Olympia High School

Set in OLYMPIA, Washington, Olympia High School is a high-enrollment high school, operated by Olympia School District. It educates 1,901 students across grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 573 students per school, that is 232% bigger than typical.

Olympia School District comprises 20 schools with combined enrollment of 9,386 students; Olympia High School is among them.

Demographically, Olympia High School records that White students make up the majority at 60%. Other groups include 12% Hispanic, 11% Asian, 10% multiracial, 2% Black. By comparison, Thurston County as a whole is about 72% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 83 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 23.0:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 21.6:1, putting Olympia High School higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 23% of students at Olympia High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Thurston County (around 43%), the school's rate is south of typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Olympia High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 65.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 60.6%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Thurston County indicate median household earnings sit near $96,563, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Thurston County runs 86 public schools (combined enrollment of about 44,412 students), of which Olympia High School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Pioneer Elementary School, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Olympia High School. On composite proficiency, Olympia High School comes 4th of 7 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 60.0%.

Olympia High School operates from a downtown location.

Looking at the recent track record. Olympia High School's enrollment has expanded 4% since 2018, when it stood at 1,836 (now 1,901). The White share of enrollment decreased from 69% to 60% over that span.

On the community side, members of the Olympia High School community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.