.6 to 91.7).
About Lake Stevens Sr High School
Lake Stevens Sr High School is a large high school located in Lake Stevens, Washington. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 2,205 students in grades 10 through 12. Against the 573-student average for high schools in Washington, enrollment here is 285% higher.
Lake Stevens School District has 14 schools and 10,117 students, and Lake Stevens Sr High School is one of those schools.
At Lake Stevens Sr High School, White students make up 60% of the student body. The next largest groups are 18% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 7% Asian, and 4% Black. Pick two students at random and there is a 59% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Teacher staffing is 91.7 full-time equivalents, or about 24.0 students per teacher. On average, high schools in Washington have 21.6:1, compared with 24.0:1 here. About 32% of students, or 698, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Snohomish County is 41%.
Measured against Washington public high schools, Lake Stevens Sr High School receives a B. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Lake Stevens Sr High School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Washington schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 51.0% and a predicted 59.0%.
Snohomish County has these Census figures: the median household income is $111,246, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 38%, and about 6% of people live in poverty. In all, Snohomish County has 227 public schools and roughly 118,688 students.
The closest other public school is Homelink, less than a tenth of a mile away. Lake Stevens Sr High School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Lake Stevens Sr High School at 6th of 6.
Lake Stevens Sr High School is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000, a location NCES labels Suburb: Mid-size.
Enrollment has grown by 171 students since 2020-21, to 2,205.
Questions about school safety, transportation, and start times can be posted here. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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 Lake Stevens School District
- Cavelero Mid High SchoolHigh · 1,490 students
- North Lake Middle SchoolMiddle · 856 students
- Hillcrest Elementary SchoolElementary · 842 students
- Lake Stevens Middle SchoolMiddle · 709 students
- Stevens Creek ElementaryElementary · 701 students
- Sunnycrest Elementary SchoolElementary · 695 students
Other schools in Lake Stevens
- Cavelero Mid High SchoolHigh · 1,490 students
- North Lake Middle SchoolMiddle · 856 students
- Hillcrest Elementary SchoolElementary · 842 students
- Lake Stevens Middle SchoolMiddle · 709 students
- Stevens Creek ElementaryElementary · 701 students
- Sunnycrest Elementary SchoolElementary · 695 students
Nearby schools
- Homelink0.1 mi · 31
- Highland Elementary0.2 mi · 557
- North Lake Middle School0.8 mi · 856
- Sunnycrest Elementary School0.8 mi · 695
- LSSD Open Doors0.8 mi · 15
- Mt. Pilchuck Elementary School1.2 mi · 554
Frequently asked questions
About Lake Stevens Sr High SchoolHow large is Lake Stevens Sr High School?
Lake Stevens Sr High School enrolls approximately 2,205 students in grades 10-12.
What age range does Lake Stevens Sr High School serve?
Lake Stevens Sr High School serves students from grade 10 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Lake Stevens Sr High School?
Approximately 24.0:1 students per teacher at Lake Stevens Sr High School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Lake Stevens Sr High School?
At Lake Stevens Sr High School, the student body is approximately 60% White, 18% Hispanic, 4% Black, 7% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Is Lake Stevens Sr High School public or private?
Lake Stevens Sr High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Lake Stevens School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.