Reardan Middle-Senior High School

As an intimate senior high in REARDAN, Washington, Reardan Middle-Senior High School educates 315 students from grades 6 through 12, operated by Reardan-Edwall School District. Enrollment runs roughly 45% smaller than the state mean of about 573.

Across the 3 schools in Reardan-Edwall School District (725 students total), Reardan Middle-Senior High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Reardan Middle-Senior High School logs that the largest single group is White, at 79% of enrollment. The remainder comes out to 8% Native American, 6% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Lincoln County as a whole is about 90% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Reardan Middle-Senior High School records 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 21.6:1 average. About 45% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Reardan Middle-Senior High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.2%, the actual is 51.9%, a residual of +1.7 points.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Lincoln County indicate the typical household earns roughly $71,512 per year, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Reardan Middle-Senior High School is one of 19 public schools in Lincoln County (combined enrollment of about 2,233 students).

The closest other public school is Reardan-Edwall School District Options' Program, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Reardan Middle-Senior High School comes 3rd of 6 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 51.4%.

Reardan Middle-Senior High School operates from a small-town location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 8%: 344 students in 2018 compared to 315 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 90% to 79% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 22.9:1 in 2018 to 17.7:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.