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Enrollment
1,647
High
DISTRICT 677 · STATE 573
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SPOKANE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530825001399
North Central High School
1600 N Howard St, Spokane, WA 99205 · (509) 354-6300 · Spokane County
GRADES 06–12HIGH12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,647 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
18.5:1
89 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 21.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
64%
1,061 students
DISTRICT 60% · 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 6 | 58 | 4% |
| Grade 7 | 54 | 3% |
| Grade 8 | 57 | 3% |
| Grade 9 | 372 | 23% |
| Grade 10 | 378 | 23% |
| Grade 11 | 382 | 23% |
| Grade 12 | 346 | 21% |
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · 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
55.5%
WA avg 58.4% . +13.0pp since 2014
Math
39.1%
WA avg 51.2% . +14.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 55 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 13 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 15 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 55.5% | 39.1% |
| 2023-24 | 53.4% | 35.0% |
| 2022-23 | 59.4% | 39.7% |
| 2021-22 | 53.0% | 27.0% |
| 2018-19 | 74.3% | 45.2% |
| 2017-18 | 67.5% | 44.1% |
| 2016-17 | 55.0% | 40.5% |
| 2015-16 | 39.3% | 35.8% |
| 2014-15 | 42.5% | 24.3% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of WA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
56.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.0%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+19.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 37% typical for Washington schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 19 points, placing it in Washington's top 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 North Central High School
North Central High School's state test result (56.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Central High School this school | 1,647 | 64.4% | 56.0% |
| Shadle Park High School Spokane | 1,445 | 56.9% | 24.6% |
| East Valley High School Spokane Valley | 912 | 59.2% | 39.6% |
| R A Long High School Longview | 926 | 63.8% | N/A |
| Everett High School Everett | 1,643 | 59.9% | 49.1% |
| Elma High School Elma | 578 | 62.5% | 44.9% |
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 North Central High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Spokane County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #42 of 271 | #3 of 21 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.1% | #86 of 321 ▲ 14 | #9 of 21 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.5% | #190 of 327 ▲ 25 | #16 of 21 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.3pp | #29 of 259 | #3 of 21 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,647 | #58 of 570 | #3 of 43 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.5:1 | #74 of 311 | #9 of 21 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.1% | #125 of 316 | #2 of 21 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 64.4% | #91 of 386 | #6 of 29 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +9.3% | #69 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
1,647
+119 (+8%) vs 2020
+14% since 1990-91, when it was 1,446
Student : Teacher
18.5:1
was 20.4:1
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 | 1,647 | 89.1 | 18.5:1 | 64% (1,061) |
| 2023-24 | 1,624 | 87.8 | 18.5:1 | 66% (1,068) |
| 2022-23 | 1,674 | 91.5 | 18.3:1 | 64% (1,067) |
| 2020-21 | 1,528 | 75 | 20.4:1 | 56% (854) |
| 2017-18 | 1,507 | 79.8 | 18.9:1 | 55% (833) |
| 2015-16 | 1,367 | 70 | 19.5:1 | 55% (757) |
| 2010-11 | 1,427 | 73 | 19.6:1 | 49% (696) |
| 2000-01 | 1,531 | 73 | 21.0:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 1,446 | 65 | 22.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for North Central High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 9% (1,507 to 1,647); teachers up 12% (79.8 to 89.1).
About North Central High School
North Central High School is one of the public schools in Spokane, Washington. It is a large high school. Enrollment totals 1,647 students across grades 6 through 12. On average, high schools in Washington enroll around 573, and this school is 187% bigger than that mark.
In Spokane School District, 62 schools enroll a combined 28,853 students.
About 60% of the student body at North Central High School is White. Enrollment also includes 15% multiracial, 12% Hispanic, 5% Black, and 3% Pacific Islander. Among people living in Spokane County, the White share is about 83%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 59, compared with 70 nationally.
With 89.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 18.5:1. High schools in Washington have an average ratio of 21.6:1. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at North Central High School, 64% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is above the 52% average among public schools in Spokane County.
Given its lunch-eligibility share, the predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results for North Central High School is 37.0%. It actually posts 56.0%, which is 19.0 points higher and in the top 10% of Washington schools.
In Spokane County, home to about 549,056 people, median household income comes to about $78,582, 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of people live in poverty. There are 187 public schools in the county, enrolling about 76,588, North Central High School among them.
A-3 Multiagency Adolescent Prog sits about 0.2 miles from North Central High School. North Central High School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 37.7%, lower than North Central High School's 56.0%.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Mid-size, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment rose 8%. The ratio of students to teachers went from 20.4:1 to 18.5:1 over the same years.
North Central High School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Spokane County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
549,056
Census ACS
Median income
$78,582
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
187
76,588 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Spokane School District
- Lewis & Clark High SchoolHigh · 1,673 students
- Ferris High SchoolHigh · 1,644 students
- Rogers High SchoolHigh · 1,498 students
- Shadle Park High SchoolHigh · 1,445 students
- Sacajawea Middle SchoolMiddle · 855 students
- Carla Peperzak Middle SchoolMiddle · 754 students
Other schools in Spokane
- Mead Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,827 students
- Lewis & Clark High SchoolHigh · 1,673 students
- Ferris High SchoolHigh · 1,644 students
- Rogers High SchoolHigh · 1,498 students
- Shadle Park High SchoolHigh · 1,445 students
- Sacajawea Middle SchoolMiddle · 855 students
Other North Central High schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named North Central High. North Central High School is the 2nd largest of the 4.
- North Central High SchoolIndianapolis, IN · 3,682 students
- North Central HighKershaw, SC · 563 students
- North Central High SchoolWashington, LA · 220 students
Nearby schools
- A-3 Multiagency Adolescent Prog0.2 mi · 29
- The Community School0.4 mi · 165
- Garfield Elementary0.4 mi · 314
- Spokane Public Montessori0.6 mi · 413
- Spokane Juvenile Detention School0.7 mi · 19
- Structural Alt Confinement School0.7 mi · 14
Frequently asked questions
About North Central High SchoolHow many students attend North Central High School?
North Central High School enrolls approximately 1,647 students in grades 06-12.
Is North Central High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
North Central High School is a high school covering grades 06-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at North Central High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at North Central High School is approximately 18.5:1 (89 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at North Central High School?
At North Central High School, the student body is approximately 60% White, 12% Hispanic, 5% Black, 3% Asian, 15% Two or more.
What district is North Central High School in?
North Central High School is part of Spokane School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.