Enrollment
142
High
DISTRICT 172 · STATE 573
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·POMEROY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530678000994
Pomeroy Jr Sr High School
1090 Pataha St, POMEROY, WA 99347 · (509) 843-1331 · Garfield County
GRADES 07–12HIGH42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL142 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
12 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.1:1 · STATE 21.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
42%
60 students
DISTRICT 44% · STATE 51%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Pomeroy School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
45.8%
WA avg 58.4% . -20.8pp since 2014
Math
43.1%
WA avg 51.2% . +0.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Washington schools, those numbers are about 58 and 51. Reading and writing scores are down about 21 points since 2014, while math scores have held steady.
Source: Smarter Balanced + WCAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
41.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.9%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% typical for Washington schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Washington's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
142
-8 (-5%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
was 12.9:1
% White
88%
was 87%
% Hispanic
11%
was 6%
% Asian
0%
was 3%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Pomeroy Jr Sr High School
Pomeroy Jr Sr High School is a 9-12 campus of minimally staffed scale in POMEROY, Washington, operated by Pomeroy School District, teacheing 142 students in grades 7 through 12. That puts it 75% below the typical public school in Washington, which averages around 573 students.
Within Pomeroy School District, which oversees 2 schools and 343 students, Pomeroy Jr Sr High School is one campus in the system.
On the student-mix side, Pomeroy Jr Sr High School records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (88%). Beyond that, the school reports 11% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Garfield County as a whole.
Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.6:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 21.6:1, putting Pomeroy Jr Sr High School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 42% of students at Pomeroy Jr Sr High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
After controlling for student poverty, Pomeroy Jr Sr High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 51.9%, the actual is 41.2%, a residual of -10.6 points.
Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Garfield County) logs that median household income runs about $64,884, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. In all, Garfield County runs 2 public schools (combined enrollment of about 343 students), of which Pomeroy Jr Sr High School is one.
Nearest neighbor: Pomeroy Elementary School, around 0.1 miles off.
The campus sits in a rural setting.
Trend over the last 7 years. Pomeroy Jr Sr High School's enrollment has edged down 5% since 2018, when it stood at 150 (now 142). The Hispanic share of enrollment rose from 6% to 11% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 12.9:1 in 2018 to 11.6:1 today.
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Garfield County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,353
Census ACS
Median income
$64,884
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
2
343 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Pomeroy School District
- Pomeroy Elementary SchoolElementary · 201 students
Nearby schools
- Pomeroy Elementary School0.1 mi · 201
- Dayton Middle School21.0 mi · 93
- Dayton High School21.0 mi · 88
- Dayton School District Alternative Program21.0 mi · 13
- Dayton Elementary School21.0 mi · 185
- Colton School23.1 mi · 166
Frequently asked questions
About Pomeroy Jr Sr High SchoolHow many students attend Pomeroy Jr Sr High School?
Pomeroy Jr Sr High School enrolls approximately 142 students in grades 07-12.
What grades does Pomeroy Jr Sr High School serve?
Pomeroy Jr Sr High School serves grades 07-12.
How many teachers does Pomeroy Jr Sr High School have?
Pomeroy Jr Sr High School employs 12 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.6:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Pomeroy Jr Sr High School?
At Pomeroy Jr Sr High School, the student body is approximately 88% White, 11% Hispanic, 1% Two or more.
Is Pomeroy Jr Sr High School public or private?
Pomeroy Jr Sr High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Pomeroy School District.
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