Quartzite Learning

Located at 106 W Lincoln, in Chewelah, Washington, Quartzite Learning is a compact unified-grade school that instructs 113 students (grades K through 12), one of the schools within Chewelah School District. By comparison, Washington's public schools average about 204 students each, so Quartzite Learning sits 45% smaller than that benchmark.

Across the 4 schools in Chewelah School District (799 students total), Quartzite Learning accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Quartzite Learning reports that 86% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest looks like 10% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, Quartzite Learning shows 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 33.2:1 average. Around 65% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Stevens County (around 55%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

Around the school, Stevens County reports that the typical household earns roughly $69,327 per year, roughly 22% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Stevens County's 41 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,726 students), Quartzite Learning is one campus in the mix.

Chewelah Open Doors Reengagement Program is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Quartzite Learning.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 95%: 58 students in 2018 compared to 113 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 91% to 86%. Class-load math has fell: from 33.0:1 in 2018 to 17.1:1 in 2025.

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