Enrollment
165
High
DISTRICT 677 · STATE 573
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SPOKANE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530825003401
The Community School
1025 W Spofford Ave, Spokane, WA 99205 · (509) 354-3810 · Spokane County
GRADES 09–12HIGH12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL165 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
18.3:1
9 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 21.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
49%
81 students
DISTRICT 60% · 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 | 45 | 27% |
| Grade 10 | 37 | 22% |
| Grade 11 | 46 | 28% |
| Grade 12 | 37 | 22% |
Student demographics
40%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · 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
40.5%
WA avg 58.4% . -17.8pp since 2014
Math
16.2%
WA avg 51.2%
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 16 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Washington schools, those numbers are about 58 and 51. Reading and writing scores are down about 18 points since 2014.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 40.5% | 16.2% |
| 2023-24 | 77.1% | 16.7% |
| 2022-23 | 74.4% | 20.5% |
| 2021-22 | 62.5% | 18.8% |
| 2018-19 | 84.2% | 50.0% |
| 2017-18 | 78.0% | 19.5% |
| 2016-17 | N/A | 20.0% |
| 2015-16 | N/A | 23.5% |
| 2014-15 | 58.3% | N/A |
% 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
36.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.3%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 47% 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 The Community School
The Community School's state test result (36.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Community School this school | 165 | 49.1% | 36.6% |
| Wahkiakum High School CATHLAMET | 127 | 52.0% | 51.8% |
| Chimacum Junior/Senior High School Chimacum | 251 | 51.0% | 38.1% |
| Rainier Senior High School Rainier | 283 | 49.5% | 51.9% |
| Tekoa High School TEKOA | 115 | 52.2% | 35.0% |
| Onalaska High School Onalaska | 281 | 47.3% | 33.1% |
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 The Community School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Spokane County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.6% | #183 of 271 | #18 of 21 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 16.2% | #252 of 321 ▼ 13 | #20 of 21 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.5% | #274 of 327 ▼ 225 | #20 of 21 ▼ 15 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -12.2pp | #13 of 259 | #1 of 21 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 165 | #336 of 570 | #24 of 43 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 49.1% | #203 of 386 | #14 of 29 |
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
165
+9 (+6%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
18.3:1
was 17.3:1
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 | 165 | 9 | 18.3:1 | 49% (81) |
| 2023-24 | 157 | 9 | 17.4:1 | 55% (86) |
| 2022-23 | 163 | 9 | 18.1:1 | 55% (89) |
| 2020-21 | 156 | 9 | 17.3:1 | 42% (65) |
| 2017-18 | 165 | 9 | 18.3:1 | 45% (74) |
| 2015-16 | 135 | 7 | 19.3:1 | 47% (64) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for The Community School.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (165 to 165); teachers unchanged (9 to 9).
About The Community School
This page covers The Community School, a small high school in Spokane, Washington. A total of 165 students attend the school, which covers grades 9 through 12. The average for high schools in Washington is about 573 students, so this school is 71% smaller than average.
District-wide, Spokane School District has 62 schools and 28,853 students.
A majority of students at The Community School, 76%, are White. The next largest groups are 14% multiracial and 9% Hispanic. By the diversity index, The Community School comes in at 40%.
Federal data list 9 full-time-equivalent teachers at The Community School in 2024-25, for a ratio of 18.3:1. Among high schools in Washington, the typical ratio is 21.6:1. The lunch program counts 49% of students at The Community School as eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
Given its lunch-eligibility share, the predicted average proficiency rate on state tests for The Community School is 47.3%. It actually posts 36.6%, which is 10.7 points lower and in the bottom 10% of Washington schools.
County data help place the school in context: in Spokane County, median household income is about $78,582, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 33% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. The public schools of Spokane County number 187 and enroll about 76,588.
The next-closest public school is Spokane Public Montessori, about 0.4 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. The Community School ranks 3rd of 5 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 36.6% against a local average of 40.2%.
Locale: City: Mid-size. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, The Community School went from 156 students to 165. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 17.3:1 in 2020-21 to 18.3:1 in 2024-25.
The discussion area below is open to posts about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Spokane County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
549,056
Census ACS
Median income
$78,582
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
187
76,588 students
Quick facts
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- Ferris High SchoolHigh · 1,644 students
- Rogers High SchoolHigh · 1,498 students
- Shadle Park High SchoolHigh · 1,445 students
Nearby schools
- Spokane Public Montessori0.4 mi · 413
- North Central High School0.4 mi · 1,647
- Structural Alt Confinement School0.4 mi · 14
- Spokane Juvenile Detention School0.4 mi · 19
- A-3 Multiagency Adolescent Prog0.5 mi · 29
- Bryant Center0.6 mi · 330
Frequently asked questions
About The Community SchoolHow large is The Community School?
The Community School enrolls approximately 165 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does The Community School serve?
The Community School serves grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at The Community School?
Approximately 18.3:1 students per teacher at The Community School.
How diverse is The Community School?
The Community School reports a student body of 76% White, 9% Hispanic, 1% Asian, 14% Two or more.
Who oversees The Community School?
The Community School is overseen by Spokane School District in Spokane County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.