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If you had an hour of school board time for Snohomish High School, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
1,496
High
DISTRICT 838 · STATE 573
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SNOHOMISH SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530802001328
Snohomish High School
1316 Fifth Street, Snohomish, WA 98290 · (360) 563-4019 · Snohomish County
GRADES 09–12HIGH22-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,496 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 46% of Washington public high schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Washington public high schools
Student : Teacher
22.9:1
65 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.8:1 · STATE 21.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
25%
377 students
DISTRICT 28% · STATE 51%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 373 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 386 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 373 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 364 | 24% |
Student demographics
43%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · STATE 68% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
69.3%
WA avg 58.4% . +65.4pp since 2014
Math
42.3%
WA avg 51.2% . +40.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Washington schools, those numbers are about 58 and 51. Reading and writing scores are up about 65 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 40 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 69.3% | 42.3% |
| 2023-24 | 61.2% | 31.9% |
| 2022-23 | 59.6% | 30.5% |
| 2021-22 | 67.1% | 34.5% |
| 2018-19 | 80.0% | 55.2% |
| 2017-18 | 76.2% | 47.7% |
| 2016-17 | 12.1% | 5.1% |
| 2015-16 | 24.1% | 3.8% |
| 2014-15 | 3.8% | 1.9% |
% Met or Exceeded Standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Smarter Balanced + WCAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of WA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
47.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.3%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 63% typical for Washington schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Snohomish High School
Snohomish High School's state test result (47.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Snohomish High School this school | 1,496 | 25.2% | 47.8% |
| Peninsula High School Gig Harbor | 1,345 | 26.1% | 52.1% |
| Ridgefield High School RIDGEFIELD | 1,249 | 23.5% | N/A |
| Stanwood High School STANWOOD | 1,384 | 31.0% | 47.3% |
| Sehome High School Bellingham | 1,116 | 29.9% | 50.2% |
| Anacortes High School Anacortes | 766 | 25.2% | 71.4% |
Matched among Washington high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Snohomish High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Snohomish County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.8% | #99 of 271 | #10 of 26 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.3% | #67 of 321 ▲ 57 | #6 of 25 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.3% | #78 of 327 ▲ 80 | #7 of 26 ▲ 9 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.0pp | #41 of 259 | #4 of 23 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,496 | #87 of 570 | #12 of 45 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.9:1 | #257 of 311 | #13 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.0% | #236 of 316 | #24 of 25 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 25.2% | #342 of 386 | #31 of 34 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.6% | #59 of 164 | #4 of 12 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,496
-103 (-6%) vs 2020
+9% since 1990-91, when it was 1,369
Student : Teacher
22.9:1
was 23.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,496 | 65.4 | 22.9:1 | 25% (377) |
| 2023-24 | 1,525 | 68.7 | 22.2:1 | 26% (403) |
| 2022-23 | 1,565 | 68.9 | 22.7:1 | 26% (409) |
| 2020-21 | 1,599 | 68 | 23.5:1 | 20% (321) |
| 2017-18 | 1,674 | 70.4 | 23.8:1 | 20% (342) |
| 2015-16 | 1,735 | 72 | 24.1:1 | 24% (413) |
| 2010-11 | 1,740 | 78 | 22.3:1 | 20% (354) |
| 2000-01 | 1,882 | 78 | 24.1:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 1,369 | 60 | 22.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Snohomish High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (1,674 to 1,496); teachers down 7% (70.4 to 65.4).
About Snohomish High School
Snohomish High School is a high-enrollment high school in Snohomish, Washington. Students in grades 9 through 12 attend the school, which enrolls 1,496 students. The average among high schools in Washington is roughly 573 students; this school is 161% above that.
Within Snohomish School District, Snohomish High School is one of 18 schools. The district enrolls 9,732 students.
Roughly 73% of students at Snohomish High School are White. Other reported shares: 15% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Snohomish County's residents are about 64% White, 9 points below the school's share. Pick two students at random and there is a 43% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 22.9:1, with 65.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is higher than the 21.6:1 average for high schools in Washington. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Snohomish High School is 25%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Snohomish County is 41%.
allk12 grades Snohomish High School a B-. The grade compares the school only with Washington public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
Given its lunch-eligibility share, the predicted average proficiency rate on state tests for Snohomish High School is 63.3%. It actually posts 47.8%, which is 15.5 points lower and in the bottom 10% of Washington schools.
Across Snohomish County, the median household income is $111,246, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 38% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Snohomish County is home to 227 public schools and about 118,688 public school students.
Central Primary Center is located about 0.5 miles from Snohomish High School. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, Snohomish High School is ahead of the 47.1% nearby average, ranking 3rd of 4.
Federal data place Snohomish High School in the Suburb: Mid-size locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment at Snohomish High School declined 6% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 1,599 to 1,496 students.
The Snohomish High School community page is open for posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Snohomish County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
844,430
Census ACS
Median income
$111,246
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
227
118,688 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Snohomish School District
- Glacier Peak High SchoolHigh · 1,642 students
- Centennial Middle SchoolMiddle · 734 students
- Dutch Hill ElementaryElementary · 694 students
- Little Cedars Elementary SchoolElementary · 646 students
- Valley View Middle SchoolMiddle · 641 students
- Machias ElementaryElementary · 615 students
Other schools in Snohomish
- Glacier Peak High SchoolHigh · 1,642 students
- Centennial Middle SchoolMiddle · 734 students
- Dutch Hill ElementaryElementary · 694 students
- Little Cedars Elementary SchoolElementary · 646 students
- Valley View Middle SchoolMiddle · 641 students
- Machias ElementaryElementary · 615 students
Nearby schools
- Central Primary Center0.5 mi · 69
- AIM High School0.8 mi · 174
- Parent Partnership0.8 mi · 90
- High School Re Entry0.8 mi · 40
- Central Emerson Elementary0.8 mi · 477
- Snohomish Center0.8 mi · 37
Frequently asked questions
About Snohomish High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Snohomish High School?
Snohomish High School enrolls approximately 1,496 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Snohomish High School serve?
Snohomish High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many teachers does Snohomish High School have?
Snohomish High School employs 65 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 22.9:1.
How diverse is Snohomish High School?
Snohomish High School reports a student body of 73% White, 15% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Snohomish High School public or private?
Snohomish High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Snohomish School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.