North River School

As a micro-enrollment multi-level school in Cosmopolis, Washington, North River School enrolls 54 students from grades pre-K through 12, run under North River School District. That puts it 74% smaller than the typical public school in Washington, which averages around 204 students.

North River School sits inside North River School District, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

For racial and ethnic makeup, North River School records that the largest single group is White, at 59% of enrollment. The remainder consists of 24% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 4% Black, 4% Asian. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 82%.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 8.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 33.2:1 average. An estimated 56% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, North River School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 42.9%, the actual is 38.8%, a residual of -4.1 points.

Across the wider county, census data for Pacific County shows the typical household earns roughly $67,081 per year, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Pacific County runs 21 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,243 students), of which North River School is one.

Willapa Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 11.0 miles from this campus. On composite proficiency, North River School comes 3rd of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 37.1%.

North River School operates from a low-density location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 23%: 70 students in 2018 compared to 54 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share ticked down from 29% to 24%.

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