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What's the most underrated thing about Stanwood High School that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
1,384
High
DISTRICT 757 · STATE 573
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·STANWOOD-CAMANO SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530834001423
Stanwood High School
7400 272ND ST NW, STANWOOD, WA 98292 · (360) 629-1300 · Snohomish County
GRADES 09–12HIGH31-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL1,384 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 31% 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.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-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
23.9:1
58 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.3:1 · STATE 21.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
31%
429 students
DISTRICT 37% · 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 | 345 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 347 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 357 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 335 | 24% |
Student demographics
40%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 41% · 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
64.7%
WA avg 58.4% . +53.9pp since 2014
Math
29.3%
WA avg 51.2% . +26.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 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 54 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 27 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 64.7% | 29.3% |
| 2023-24 | 69.0% | 32.0% |
| 2022-23 | 68.8% | 27.1% |
| 2021-22 | 74.2% | 39.4% |
| 2018-19 | 74.2% | 48.1% |
| 2017-18 | 78.0% | 47.0% |
| 2016-17 | 8.5% | 4.8% |
| 2015-16 | 18.0% | 13.6% |
| 2014-15 | 10.8% | 2.8% |
% 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
47.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.4%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 59% 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 Stanwood High School
Stanwood High School's state test result (47.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stanwood High School this school | 1,384 | 31.0% | 47.3% |
| White River High School Buckley | 1,340 | 31.3% | 45.8% |
| Klahowya Secondary SILVERDALE | 1,016 | 32.0% | 45.7% |
| Tumwater High School Tumwater | 1,117 | 30.6% | 49.2% |
| Enumclaw Sr High School Enumclaw | 1,333 | 31.6% | 37.6% |
| Mead Senior High School SPOKANE | 1,827 | 32.6% | 52.3% |
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 Stanwood High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Snohomish County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.3% | #103 of 271 | #11 of 26 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.3% | #158 of 321 ▼ 38 | #17 of 25 ▼ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.7% | #110 of 327 ▼ 20 | #9 of 26 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -9.8pp | #24 of 259 | #3 of 23 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,384 | #108 of 570 | #16 of 45 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.9:1 | #279 of 311 | #17 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.2% | #252 of 316 | #25 of 25 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 31.0% | #326 of 386 | #28 of 34 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.4% | #106 of 136 | #11 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
1,384
+104 (+8%) vs 2020
+92% since 1990-91, when it was 719
Student : Teacher
23.9:1
was 21.7:1
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 | 1,384 | 57.8 | 23.9:1 | 31% (429) |
| 2023-24 | 1,362 | 57.8 | 23.6:1 | 33% (446) |
| 2022-23 | 1,332 | 59.2 | 22.5:1 | 30% (393) |
| 2020-21 | 1,280 | 59 | 21.7:1 | 24% (304) |
| 2017-18 | 1,339 | 63 | 21.2:1 | 23% (307) |
| 2015-16 | 1,404 | 62 | 22.6:1 | 22% (315) |
| 2010-11 | 1,550 | 70 | 22.1:1 | 22% (339) |
| 2000-01 | 1,580 | 79 | 20.0:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 719 | 36 | 20.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Stanwood High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (1,339 to 1,384); teachers down 8% (63 to 57.8).
About Stanwood High School
As a large high school, Stanwood High School serves students in STANWOOD, Washington. The school enrolls 1,384 students, from grades 9 through 12. Average enrollment for high schools in Washington is about 573, so this school runs 142% above that.
Stanwood-Camano School District serves 4,880 students across 11 schools.
Roughly 76% of students at Stanwood High School are White. Beyond that, enrollment is 13% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 3% Asian. The White share of the county population is lower, at 64%. Pick two students at random and there is a 40% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school reported 57.8 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 23.9:1. That is 2.4 students per teacher above the 21.6:1 average for high schools in Washington. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 31%. Compared with the 41% average for public schools in Snohomish County, the school's rate is lower.
Stanwood High School is graded C by allk12, scoring above 31% of Washington public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Stanwood High School is in the bottom 10% of Washington schools on the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure. Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 59.4%. The school's actual rate is 47.3%, 12.1 points lower.
In Snohomish County (population about 844,430), the median household income is $111,246, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 38%, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Stanwood High School is one of 227 public schools in the county.
The closest public school to Stanwood High School is Lincoln Hill High School, less than a tenth of a mile away. Stanwood High School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Among 6 nearby schools that report test results, Stanwood High School ranks 5th on proficiency.
Stanwood High School has an NCES locale of Town: Fringe.
The school enrolled 1,384 students in 2024-25, 104 more than the 1,280 it had in 2020-21. Federal data show the ratio rising from 21.7:1 to 23.9:1.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Stanwood High School covering things like sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. 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 Stanwood-Camano School District
- Port Susan Middle SchoolMiddle · 530 students
- Stanwood Middle SchoolMiddle · 528 students
- Twin City ElementaryElementary · 440 students
- Cedarhome Elementary SchoolElementary · 433 students
- Stanwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 430 students
- Utsalady ElementaryElementary · 391 students
Other schools in STANWOOD
- Port Susan Middle SchoolMiddle · 530 students
- Stanwood Middle SchoolMiddle · 528 students
- Twin City ElementaryElementary · 440 students
- Cedarhome Elementary SchoolElementary · 433 students
- Stanwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 430 students
- Saratoga SchoolCombined · 218 students
Nearby schools
- Lincoln Hill High School0.0 mi · 130
- Saratoga School0.2 mi · 218
- Lincoln Academy0.2 mi · 20
- Port Susan Middle School0.3 mi · 530
- Twin City Elementary0.6 mi · 440
- Cedarhome Elementary School0.7 mi · 433
Frequently asked questions
About Stanwood High SchoolHow many students attend Stanwood High School?
Stanwood High School enrolls approximately 1,384 students in grades 09-12.
Is Stanwood High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Stanwood High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Stanwood High School have?
Stanwood High School employs 58 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 23.9:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Stanwood High School?
At Stanwood High School, the student body is approximately 76% White, 13% Hispanic, 2% Black, 3% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Stanwood High School?
Stanwood High School is overseen by Stanwood-Camano School District in Snohomish County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.