Puyallup High School

Puyallup High School is a 9-12 campus of expansive scale in Puyallup, Washington, one of the schools within Puyallup School District, instructing 1,815 students in grades 10 through 12. That puts it 217% bigger than the typical public school in Washington, which averages around 573 students.

Within Puyallup School District, which oversees 37 schools and 23,026 students, Puyallup High School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Puyallup High School shows that 51% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder looks like 19% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, 8% Asian, 5% Black. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 64%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Puyallup High School has 74 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 24.5:1. The state averages around 21.6:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 40% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Pierce County runs at roughly 50%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Puyallup High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 53.1%; this one delivers 52.5%.

In the area at large, Pierce County reports that the typical household earns roughly $99,564 per year, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Pierce County's 287 public schools (combined enrollment of about 138,462 students), Puyallup High School is one campus in the mix.

Meeker Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Puyallup High School at 2nd of 8; the average score across the group is 46.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Puyallup High School has changed only slightly, going from 1,822 students in 2018 to 1,815 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 66% to 51% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 23.3:1 in 2018 to 24.5:1 today.

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