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Enrollment
1,857
High
DISTRICT 1,750 · STATE 573
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SUMNER-BONNEY LAKE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530861001446
Sumner High School
1707 Main St, Sumner, WA 98390 · (253) 891-5500 · Pierce County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,857 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 77% of Washington public high schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+Three-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
22.5:1
82 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.5:1 · STATE 21.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
647 students
DISTRICT 35% · 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 | 491 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 476 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 468 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 422 | 23% |
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · 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
76.3%
WA avg 58.4% . +26.1pp since 2014
Math
39.2%
WA avg 51.2% . +17.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 76 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 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 26 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 18 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 76.3% | 39.2% |
| 2023-24 | 78.2% | 41.2% |
| 2022-23 | 76.7% | 42.1% |
| 2021-22 | 76.4% | 42.7% |
| 2018-19 | 84.0% | 54.7% |
| 2017-18 | 83.8% | 53.3% |
| 2016-17 | 20.7% | 20.1% |
| 2015-16 | 23.6% | 33.0% |
| 2014-15 | 50.3% | 21.6% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
54.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.8%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% typical for Washington schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Washington's top nor bottom 10%.
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 Sumner High School
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sumner High School this school | 1,857 | 34.8% | 54.0% |
| Bonney Lake High School Bonney Lake | 1,643 | 33.5% | 55.5% |
| Skyview High School VANCOUVER | 1,869 | 34.6% | N/A |
| Richland High School Richland | 2,218 | 34.1% | N/A |
| Hanford High School Richland | 1,959 | 32.7% | N/A |
| Arlington High School Arlington | 1,650 | 37.0% | 49.0% |
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 Sumner High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Pierce County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.0% | #51 of 271 | #6 of 32 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.2% | #85 of 321 ▼ 20 | #6 of 32 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 76.3% | #49 of 327 ▼ 4 | #5 of 33 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.8pp | #113 of 259 | #14 of 32 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,857 | #32 of 570 | #2 of 51 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.5:1 | #238 of 311 | #20 of 34 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.3% | #158 of 316 | #29 of 35 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 34.8% | #299 of 386 | #33 of 39 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.8% | #121 of 136 | #16 of 17 |
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
1,857
+172 (+10%) vs 2020
+101% since 1990-91, when it was 926
Student : Teacher
22.5:1
was 23.1:1
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 | 1,857 | 82.4 | 22.5:1 | 35% (647) |
| 2023-24 | 1,866 | 80.4 | 23.2:1 | 33% (625) |
| 2022-23 | 1,728 | 77.9 | 22.2:1 | 32% (547) |
| 2020-21 | 1,685 | 73 | 23.1:1 | 26% (430) |
| 2017-18 | 1,824 | 82.8 | 22.0:1 | 24% (443) |
| 2015-16 | 1,932 | 75 | 25.8:1 | 28% (541) |
| 2010-11 | 1,343 | 60 | 22.4:1 | 28% (381) |
| 2000-01 | 1,615 | 76 | 21.3:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 926 | 55 | 16.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sumner High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (1,824 to 1,857); teachers unchanged (82.8 to 82.4).
About Sumner High School
The public high school Sumner High School is located in Sumner, Washington. Its grade span covers grades 9 through 12, with 1,857 students on the rolls. Across high schools in Washington, the average enrollment is about 573.
Sumner-Bonney Lake School District oversees Sumner High School and 14 other schools, with 10,743 students in total.
More than half of the students at Sumner High School are White (63%). The rest of enrollment is 18% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, and 4% Asian. That is in line with Pierce County, where about 64% of residents are White. The diversity index for Sumner High School is 55%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school lists 82.4 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 22.5:1. Statewide, high schools in Washington average 21.6:1. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 35% of the student body. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Pierce County is 50%.
Among Washington public high schools, Sumner High School outscored 77%, which works out to an A- on the allk12 Grade.
Schools in Washington with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 56.8%. Sumner High School scores 54.0%.
In the surrounding county, Pierce County, median household income comes to about $99,564, about 31% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. The county has 287 public schools and about 138,462 students.
Of the public schools around it, Sumner High School is closest to Sumner Special Services, about 0.3 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. On average proficiency, Sumner High School is 8th of 8 nearby schools with test data.
Federal data place Sumner High School in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal enrollment counts increased from 1,685 (2020-21) to 1,857 (2024-25).
The discussion board for Sumner High School is open to topics like athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Pierce County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
930,319
Census ACS
Median income
$99,564
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
287
138,462 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Sumner-Bonney Lake School District
- Bonney Lake High SchoolHigh · 1,643 students
- Mountain View Middle SchoolMiddle · 937 students
- Lakeridge Middle SchoolMiddle · 763 students
- Sumner Middle SchoolMiddle · 674 students
- Donald Eismann ElementaryElementary · 648 students
- Maple Lawn ElementaryElementary · 628 students
Other schools in Sumner
- Sumner Middle SchoolMiddle · 674 students
- Maple Lawn ElementaryElementary · 628 students
- Daffodil Valley ElementaryElementary · 524 students
- Liberty Ridge ElementaryElementary · 515 students
- Sumner Special ServicesElementary · 35 students
Other Sumner High schools
One other US public school is named Sumner High. Sumner High School is the largest of the 2.
- SUMNER HIGHST LOUIS, MO · 407 students
Nearby schools
- Sumner Special Services0.3 mi · 35
- Daffodil Valley Elementary0.4 mi · 524
- Maple Lawn Elementary0.6 mi · 628
- Sumner Middle School0.6 mi · 674
- Crestwood Elementary1.8 mi · 393
- Shaw Road Elementary1.9 mi · 615
Frequently asked questions
About Sumner High SchoolHow many students attend Sumner High School?
Sumner High School enrolls approximately 1,857 students in grades 09-12.
Is Sumner High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Sumner High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Sumner High School have?
Sumner High School employs 82 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 22.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Sumner High School?
Student demographics at Sumner High School are roughly 63% White, 18% Hispanic, 2% Black, 4% Asian, 11% Two or more.
What district is Sumner High School in?
Sumner High School is part of Sumner-Bonney Lake School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.