Port Angeles High School

As a roomy secondary school in PORT ANGELES, Washington, Port Angeles High School enrolls 974 students from grades 9 through 12, part of Port Angeles School District. Enrollment runs roughly 70% larger than the state mean of about 573.

Port Angeles School District comprises 10 schools with combined enrollment of 3,460 students; Port Angeles High School is among them.

Looking at the student body, Port Angeles High School reports that 71% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school reports 11% multiracial, 10% Hispanic, 5% Native American. By comparison, Clallam County as a whole is about 82% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 20.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 21.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 48% of students at Port Angeles High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably below Clallam County's rate of about 61%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Clallam County shows median household income runs about $70,370, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Clallam County runs 29 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,741 students), of which Port Angeles High School is one.

The closest other public school is Jefferson Elementary, roughly 0.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 13%: 1,115 students in 2018 compared to 974 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 76% to 71% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 18.0:1 in 2018 to 20.3:1 today.

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