Wahluke Junior High

Set in Mattawa, Washington, Wahluke Junior High is a mid-sized junior high, one of the schools within Wahluke School District. It educates 554 students across grades 6 through 8.

Across the 8 schools in Wahluke School District (2,455 students total), Wahluke Junior High accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Wahluke Junior High lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (99%). By comparison, Grant County as a whole is about 44% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Wahluke Junior High records 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 18.9:1 average. An estimated 95% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Grant County (around 69%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Wahluke Junior High sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 16.5%; this one delivers 21.6%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Grant County indicate median household earnings sit near $73,267, about 18% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. In all, Grant County runs 61 public schools (combined enrollment of about 20,494 students), of which Wahluke Junior High is one.

Nearest neighbor: Morris Schott Elementary, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 7 other public schools cluster around Wahluke Junior High. On composite proficiency, Wahluke Junior High comes 3rd of 6 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 22.9%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Five-year trend. Wahluke Junior High's enrollment has ticked down 5% since 2018, when it stood at 584 (now 554).

On the community side, the feed for Wahluke Junior High typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.