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Alumni: what's one memory from Lakeside High School that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
494
High
DISTRICT 250 · STATE 573
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NINE MILE FALLS SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530564002321
Lakeside High School
5909 Hwy 291, Nine Mile Falls, WA 99026 · (509) 340-4200 · Stevens County
GRADES 09–12HIGH41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL494 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 83% of Washington public high schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
17.4:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.4:1 · STATE 21.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
30%
149 students
DISTRICT 31% · 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 9 | 121 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 127 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 118 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 128 | 26% |
Student demographics
33%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 27% · 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
73.8%
WA avg 58.4% . +21.5pp since 2014
Math
55.4%
WA avg 51.2% . +21.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 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 21 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 21 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 73.8% | 55.4% |
| 2023-24 | 69.9% | 40.7% |
| 2022-23 | 74.4% | 38.5% |
| 2021-22 | 83.2% | 42.0% |
| 2018-19 | 83.0% | 45.0% |
| 2017-18 | 79.6% | 50.9% |
| 2016-17 | N/A | 31.3% |
| 2015-16 | N/A | 57.3% |
| 2014-15 | 52.3% | 34.1% |
% 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
55.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.0%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% 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 Lakeside High School
Lakeside High School's state test result (55.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeside High School this school | 494 | 30.2% | 55.8% |
| La Center High School La Center | 555 | 27.6% | N/A |
| Asotin Jr Sr High ASOTIN | 346 | 31.2% | N/A |
| Vashon Island High School VASHON | 511 | 25.8% | 73.7% |
| Adna Middle/High School Chehalis | 369 | 24.9% | 36.1% |
| Colfax High School Colfax | 263 | 29.7% | 55.4% |
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 Lakeside High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Stevens County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.8% | #43 of 271 | #1 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.4% | #26 of 321 ▲ 42 | #1 of 6 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 73.8% | #61 of 327 ▲ 25 | #1 of 6 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.0pp | #84 of 259 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 494 | #217 of 570 | #2 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.4:1 | #46 of 311 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 32.9% | #280 of 316 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 30.2% | #329 of 386 | #6 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.9% | #111 of 136 | N/A |
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
494
+10 (+2%) vs 2020
+29% since 1990-91, when it was 382
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
was 18.6:1
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 | 494 | 28.4 | 17.4:1 | 30% (149) |
| 2023-24 | 510 | 28.4 | 18.0:1 | 30% (154) |
| 2022-23 | 489 | 27.5 | 17.8:1 | 26% (127) |
| 2020-21 | 484 | 26 | 18.6:1 | 23% (110) |
| 2017-18 | 480 | 27.2 | 17.6:1 | 21% (103) |
| 2015-16 | 524 | 27 | 19.4:1 | 26% (135) |
| 2010-11 | 547 | 28 | 19.5:1 | 21% (115) |
| 2000-01 | 553 | 26 | 21.3:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 382 | 18 | 21.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lakeside High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (480 to 494); teachers up 4% (27.2 to 28.4).
About Lakeside High School
Lakeside High School is a medium-sized high school in Nine Mile Falls, Washington, under Nine Mile Falls School District. Grades offered run from 9 through 12, with 494 students enrolled.
Lakeside High School falls under Nine Mile Falls School District, which has 6 schools enrolling 1,440 students.
About 81% of the student body at Lakeside High School is White. Other reported shares: 10% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. The school's diversity index is 33%, meaning two students picked at random have a 33% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Federal staffing data show 28.4 full-time-equivalent teachers at Lakeside High School and a ratio of 17.4:1. This ratio sits 4.2 below the 21.6:1 average for high schools in Washington. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 30% of students. The gap from the 55% average for public schools in Stevens County is 25 points.
The allk12 Grade for Lakeside High School is A-. Compared with Washington public high schools, the school scored higher than 83% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Lakeside High School would score about 60.0%. It scores 55.8%, 4.2 points below that figure.
Among Stevens County residents, the median household income is $69,327, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Lakeside High School is one of 41 public schools in the county.
The shortest distance from Lakeside High School to another public school is less than a tenth of a mile, to Re-Engagement School (Nine Mile Falls). Counting only straight-line distance, 5 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 7 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Lakeside High School is 5th on average proficiency.
Federal data place Lakeside High School in the Rural: Fringe locale, which means it is in rural territory close to an urban area.
The student count changed little between 2020-21 (484) and 2024-25 (494). Its ratio of students to teachers was 18.6:1 in 2020-21, and 17.4:1 in 2024-25.
The Lakeside High School community page is open for posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Stevens County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
48,067
Census ACS
Median income
$69,327
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
41
7,726 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Nine Mile Falls School District
- Lake Spokane ElementaryElementary · 461 students
- Lakeside Middle SchoolMiddle · 293 students
- Nine Mile Falls ElementaryElementary · 136 students
- Nine Mile Family Partnership ProgramElementary · 51 students
- Re-Engagement School (Nine Mile Falls)High · 5 students
Other schools in Nine Mile Falls
- Lake Spokane ElementaryElementary · 461 students
- Lakeside Middle SchoolMiddle · 293 students
- Nine Mile Falls ElementaryElementary · 136 students
- Nine Mile Family Partnership ProgramElementary · 51 students
- Re-Engagement School (Nine Mile Falls)High · 5 students
Other Lakeside High schools
7 other US public schools in 6 states are named Lakeside High. Lakeside High School is the 6th largest of the 8.
- Lakeside High SchoolAtlanta, GA · 2,234 students
- Lakeside High SchoolEvans, GA · 1,861 students
- Lakeside HighLake Elsinore, CA · 1,687 students
- LAKESIDE HIGH SCHOOLHOT SPRINGS, AR · 1,107 students
- Lakeside High SchoolAshtabula, OH · 810 students
Nearby schools
- Re-Engagement School (Nine Mile Falls)0.0 mi · 5
- Lake Spokane Elementary1.3 mi · 461
- Nine Mile Falls Elementary2.0 mi · 136
- Nine Mile Family Partnership Program2.0 mi · 51
- Lakeside Middle School2.3 mi · 293
- Woodridge Elementary5.6 mi · 369
Frequently asked questions
About Lakeside High SchoolHow many students attend Lakeside High School?
Lakeside High School enrolls approximately 494 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Lakeside High School serve?
Lakeside High School serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Lakeside High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Lakeside High School is approximately 17.4:1 (28 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Lakeside High School?
At Lakeside High School, the student body is approximately 81% White, 10% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Lakeside High School public or private?
Lakeside High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Nine Mile Falls School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.