Medical Lake High School

Located at 200 E. Barker St., in Medical Lake, Washington, Medical Lake High School is a mid-sized 9-12 campus that instructs 506 students (grades 9 through 12), part of Medical Lake School District.

Within Medical Lake School District, which oversees 4 schools and 1,842 students, Medical Lake High School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Medical Lake High School reports that White students make up the majority at 75%. Beyond that, the school logs 10% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 2% Asian.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 21.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 40% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Spokane County (around 52%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Medical Lake High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 53.2%, the actual is 51.7%, a residual of -1.5 points.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Spokane County) records that median household income runs about $78,582, 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Spokane County runs 187 public schools (combined enrollment of about 76,588 students), of which Medical Lake High School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Hallett Elementary School, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Medical Lake High School comes 3rd of 6 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 42.8%.

Medical Lake High School operates from a low-density location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Medical Lake High School has contracted 5%, going from 534 students in 2018 to 506 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 19.3:1 in 2018 to 18.0:1 today.

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