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White Pass Jr. Sr. High School

516 Silverbrook Road, Randle, WA 98377 · (360) 497-5816 · Lewis County
GRADES 07–12HIGH43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL147 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 27% 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.
  • B-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

Enrollment
147
High
DISTRICT 176 · STATE 573
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
11 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 21.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
61%
90 students
DISTRICT 63% · 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

GradeStudentsShare
Grade 73020%
Grade 82618%
Grade 91712%
Grade 102618%
Grade 112618%
Grade 122215%
Student demographics
36%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 31% · STATE 68% · US 70%
White
11578%
DISTRICT 82% · STATE 47% · US 43%
Hispanic
1913%
DISTRICT 9% · STATE 27% · US 30%
Two+
139%
DISTRICT 8% · STATE 9% · US 5%
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
Male
6947%
Female
7853%

School pathway

Feeds from
White Pass Elementary SchoolKG–06
Based on grade levels within White Pass School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.

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Test scores

Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded Standard
English Language Arts
34.5%
WA avg 58.4% . -4.2pp since 2014
Math
26.2%
WA avg 51.2% . -1.7pp since 2014

What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 26 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 4 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 2 points.

Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2534.5%26.2%
2023-2450.0%19.7%
2022-2350.0%18.2%
2021-2250.6%26.0%
2018-1948.1%36.5%
2017-1853.7%24.1%
2016-1758.6%26.7%
2015-1628.2%29.0%
2014-1538.7%27.9%
% 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
34.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.1%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.7pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 White Pass Jr. Sr. High School

White Pass Jr. Sr. High School's state test result (34.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
White Pass Jr. Sr. High School this school14761.2%34.4%
Darrington High School
DARRINGTON
11358.4%41.9%
Kettle Falls High School
KETTLE FALLS
23059.6%43.3%
Naselle-Grays River Valley Jr Sr High Schools
NASELLE
18965.6%39.9%
Republic Senior High School
REPUBLIC
10365.0%48.1%
Morton Junior-Senior High
MORTON
20555.1%41.9%
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 White Pass Jr. Sr. High School ranks

Among high schools
MeasureThis schoolIn WashingtonIn Lewis County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
34.4%#206 of 271#9 of 10
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
26.2%#188 of 321
▲ 32
#8 of 10
▼ 1
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
34.5%#298 of 327
▼ 66
#10 of 11
▼ 6
3-year test score change
ranked biggest drop first
-8.0pp#34 of 259#2 of 10
Enrollment
ranked largest first
147#344 of 570#11 of 17
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
61.2%#111 of 386#4 of 12
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-33.2%#9 of 164N/A
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 2024-25
Enrollment
147
-24 (-14%) vs 2020
-61% since 1990-91, when it was 379
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
was 14.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2514711.213.1:161% (90)
2023-2414310.813.2:183% (118)
2022-2316110.315.7:166% (106)
2020-211711214.3:162% (106)
2017-1822013.516.3:161% (134)
2015-162281219.0:162% (142)
2010-111811215.1:154% (98)
2000-014462022.3:1N/A
1990-913792118.1:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for White Pass Jr. Sr. High School.

Since 2017-18: students down 33% (220 to 147); teachers down 17% (13.5 to 11.2).

About White Pass Jr. Sr. High School

White Pass Jr. Sr. High School sits in Randle, Washington, and is classified as a high school. Classes run from 7 through 12, and the school has 147 students. The average for high schools in Washington is about 573 students, so this school is 74% smaller than average.

White Pass School District runs White Pass Jr. Sr. High School along with 1 other school, enrolling 352 students in total.

A majority of students at White Pass Jr. Sr. High School, 78%, are White. The next largest groups are 13% Hispanic and 9% multiracial. County-wide, about 82% of residents are White. White Pass Jr. Sr. High School has a diversity index of 36%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.

White Pass Jr. Sr. High School's 11.2 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 13.1:1. That ratio is under the 21.6:1 average for high schools in Washington. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 61%.

Measured against Washington public high schools, White Pass Jr. Sr. High School receives a C. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.

On a poverty-adjusted basis, White Pass Jr. Sr. High School falls in the middle 80% of Washington schools: 34.4% actual against 39.1% predicted.

In Lewis County (population about 85,154), median household income is about $74,796, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 22%, and about 8% of people live in poverty. A total of 45 public schools operate in Lewis County, serving about 12,548 students.

Nearest public school: White Pass Elementary School, about 0.1 miles away. The school's 34.4% average proficiency ranks 7th among 7 nearby schools.

NCES assigns White Pass Jr. Sr. High School the locale Rural: Remote, meaning in rural territory far from an urban area.

Federal counts put enrollment at 171 in 2020-21 and 147 in 2024-25, a 14% decrease. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 14.3:1 in 2020-21 to 13.1:1 in 2024-25.

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Lewis County at a glance

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Population
85,154
Census ACS
Median income
$74,796
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
45
12,548 students

Quick facts

School name
White Pass Jr. Sr. High School
District
White Pass School District
Address
516 Silverbrook Road, Randle, WA 98377
Phone
(360) 497-5816
County
Lewis County
Level
High
Grade range
07–12
Total enrollment
147
Teachers (FTE)
11
Student–teacher ratio
13.1:1
Free and reduced lunch
90 (61%)
Locale
43-Rural: Remote
NCES ID
530975001659
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About White Pass Jr. Sr. High School
How large is White Pass Jr. Sr. High School?
White Pass Jr. Sr. High School enrolls approximately 147 students in grades 07-12.
What grades does White Pass Jr. Sr. High School serve?
White Pass Jr. Sr. High School serves grades 07-12.
How many students per teacher at White Pass Jr. Sr. High School?
Approximately 13.1:1 students per teacher at White Pass Jr. Sr. High School.
How diverse is White Pass Jr. Sr. High School?
White Pass Jr. Sr. High School reports a student body of 78% White, 13% Hispanic, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees White Pass Jr. Sr. High School?
White Pass Jr. Sr. High School is overseen by White Pass School District in Lewis County.
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