Lind-Ritzville High School

Lind-Ritzville High School is a secondary school of minimally staffed scale in Ritzville, Washington, overseen by Lind School District, works with 47 students in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 92% smaller than the state mean of about 573.

Lind School District comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 170 students; Lind-Ritzville High School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Lind-Ritzville High School logs that 51% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder breaks down as 45% White, 4% multiracial. That is noticeably less Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 65%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Lind-Ritzville High School reports 2 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 21.6:1 average. An estimated 81% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Adams County) shows that median household earnings sit near $66,136, roughly 16% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. In all, Adams County runs 17 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,324 students), of which Lind-Ritzville High School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Ritzville High School, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools.

Lind-Ritzville High School operates from a countryside location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 18%: 57 students in 2018 compared to 47 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment increased from 40% to 51% over that span. Class-load math has widened: from 16.9:1 in 2018 to 19.4:1 in 2025.

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