Rainier Senior High School

Rainier Senior High School is one of the cozy 9-12 campuss in Rainier, Washington, part of Rainier School District, with 283 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Washington's public schools average about 573 students each, so Rainier Senior High School sits 51% below that benchmark.

Within Rainier School District, which oversees 3 schools and 1,017 students, Rainier Senior High School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Rainier Senior High School lists that 78% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school logs 11% Hispanic, 7% multiracial.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Rainier Senior High School has 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 21.6:1 average. Roughly 49% of students at Rainier Senior High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Rainier Senior High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 47.0%; this one delivers 51.9%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Thurston County indicate median household income runs about $96,563, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Rainier Senior High School is one of 86 public schools in Thurston County (combined enrollment of about 44,412 students).

The closest other public school is Rainier Middle School, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around Rainier Senior High School. On composite proficiency, Rainier Senior High School comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 46.9%.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Rainier Senior High School's enrollment has expanded 13% since 2018, when it stood at 251 (now 283). The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 16.4:1 in 2018 to 18.1:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.