Shahala Middle School

Shahala Middle School, a reasonably sized intermediate school in Vancouver, Washington, one of the schools within Evergreen School District (Clark), caters to 732 students, covering grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Washington's public schools average about 577 students each, so Shahala Middle School sits 27% above that benchmark.

Evergreen School District (Clark) runs 39 schools in total, collectively educating 21,603 students. Shahala Middle School is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Shahala Middle School reports that the largest single group is White at 48%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 21% Hispanic, 14% Asian, 11% multiracial, 4% Black. The wider county runs roughly 75% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.6:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Around 31% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is south of Clark County's rate of about 43%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Clark County put median household income runs about $97,536, 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Clark County runs 151 public schools (combined enrollment of about 74,406 students), of which Shahala Middle School is one.

Illahee Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Over the past 7-year window. Shahala Middle School's enrollment has decreased 34% since 2018, when it stood at 1,112 (now 732). The White share of enrollment shrank from 55% to 48% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 18.4:1 in 2018 to 19.6:1 today.

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