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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at University High School this year?
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Enrollment
1,410
High
DISTRICT 549 · STATE 573
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CENTRAL VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530111000204
University High School
12420 E 32nd Ave, Spokane Valley, WA 99216 · (509) 558-6040 · Spokane County
GRADES 09–12HIGH12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,410 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 37% 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.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-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
20.0:1
71 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.5:1 · STATE 21.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
43%
609 students
DISTRICT 47% · STATE 51%
Community
1
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 | 385 | 27% |
| Grade 10 | 332 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 367 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 326 | 23% |
Student demographics
29%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 39% · 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
58.8%
WA avg 58.4% . +30.8pp since 2014
Math
31.3%
WA avg 51.2% . +19.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 59 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 31 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 20 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 58.8% | 31.3% |
| 2023-24 | 74.9% | 35.3% |
| 2022-23 | 64.8% | 31.7% |
| 2021-22 | 65.5% | 31.1% |
| 2018-19 | 75.5% | 38.1% |
| 2017-18 | 74.0% | 35.6% |
| 2016-17 | N/A | 17.5% |
| 2015-16 | 28.8% | 40.2% |
| 2014-15 | 28.1% | 11.7% |
% 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
43.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.2%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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 University High School
University High School's state test result (43.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| University High School this school | 1,410 | 43.2% | 43.7% |
| Central Valley High School Spokane Valley | 1,380 | 42.4% | 49.6% |
| Ferris High School Spokane | 1,644 | 44.8% | 44.6% |
| Washougal High School Washougal | 942 | 39.9% | N/A |
| Mt Spokane High School MEAD | 1,482 | 35.4% | 49.8% |
| Port Angeles High School PORT ANGELES | 974 | 47.8% | N/A |
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 University High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Spokane County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.7% | #132 of 271 | #14 of 21 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.3% | #138 of 321 ▼ 40 | #14 of 21 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.8% | #158 of 327 ▼ 106 | #13 of 21 ▼ 7 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -3.3pp | #85 of 259 | #8 of 21 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,410 | #103 of 570 | #10 of 43 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.0:1 | #118 of 311 | #13 of 21 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 29.4% | #291 of 316 | #18 of 21 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 43.2% | #248 of 386 | #17 of 29 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.4% | #17 of 164 | #3 of 14 |
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
1,410
-211 (-13%) vs 2020
+33% since 1990-91, when it was 1,061
Student : Teacher
20.0:1
was 19.8:1
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 | 1,410 | 70.7 | 20.0:1 | 43% (609) |
| 2023-24 | 1,395 | 68.7 | 20.3:1 | 48% (669) |
| 2022-23 | 1,445 | 80.1 | 18.0:1 | 46% (661) |
| 2020-21 | 1,621 | 82 | 19.8:1 | 30% (493) |
| 2017-18 | 1,817 | 87.2 | 20.8:1 | 39% (703) |
| 2015-16 | 1,807 | 85 | 21.3:1 | 36% (646) |
| 2010-11 | 1,681 | 79 | 21.3:1 | 39% (663) |
| 2000-01 | 1,103 | 52 | 21.2:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 1,061 | 47 | 22.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for University High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (1,817 to 1,410); teachers down 19% (87.2 to 70.7).
About University High School
University High School operates as a high-enrollment high school in Spokane Valley, Washington. In all, 1,410 students attend the school in grades 9 through 12. It has 146% more students than the average for high schools in Washington (about 573).
Central Valley School District runs 33 schools with a combined 15,087 students. University High School is one of them.
Roughly 83% of students at University High School are White. Smaller groups are 5% Hispanic, 4% Black, and 4% multiracial. Spokane County residents are about 83% White, a similar share. The diversity index for University High School is 29%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school lists 70.7 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.0:1. Compared with the 21.6:1 average for high schools in Washington, this school's ratio is lower. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 43% of the student body. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Spokane County is 52%.
On the allk12 Grade, University High School lands at C+, ahead of 37% of Washington public high schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, University High School would score about 51.2%. It scores 43.7%, 7.5 points below that figure.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Spokane County show that median household income comes to about $78,582, roughly 33% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Spokane County counts 187 public schools with about 76,588 students.
A public school about 0.2 miles away, Chester Elementary School, is the closest to University High School. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 53.2%, higher than University High School's 43.7%.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Mid-size.
In 2020-21, University High School enrolled 1,621 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 1,410.
The discussion board for University High School is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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
Related schools
Other schools in Central Valley School District
- Ridgeline High SchoolHigh · 1,575 students
- Central Valley High SchoolHigh · 1,380 students
- Evergreen Middle SchoolMiddle · 668 students
- Sunrise ElementaryElementary · 644 students
- Greenacres ElementaryElementary · 637 students
- Opportunity ElementaryElementary · 631 students
Other schools in Spokane Valley
- Central Valley High SchoolHigh · 1,380 students
- East Valley High SchoolHigh · 912 students
- Evergreen Middle SchoolMiddle · 668 students
- Sunrise ElementaryElementary · 644 students
- Greenacres ElementaryElementary · 637 students
- Opportunity ElementaryElementary · 631 students
Other University High schools
14 other US public schools in 11 states are named University High. University High School is the 5th largest of the 15.
- UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOLORANGE CITY, FL · 2,855 students
- UNIVERSITY HIGHORLANDO, FL · 2,514 students
- University HighIrvine, CA · 2,307 students
- University High SchoolWACO, TX · 1,752 students
- University High SchoolMorgantown, WV · 1,371 students
Nearby schools
- Chester Elementary School0.2 mi · 410
- Horizon Middle School0.4 mi · 472
- South Pines Elementary0.7 mi · 288
- Bowdish Middle School1.0 mi · 359
- McDonald Elementary School1.2 mi · 282
- Opportunity Elementary1.5 mi · 631
Frequently asked questions
About University High SchoolHow many students attend University High School?
University High School enrolls approximately 1,410 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does University High School serve?
University High School serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at University High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at University High School is approximately 20.0:1 (71 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at University High School?
At University High School, the student body is approximately 83% White, 5% Hispanic, 4% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is University High School in?
University High School is part of Central Valley School District.
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