Soap Lake Middle & High School

As a close-knit four-year high school in SOAP LAKE, Washington, Soap Lake Middle & High School hosts 263 students from grades 7 through 12, one of the schools within Soap Lake School District. Compared to the state average of about 573 students per school, that is 54% below typical.

Soap Lake Middle & High School is one of 2 schools operated by Soap Lake School District, a district that educates 591 students overall.

On demographics, Soap Lake Middle & High School records that the most-represented group is White (54%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest breaks down as 43% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Soap Lake Middle & High School has 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 19.5:1. The state averages around 21.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 83% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above Grant County's rate of about 69%.

With demographic context factored in, Soap Lake Middle & High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 24.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 15.3%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Grant County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $73,267 per year, about 18% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Grant County's 61 public schools (combined enrollment of about 20,494 students), Soap Lake Middle & High School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Soap Lake Elementary, roughly 0.1 miles away. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Soap Lake Middle & High School comes 6th of 6 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 34.0%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Looking at the recent track record. Soap Lake Middle & High School's enrollment has ticked down 7% since 2018, when it stood at 282 (now 263). Over the same period, the Hispanic share expanded from 30% to 43%. Class-load math has widened: from 16.5:1 in 2018 to 19.5:1 in 2025.

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