Enrollment
247
Combined
STATE 204
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·THORP SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530885001525
Thorp Elem & Jr Sr High
10831 N THORP HWY, THORP, WA 98946 · (509) 964-2107 · Kittitas County
GRADES KG–12COMBINED42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL247 STUDENTS
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allk12 Grade
Not graded
This school has no state test results for 2023-24 or 2024-25 to grade, which is common for schools that end before third grade. How grades work
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
20 FTE teachers
STATE 33.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
54%
133 students
STATE 51%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other combined schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 33 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 23 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 17 | 7% |
| Grade 3 | 24 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 22 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 23 | 9% |
| Grade 6 | 24 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 18 | 7% |
| Grade 8 | 16 | 6% |
| Grade 9 | 11 | 4% |
| Grade 10 | 12 | 5% |
| Grade 11 | 16 | 6% |
| Grade 12 | 8 | 3% |
This year's kindergarten class (33) is 106% larger than its 8th grade class (16).
Student demographics
36%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
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
42.4%
WA avg 58.4% . -12.7pp since 2014
Math
27.1%
WA avg 51.2% . -19.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 27 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 13 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 20 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 42.4% | 27.1% |
| 2023-24 | 35.7% | 19.6% |
| 2022-23 | 34.6% | 22.8% |
| 2021-22 | 46.0% | 29.0% |
| 2018-19 | 66.7% | 45.5% |
| 2017-18 | 59.5% | 39.6% |
| 2016-17 | 50.7% | 46.7% |
| 2015-16 | 46.6% | 45.3% |
| 2014-15 | 55.1% | 46.9% |
% 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
33.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.1%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 Thorp Elem & Jr Sr High
Thorp Elem & Jr Sr High's state test result (33.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thorp Elem & Jr Sr High this school | 247 | 53.8% | 33.8% |
| Pe Ell School Pe Ell | 284 | 55.3% | 37.0% |
| Curlew Elem & High School Curlew | 234 | 55.1% | 38.5% |
| Crescent School Port Angeles | 228 | 51.3% | N/A |
| Quilcene High And Elementary Quilcene | 207 | 61.8% | 38.8% |
| Wishkah Valley Elementary/High School Aberdeen | 178 | 60.7% | 40.8% |
Matched among Washington K-12 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 Thorp Elem & Jr Sr High ranks
Among K-12 schools| Measure | This school | In Washington |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.8% | #10 of 16 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.1% | #8 of 20 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.4% | #5 of 20 ▲ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.8pp | #6 of 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 247 | #23 of 116 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.1:1 | #4 of 29 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 36.2% | #19 of 29 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 53.8% | #24 of 60 |
Ranked against other public K-12 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
247
+22 (+10%) vs 2020
+50% since 1990-91, when it was 165
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
was 11.3:1
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 | 247 | 20.4 | 12.1:1 | 54% (133) |
| 2023-24 | 259 | 20.8 | 12.4:1 | 50% (130) |
| 2022-23 | 257 | 20.3 | 12.7:1 | 55% (142) |
| 2020-21 | 225 | 20 | 11.3:1 | 34% (76) |
| 2017-18 | 175 | 18.4 | 9.5:1 | 44% (77) |
| 2015-16 | 121 | 13 | 9.3:1 | 51% (62) |
| 2010-11 | 166 | 18 | 9.2:1 | 43% (72) |
| 2000-01 | 206 | 16 | 12.9:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 165 | 13 | 12.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Thorp Elem & Jr Sr High.
Since 2017-18: students up 41% (175 to 247); teachers up 11% (18.4 to 20.4).
About Thorp Elem & Jr Sr High
The public school serving multiple grade levels Thorp Elem & Jr Sr High is located in THORP, Washington. The school teaches kindergarten through 12 and enrolls 247 students. The school is 21% larger than the average for combined schools in Washington.
The local education agency for Thorp Elem & Jr Sr High is Thorp School District.
The share of White students at Thorp Elem & Jr Sr High is 79%, a majority. The remaining students are 11% Hispanic and 9% multiracial. Census estimates put Kittitas County at about 82% White, close to the school's figure. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 36, compared with 70 nationally.
Staffing at Thorp Elem & Jr Sr High comes to 20.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 12.1:1. Combined schools in Washington average 33.2:1, 21.1 more students per teacher than here. Thorp Elem & Jr Sr High counts 54% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is above the 46% average among public schools in Kittitas County.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Thorp Elem & Jr Sr High is 10.3 points below the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 33.8% actual, 44.1% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Washington.
Census data for Kittitas County show the median household earns about $73,804 a year, roughly 37% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Public schools in Kittitas County number 21, with about 5,387 students.
Thorp Elem & Jr Sr High's nearest public school is Ida Nason Aronica Elementary (about 6.8 miles). The count of other public schools within ten miles is at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 42.0%; Thorp Elem & Jr Sr High's is 33.8%, ranking 5th of 5.
Under the NCES locale system, Thorp Elem & Jr Sr High is Rural: Distant.
From 225 students in 2020-21, enrollment rose to 247 by 2024-25.
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Kittitas County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
47,172
Census ACS
Median income
$73,804
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
21
5,387 students
Quick facts
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Nearby schools
- Ida Nason Aronica Elementary6.8 mi · 361
- Early Learning Center6.9 mi · 54
- Mt. Stuart Elementary6.9 mi · 336
- Morgan Middle School8.2 mi · 772
- Lincoln Elementary8.4 mi · 334
- Damman Elementary8.4 mi · 48
Frequently asked questions
About Thorp Elem & Jr Sr HighWhat is the total enrollment at Thorp Elem & Jr Sr High?
Thorp Elem & Jr Sr High enrolls approximately 247 students in grades KG-12.
What age range does Thorp Elem & Jr Sr High serve?
Thorp Elem & Jr Sr High serves students from grade KG through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Thorp Elem & Jr Sr High?
Approximately 12.1:1 students per teacher at Thorp Elem & Jr Sr High.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Thorp Elem & Jr Sr High?
At Thorp Elem & Jr Sr High, the student body is approximately 79% White, 11% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is Thorp Elem & Jr Sr High public or private?
Thorp Elem & Jr Sr High is a public K-12 school, overseen by Thorp School District.
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