Tenino High School

Located at 500 West Second Ave, in Tenino, Washington, Tenino High School is a small secondary school that teaches 383 students (grades 9 through 12), overseen by Tenino School District. That puts it 33% below the typical public school in Washington, which averages around 573 students.

Tenino School District comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 1,283 students; Tenino High School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Tenino High School reports that White students make up the majority at 77%. The remainder reads as 16% Hispanic, 7% multiracial.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Tenino High School has 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 20.8:1. The state averages around 21.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 45% of students at Tenino High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Tenino High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 49.7%, the actual is 44.5%, a residual of -5.3 points.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Thurston County put the typical household earns roughly $96,563 per year, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Tenino High School is one of 86 public schools in Thurston County (combined enrollment of about 44,412 students).

The closest other public school is Parkside Elementary, roughly 0.3 miles away. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Tenino High School comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 49.1%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Tenino High School has ticked up 8%, going from 354 students in 2018 to 383 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 90% to 77%. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 17.5:1 in 2018 to 20.8:1 today.

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