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What's the biggest difference between West Valley High School and what you expected?
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Enrollment
836
High
DISTRICT 341 · STATE 573
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WEST VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT (SPOKANE)·NCES 530969001648
West Valley High School
8301 E BUCKEYE, SPOKANE, WA 99212 · (509) 922-5488 · Spokane County
GRADES 09–12HIGH12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL836 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 28% of Washington public high schools
- C+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.
- DThree-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
21.3:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.6:1 · STATE 21.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
421 students
DISTRICT 63% · 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 | 223 | 27% |
| Grade 10 | 198 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 209 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 206 | 25% |
Student demographics
40%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 43% · 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
48.1%
WA avg 58.4% . -13.4pp since 2014
Math
21.4%
WA avg 51.2% . -8.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 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 8 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.1% | 21.4% |
| 2023-24 | 61.0% | 20.0% |
| 2022-23 | 63.1% | 32.7% |
| 2021-22 | 61.8% | 27.8% |
| 2017-18 | 74.2% | 40.2% |
| 2016-17 | 9.5% | 47.8% |
| 2015-16 | 31.1% | 40.2% |
| 2014-15 | 61.5% | 29.5% |
% 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
39.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.4%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 West Valley High School
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Valley High School this school | 836 | 50.4% | 39.3% |
| Charles Francis Adams High School Clarkston | 670 | 47.9% | N/A |
| Port Angeles High School PORT ANGELES | 974 | 47.8% | N/A |
| Sequim Senior High Sequim | 804 | 46.6% | N/A |
| Deer Park High School Deer Park | 637 | 49.5% | 53.2% |
| Mount Baker Senior High DEMING | 513 | 48.5% | 36.7% |
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 West Valley High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Spokane County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.3% | #159 of 271 | #16 of 21 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.4% | #226 of 321 ▼ 6 | #17 of 21 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.1% | #235 of 327 ▼ 73 | #17 of 21 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -10.0pp | #22 of 259 | #2 of 21 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 836 | #176 of 570 | #13 of 43 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.3:1 | #193 of 311 | #18 of 21 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.0% | #254 of 316 | #12 of 21 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.4% | #189 of 386 | #11 of 29 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.3% | #64 of 164 | #7 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
836
-63 (-7%) vs 2020
+25% since 1990-91, when it was 670
Student : Teacher
21.3:1
was 21.4:1
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 | 836 | 39.3 | 21.3:1 | 50% (421) |
| 2023-24 | 821 | 40.3 | 20.4:1 | 50% (412) |
| 2022-23 | 881 | 40.6 | 21.7:1 | 50% (444) |
| 2020-21 | 899 | 42 | 21.4:1 | 41% (371) |
| 2017-18 | 932 | 48.2 | 19.3:1 | 39% (368) |
| 2015-16 | 851 | 44 | 19.3:1 | 47% (397) |
| 2010-11 | 885 | 47 | 18.8:1 | 38% (336) |
| 2000-01 | 801 | 42 | 19.1:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 670 | 35 | 19.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for West Valley High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (932 to 836); teachers down 19% (48.2 to 39.3).
About West Valley High School
A mid-sized high school in SPOKANE, Washington, West Valley High School is part of West Valley School District (Spokane). It has an enrollment of 836 students in grades 9 through 12. On average, high schools in Washington enroll around 573, and this school is 46% larger than that mark.
Besides West Valley High School, West Valley School District (Spokane) runs 12 other schools. The district enrolls 3,475 students.
Of every 100 students at West Valley High School, about 76 are White. Beyond that, enrollment is 12% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 2% Black. The diversity index for West Valley High School is 40%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
West Valley High School has 39.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 21.3:1. The average ratio among high schools in Washington is similar, at 21.6:1. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 50% at West Valley High School. The figure for public schools in Spokane County is close, at 52%.
West Valley High School earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 28% of Washington public high schools.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 46.4% for West Valley High School. The school posts 39.3%, 7.1 points below the prediction.
The county, Spokane County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $78,582, about 33% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. The county's public schools total 187, with about 76,588 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Millwood Kindergarten Center, is about 0.3 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 4 nearby schools with scores, including this one, West Valley High School is 4th on average proficiency.
The NCES locale for West Valley High School is City: Mid-size, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
The school's student count fell 7% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years.
This page is set up for the West Valley High School community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 West Valley School District (Spokane)
- Centennial Middle SchoolMiddle · 536 students
- Pasadena Park ElementaryElementary · 362 students
- Dishman Hills High SchoolHigh · 296 students
- Seth Woodard ElementaryElementary · 262 students
- Ness ElementaryElementary · 243 students
- Spokane Valley High SchoolHigh · 229 students
Other schools in SPOKANE
- Mead Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,827 students
- Lewis & Clark High SchoolHigh · 1,673 students
- North Central High SchoolHigh · 1,647 students
- Ferris High SchoolHigh · 1,644 students
- Rogers High SchoolHigh · 1,498 students
- Shadle Park High SchoolHigh · 1,445 students
Other West Valley High schools
3 other US public schools in 3 states are named West Valley High. West Valley High School is the 3rd largest of the 4.
- West Valley High SchoolYakima, WA · 1,494 students
- West Valley HighHemet, CA · 1,857 students
- West Valley High SchoolFairbanks, AK · 782 students
Nearby schools
- Millwood Kindergarten Center0.3 mi · 178
- Open Doors re-engagement0.4 mi · 3
- Orchard Center Elementary0.4 mi · 199
- West Valley Early Learning Center0.6 mi · 91
- Spokane Valley High School0.7 mi · 229
- Pasadena Park Elementary1.0 mi · 362
Frequently asked questions
About West Valley High SchoolHow many students attend West Valley High School?
West Valley High School enrolls approximately 836 students in grades 09-12.
Is West Valley High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
West Valley High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does West Valley High School have?
West Valley High School employs 39 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.3:1.
What is the student diversity at West Valley High School?
Student demographics at West Valley High School are roughly 76% White, 12% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is West Valley High School in?
West Valley High School is part of West Valley School District (Spokane).
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.