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Enrollment
838
High
DISTRICT 455 · STATE 573
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PULLMAN SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530693001020
Pullman High School
510 NW Greyhound Way, Pullman, WA 99163 · (509) 332-1551 · Whitman County
GRADES 09–12HIGH32-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL838 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
19.1:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.0:1 · STATE 21.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
33%
274 students
DISTRICT 40% · 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 9 | 202 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 184 | 22% |
| Grade 11 | 205 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 247 | 29% |
Student demographics
52%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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Pullman School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
79.4%
WA avg 58.4% . +43.1pp since 2014
Math
52.0%
WA avg 51.2% . +1.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 79 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 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 43 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 1 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 79.4% | 52.0% |
| 2023-24 | 82.8% | 56.7% |
| 2022-23 | 82.2% | 45.0% |
| 2021-22 | 82.8% | 43.6% |
| 2018-19 | 82.8% | 51.0% |
| 2017-18 | 87.2% | 52.8% |
| 2016-17 | 21.4% | 57.5% |
| 2015-16 | 54.0% | 49.2% |
| 2014-15 | 36.3% | 50.6% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
67.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.3%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 →
Schools most like Pullman High School
Pullman High School's state test result (67.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pullman High School this school | 838 | 32.7% | 67.9% |
| A G West Black Hills High School Tumwater | 753 | 31.2% | 47.5% |
| Sehome High School Bellingham | 1,116 | 29.9% | 50.2% |
| Columbia River High VANCOUVER | 1,138 | 32.6% | N/A |
| North Kitsap High School Poulsbo | 1,098 | 27.8% | 53.9% |
| Vancouver iTech Preparatory VANCOUVER | 600 | 36.3% | N/A |
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 Pullman High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Whitman County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.9% | #11 of 271 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #31 of 321 ▼ 10 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 79.4% | #38 of 327 ▼ 18 | N/A |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.5pp | #78 of 259 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 838 | #175 of 570 | #1 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.1:1 | #95 of 311 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.1% | #192 of 316 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 32.7% | #308 of 386 | N/A |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.2% | #163 of 164 | 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
838
+31 (+4%) vs 2020
+44% since 1990-91, when it was 582
Student : Teacher
19.1:1
was 19.2:1
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 | 838 | 43.9 | 19.1:1 | 33% (274) |
| 2023-24 | 855 | 47.7 | 17.9:1 | 33% (282) |
| 2022-23 | 896 | 48.3 | 18.6:1 | 31% (279) |
| 2020-21 | 807 | 42 | 19.2:1 | 24% (197) |
| 2017-18 | 840 | 40.8 | 20.6:1 | 26% (216) |
| 2015-16 | 797 | 37 | 21.5:1 | 26% (207) |
| 2010-11 | 680 | 35 | 19.4:1 | 20% (137) |
| 2000-01 | 725 | 36 | 20.1:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 582 | 31 | 18.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pullman High School.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (840 to 838); teachers up 8% (40.8 to 43.9).
About Pullman High School
Pullman High School is a medium-sized high school. Its address is in Pullman, Washington. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 838 students in grades 9 through 12. The average for high schools in Washington is about 573 students, so this school is 46% larger than average.
Pullman School District has a total of 6 schools and 2,731 students, Pullman High School among them.
Pullman High School's enrollment is 66% White. The remaining shares are 13% Hispanic, 9% Asian, 7% multiracial, and 2% Black. Census estimates put the White share of Whitman County's population at about 76%. Pullman High School has a diversity index of 52%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The ratio of students to teachers is 19.1:1, with 43.9 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. The 21.6:1 average for high schools in Washington is higher than this school's figure. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Pullman High School is 33%.
Pullman High School scores 67.9% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 58.3%.
Across Whitman County, median household income is about $55,406, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 50% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. The public schools of Whitman County number 28 and enroll about 4,753.
The nearest public school is Kamiak Elementary, at about 0.5 miles. There are 6 other public schools within five miles. Pullman High School places 3rd of 6 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
By NCES locale, the school is Town: Distant, or in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Pullman High School went from 807 students to 838.
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Whitman County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
47,003
Census ACS
Median income
$55,406
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
50%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
28
4,753 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Pullman School District
- Lincoln Middle SchoolMiddle · 643 students
- Jefferson ElementaryElementary · 335 students
- Sunnyside ElementaryElementary · 326 students
- Kamiak ElementaryElementary · 315 students
- Franklin ElementaryElementary · 274 students
Other schools in Pullman
- Lincoln Middle SchoolMiddle · 643 students
- Jefferson ElementaryElementary · 335 students
- Sunnyside ElementaryElementary · 326 students
- Kamiak ElementaryElementary · 315 students
- Franklin ElementaryElementary · 274 students
- Pullman Community MontessoriCombined · 118 students
Nearby schools
- Kamiak Elementary0.5 mi · 315
- Jefferson Elementary0.5 mi · 335
- Pullman Community Montessori1.1 mi · 118
- Sunnyside Elementary1.4 mi · 326
- Lincoln Middle School2.0 mi · 643
- Franklin Elementary2.2 mi · 274
Frequently asked questions
About Pullman High SchoolHow large is Pullman High School?
Pullman High School enrolls approximately 838 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Pullman High School serve?
Pullman High School serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Pullman High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Pullman High School is approximately 19.1:1 (44 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Pullman High School?
Student demographics at Pullman High School are roughly 66% White, 13% Hispanic, 2% Black, 9% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Pullman High School in?
Pullman High School is part of Pullman School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.