South Whidbey High School

As an intimate four-year high school in Langley, Washington, South Whidbey High School teaches 390 students from grades 9 through 12, one of the schools within South Whidbey School District. Enrollment runs roughly 32% smaller than the state mean of about 573.

South Whidbey School District runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 1,207 students. South Whidbey High School is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, South Whidbey High School logs that 81% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 8% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 3% Native American, 2% Asian. Compared to Island County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

In terms of school funding signals, South Whidbey High School lists 22 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. Around 37% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, South Whidbey High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 55.3%, the actual is 61.3%, a residual of +6.0 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Island County indicate the typical household earns roughly $90,551 per year, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. South Whidbey High School is one of 26 public schools in Island County (combined enrollment of about 8,561 students).

Nearest neighbor: South Whidbey Academy, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around South Whidbey High School. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), South Whidbey High School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 55.3%.

South Whidbey High School operates from an outlying location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 13%: 448 students in 2018 compared to 390 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 86% to 81% over that span.

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