Enrollment
130
High
DISTRICT 105 · STATE 573
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TROUT LAKE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530906001539
Trout Lake School
2310 Hwy 141, Trout Lake, WA 98650 · (509) 395-2571 · Klickitat County
GRADES 05–12HIGH43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL130 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 17% of Washington public high schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-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
13.9:1
9 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.2:1 · STATE 21.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
45%
59 students
DISTRICT 39% · 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 5 | 17 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 13 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 12 | 9% |
| Grade 8 | 16 | 12% |
| Grade 9 | 16 | 12% |
| Grade 10 | 13 | 10% |
| Grade 11 | 21 | 16% |
| Grade 12 | 22 | 17% |
Student demographics
40%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 31% · 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 Trout Lake School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
44.6%
WA avg 58.4% . +13.1pp since 2014
Math
18.9%
WA avg 51.2% . -3.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 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 13 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 3 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 44.6% | 18.9% |
| 2023-24 | 42.3% | 16.3% |
| 2022-23 | 60.8% | 40.8% |
| 2021-22 | 31.1% | 25.7% |
| 2018-19 | 54.4% | 39.2% |
| 2017-18 | 63.2% | 48.4% |
| 2016-17 | 51.8% | 29.8% |
| 2015-16 | 48.9% | 35.5% |
| 2014-15 | 31.5% | 22.2% |
% 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
34.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.8%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 50% 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 Trout Lake School
Trout Lake School's state test result (34.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trout Lake School this school | 130 | 45.4% | 34.9% |
| Waitsburg High School Waitsburg | 87 | 48.3% | 34.0% |
| The Community School Spokane | 165 | 49.1% | 36.6% |
| Wilbur Secondary School Wilbur | 109 | 47.7% | 37.3% |
| Dayton High School Dayton | 88 | 42.0% | N/A |
| Liberty High School SPANGLE | 168 | 42.9% | 64.3% |
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 Trout Lake School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Washington |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.9% | #202 of 271 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.9% | #239 of 321 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.6% | #258 of 327 ▲ 17 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.4pp | #64 of 259 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 130 | #360 of 570 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 45.4% | #228 of 386 |
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
130
-6 (-4%) vs 2020
-21% since 1990-91, when it was 165
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
was 15.1:1
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 | 130 | 9.4 | 13.9:1 | 45% (59) |
| 2023-24 | 132 | 9 | 14.7:1 | 31% (41) |
| 2022-23 | 128 | 9.5 | 13.5:1 | 38% (48) |
| 2020-21 | 136 | 9 | 15.1:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 150 | 8 | 18.8:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2015-16 | 137 | 10 | 13.7:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2010-11 | 88 | 10 | 8.8:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2000-01 | 116 | 11 | 10.6:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 165 | 11 | 15.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Trout Lake School.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (150 to 130); teachers up 18% (8 to 9.4).
About Trout Lake School
Trout Lake School is a small high school in Trout Lake, Washington. Grades offered run from 5 through 12, with 130 students enrolled. The average among high schools in Washington is roughly 573 students; this school is 77% smaller than that.
Trout Lake School District has 2 schools and 209 students, and Trout Lake School is one of those schools.
White students make up a majority at Trout Lake School, at 75%. The remaining students are 16% Hispanic, 4% Asian, and 2% multiracial. Pick two students at random and there is a 40% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school reports 9.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 13.9 students per teacher. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 21.6:1 average for high schools in Washington. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 45%. It compares with 55% for public schools in Klickitat County.
The allk12 Grade for Trout Lake School is C-. Compared with Washington public high schools, the school scored higher than 17% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
On BeatsExpectations, which compares test results with what a school's student poverty level would predict, Trout Lake School ranks in the bottom 10% in Washington. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 34.9%, against a prediction of 49.8%.
Klickitat County census figures show that the median household income is $71,042, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 31% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 9%. Klickitat County is home to 21 public schools and about 2,803 public school students.
The shortest distance from Trout Lake School to another public school is less than a tenth of a mile, to Trout Lake Elementary. Trout Lake School places 6th of 6 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Federal records code the school's setting as Rural: Remote.
Federal data show a 4% enrollment decrease, from 136 in 2020-21 to 130 in 2024-25. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio fell from 15.1:1 to 13.9:1.
Community posts for Trout Lake School can cover school safety, transportation, and start times. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Klickitat County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
23,411
Census ACS
Median income
$71,042
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
21
2,803 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Trout Lake School District
- Trout Lake ElementaryElementary · 79 students
Nearby schools
- Trout Lake Elementary0.0 mi · 79
- Glenwood Elementary11.1 mi · 33
- Glenwood Secondary11.1 mi · 26
- Columbia High School17.1 mi · 361
- White Salmon Academy17.1 mi · 35
- Wayne M Henkle Middle School17.2 mi · 167
Frequently asked questions
About Trout Lake SchoolHow many students attend Trout Lake School?
Trout Lake School enrolls approximately 130 students in grades 05-12.
What grades does Trout Lake School serve?
Trout Lake School serves grades 05-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Trout Lake School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Trout Lake School is approximately 13.9:1 (9 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Trout Lake School?
At Trout Lake School, the student body is approximately 75% White, 16% Hispanic, 1% Black, 4% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Trout Lake School public or private?
Trout Lake School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Trout Lake School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.