Enrollment
383
High
DISTRICT 321 · STATE 573
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TENINO SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530882001522
Tenino High School
500 West Second Ave, Tenino, WA 98589 · (360) 264-3500 · Thurston County
GRADES 09–12HIGH42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL383 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 60% of Washington public high schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats 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
20.8:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.7:1 · STATE 21.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
45%
174 students
DISTRICT 52% · STATE 51%
Community
0
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 | 98 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 116 | 30% |
| Grade 11 | 82 | 21% |
| Grade 12 | 87 | 23% |
Student demographics
39%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 38% · 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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Tenino School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
63.3%
WA avg 58.4% . +47.4pp since 2014
Math
30.9%
WA avg 51.2% . +26.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 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 47 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 26 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 63.3% | 30.9% |
| 2023-24 | 67.5% | 15.7% |
| 2022-23 | 61.5% | 17.6% |
| 2021-22 | 59.4% | 20.8% |
| 2018-19 | 59.0% | 29.5% |
| 2017-18 | 64.7% | 20.8% |
| 2016-17 | 29.6% | 9.1% |
| 2015-16 | N/A | 6.6% |
| 2014-15 | 15.9% | 4.5% |
% 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
44.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.7%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 Tenino High School
Tenino High School's state test result (44.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tenino High School this school | 383 | 45.4% | 44.5% |
| Onalaska High School Onalaska | 281 | 47.3% | 33.1% |
| Napavine Jr Sr High School Napavine | 410 | 41.7% | 35.3% |
| Port Townsend High School Port Townsend | 383 | 43.3% | 59.0% |
| Toledo High School Toledo | 250 | 44.4% | 51.0% |
| Naches Valley High School Naches | 399 | 46.9% | 46.3% |
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 Tenino High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Thurston County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.5% | #126 of 271 | #6 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.9% | #141 of 321 ▲ 105 | #6 of 11 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.3% | #123 of 327 ▼ 15 | #7 of 11 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.0pp | #32 of 259 | #3 of 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 383 | #239 of 570 | #10 of 20 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.8:1 | #167 of 311 | #3 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.6% | #260 of 316 | #11 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 45.4% | #227 of 386 | #8 of 15 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +8.2% | #76 of 136 | N/A |
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
383
-4 (-1%) vs 2020
+1% since 1990-91, when it was 378
Student : Teacher
20.8:1
was 19.4:1
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 | 383 | 18.4 | 20.8:1 | 45% (174) |
| 2023-24 | 386 | 22.3 | 17.3:1 | 47% (182) |
| 2022-23 | 375 | 23.3 | 16.1:1 | 46% (174) |
| 2020-21 | 387 | 20 | 19.4:1 | 42% (161) |
| 2017-18 | 354 | 20.2 | 17.5:1 | 43% (153) |
| 2015-16 | 356 | 19 | 18.7:1 | 42% (148) |
| 2010-11 | 410 | 23 | 17.8:1 | 39% (159) |
| 2000-01 | 450 | 19 | 23.7:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 378 | 19 | 19.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Tenino High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 8% (354 to 383); teachers down 9% (20.2 to 18.4).
About Tenino High School
A small high school in Tenino, Washington, Tenino High School is part of Tenino School District. Federal data show 383 students enrolled in grades 9 through 12 in 2024-25. On average, high schools in Washington enroll around 573, and this school is 33% below that mark.
The 4 schools in Tenino School District enroll 1,283 students altogether, Tenino High School among them.
White students are 77% of those enrolled at Tenino High School. Beyond that, enrollment is 16% Hispanic and 7% multiracial. A diversity index of 39% means there is a 39% chance two randomly chosen students at Tenino High School are from different groups.
Staffing at Tenino High School comes to 18.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 20.8:1. The school's 20.8:1 compares with an average of 21.6:1 for high schools in Washington. On the income side, 45% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is in line with the 43% average for public schools in Thurston County.
Tenino High School earns a B on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 60% of Washington public high schools.
Tenino High School's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (44.5%) and its predicted rate (49.7%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Washington schools.
Census data for Thurston County show the median household earns about $96,563 a year, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Thurston County number 86, with about 44,412 students.
A public school about 0.3 miles away, Parkside Elementary, is the closest to Tenino High School. Inside a five-mile radius, there are 3 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 49.1%, higher than Tenino High School's 44.5%.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Rural: Distant.
The student count changed little between 2020-21 (387) and 2024-25 (383). Federal data show the ratio rising from 19.4:1 to 20.8:1.
Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at Tenino High School. You can also rate the school on this page.
Thurston County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
299,067
Census ACS
Median income
$96,563
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
86
44,412 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Tenino School District
- Parkside ElementaryElementary · 316 students
- Tenino Elementary SchoolElementary · 293 students
- Tenino Middle SchoolMiddle · 291 students
Other schools in Tenino
- Parkside ElementaryElementary · 316 students
- Tenino Elementary SchoolElementary · 293 students
- Tenino Middle SchoolMiddle · 291 students
Nearby schools
- Parkside Elementary0.3 mi · 316
- Tenino Middle School0.4 mi · 291
- Tenino Elementary School0.5 mi · 293
- East Olympia Elementary7.2 mi · 579
- Rainier Elementary School7.9 mi · 493
- Rainier Senior High School8.1 mi · 283
Frequently asked questions
About Tenino High SchoolHow large is Tenino High School?
Tenino High School enrolls approximately 383 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Tenino High School serve?
Tenino High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many teachers does Tenino High School have?
Tenino High School employs 18 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Tenino High School?
Student demographics at Tenino High School are roughly 77% White, 16% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Tenino High School in?
Tenino High School is part of Tenino School District.
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