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Enrollment
1,182
High
DISTRICT 608 · STATE 573
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MARYSVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530486003317
Marysville Pilchuck High School
5611 108th Street NE, Marysville, WA 98271 · (360) 965-2000 · Snohomish County
GRADES 09–12HIGH22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,182 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 3% of Washington public high schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C-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
19.2:1
61 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.5:1 · STATE 21.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
55%
649 students
DISTRICT 56% · 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 | 295 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 278 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 350 | 30% |
| Grade 12 | 259 | 22% |
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · 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
34.8%
WA avg 58.4% . +31.7pp since 2014
Math
14.1%
WA avg 51.2% . +13.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 14 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 32 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 13 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 34.8% | 14.1% |
| 2023-24 | 41.5% | 13.1% |
| 2022-23 | 40.1% | 7.9% |
| 2021-22 | 48.0% | 11.1% |
| 2018-19 | 56.9% | 17.8% |
| 2017-18 | 54.0% | 27.6% |
| 2016-17 | 16.8% | 8.5% |
| 2015-16 | 13.2% | 10.4% |
| 2014-15 | 3.0% | 1.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of WA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
27.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.4%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 43% typical for Washington schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Marysville Pilchuck High School
Marysville Pilchuck High School's state test result (27.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marysville Pilchuck High School this school | 1,182 | 54.9% | 27.6% |
| Heritage High School Vancouver | 1,569 | 51.9% | N/A |
| Evergreen High School Vancouver | 1,427 | 50.6% | N/A |
| Bremerton High School Bremerton | 1,263 | 55.9% | 25.6% |
| Everett High School Everett | 1,643 | 59.9% | 49.1% |
| North Thurston High School Lacey | 1,378 | 50.2% | 43.8% |
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 Marysville Pilchuck High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Snohomish County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.6% | #239 of 271 | #25 of 26 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 14.1% | #274 of 321 ▼ 1 | #24 of 25 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.8% | #297 of 327 ▼ 17 | #25 of 26 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -5.1pp | #64 of 259 | #7 of 23 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,182 | #133 of 570 | #19 of 45 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.2:1 | #102 of 311 | #2 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.6% | #65 of 316 | #6 of 25 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 54.9% | #157 of 386 | #12 of 34 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.2% | #91 of 164 | #8 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
1,182
+43 (+4%) vs 2020
-4% since 2010-11, when it was 1,236
Student : Teacher
19.2:1
was 20.3:1
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 | 1,182 | 61.4 | 19.2:1 | 55% (649) |
| 2023-24 | 1,189 | 64.5 | 18.4:1 | 57% (681) |
| 2022-23 | 1,238 | 60 | 20.6:1 | 63% (781) |
| 2020-21 | 1,139 | 56 | 20.3:1 | 50% (568) |
| 2017-18 | 1,274 | 56.3 | 22.6:1 | 45% (568) |
| 2015-16 | 1,268 | 56 | 22.6:1 | 44% (552) |
| 2010-11 | 1,236 | 52 | 23.8:1 | 31% (389) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Marysville Pilchuck High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (1,274 to 1,182); teachers up 9% (56.3 to 61.4).
About Marysville Pilchuck High School
Marysville, Washington, is home to Marysville Pilchuck High School, a large high school. A federal count lists 1,182 students at the school, in grades 9 through 12. Average enrollment for high schools in Washington is about 573, so this school runs 106% above that.
District-wide, Marysville School District has 23 schools and 9,760 students.
White students are the largest group at Marysville Pilchuck High School, with 39% of enrollment. The remaining shares are 34% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 6% Native American, and 6% Asian. Snohomish County as a whole is about 64% White, so the school's share is lower. By the diversity index, Marysville Pilchuck High School comes in at 71%.
Marysville Pilchuck High School counts 61.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 19.2 students for each one. Among high schools in Washington, the typical ratio is 21.6:1. About 55% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 41% average for public schools in Snohomish County, the school's rate is higher.
Measured against Washington public high schools, Marysville Pilchuck High School receives an F. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Marysville Pilchuck High School is in the bottom 10% of Washington schools: 27.6% actual against 43.4% predicted.
In Snohomish County (population about 844,430), median household income is about $111,246, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 38% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Marysville Pilchuck High School is one of 227 public schools in Snohomish County, which together enroll about 118,688 students.
Cascade Elementary is the public school closest to Marysville Pilchuck High School, about 0.8 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Marysville Pilchuck High School is 7th of 8 nearby schools with test data.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Mid-size, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Marysville Pilchuck High School had 1,139 students in 2020-21 and 1,182 in 2024-25, a 4% gain. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 20.3:1 to 19.2:1.
Discussions about Marysville Pilchuck High School may include school safety, transportation, and start times. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Marysville School District
- Marysville Getchell High SchoolHigh · 1,381 students
- Cedarcrest SchoolMiddle · 704 students
- Marysville Middle SchoolMiddle · 656 students
- Totem Middle SchoolMiddle · 522 students
- Quil Ceda Tulalip ElementaryElementary · 498 students
- Kellogg Marsh Elementary SchoolElementary · 468 students
Other schools in Marysville
- Marysville Getchell High SchoolHigh · 1,381 students
- Cedarcrest SchoolMiddle · 704 students
- Lakewood Middle SchoolMiddle · 668 students
- Marysville Middle SchoolMiddle · 656 students
- Totem Middle SchoolMiddle · 522 students
- Kellogg Marsh Elementary SchoolElementary · 468 students
Nearby schools
- Cascade Elementary0.8 mi · 382
- Marshall Elementary0.9 mi · 331
- Marysville Coop Program0.9 mi · 150
- Kellogg Marsh Elementary School1.4 mi · 468
- Shoultes Elementary1.6 mi · 348
- ECEAP1.6 mi · 151
Frequently asked questions
About Marysville Pilchuck High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Marysville Pilchuck High School?
Marysville Pilchuck High School enrolls approximately 1,182 students in grades 09-12.
Is Marysville Pilchuck High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Marysville Pilchuck High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Marysville Pilchuck High School have?
Marysville Pilchuck High School employs 61 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.2:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Marysville Pilchuck High School?
At Marysville Pilchuck High School, the student body is approximately 39% White, 34% Hispanic, 3% Black, 6% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is Marysville Pilchuck High School public or private?
Marysville Pilchuck High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Marysville School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.