Enrollment
252
High
DISTRICT 280 · STATE 573
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MOUNT ADAMS SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530528000798
White Swan High School
551 Signal Peak Road, White Swan, WA 98952 · (509) 874-2324 · Yakima County
GRADES 09–12HIGH42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL252 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 26% of Washington public high schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
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
9.4:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 21.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
238 students
DISTRICT 95% · 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 9 | 54 | 21% |
| Grade 10 | 69 | 27% |
| Grade 11 | 51 | 20% |
| Grade 12 | 78 | 31% |
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · 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 Mount Adams School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
15.2%
WA avg 58.4% . +4.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 15 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level. The Washington average is about 58 of 100. Reading and writing scores are up about 5 points since 2014.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 15.2% | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 33.3% | 7.4% |
| 2022-23 | 28.2% | N/A |
| 2021-22 | 25.4% | N/A |
| 2018-19 | 26.4% | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 33.3% | N/A |
| 2016-17 | 27.5% | N/A |
| 2015-16 | 30.8% | N/A |
| 2014-15 | 10.4% | N/A |
% 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
19.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
16.8%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 19% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 17% 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 Swan High School
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| White Swan High School this school | 252 | 94.4% | 19.1% |
| Heritage School Marysville | 130 | 85.4% | 9.1% |
| Wellpinit High School WELLPINIT | 108 | 88.0% | 26.1% |
| Yakama Nation Tribal School Toppenish | 152 | 98.0% | N/A |
| Lummi High School Bellingham | 142 | 97.9% | N/A |
| Neah Bay Junior/ Senior High School Neah Bay | 206 | 76.7% | 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 White Swan High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Yakima County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 19.1% | #265 of 271 | #15 of 16 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 7.4% | #319 of 321 | #16 of 16 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 15.2% | #323 of 327 ▼ 13 | #16 of 16 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 252 | #289 of 570 | #15 of 31 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.4:1 | #2 of 311 | #1 of 15 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.4% | #189 of 316 | #4 of 15 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 94.4% | #3 of 386 | #2 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.0% | #118 of 136 | #9 of 10 |
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
252
+13 (+5%) vs 2020
+16% since 1990-91, when it was 217
Student : Teacher
9.4:1
was 10.9:1
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 | 252 | 26.7 | 9.4:1 | 94% (238) |
| 2023-24 | 272 | 27.2 | 10.0:1 | 100% (272) |
| 2022-23 | 267 | 24.8 | 10.8:1 | 100% (266) |
| 2020-21 | 239 | 22 | 10.9:1 | 99% (237) |
| 2017-18 | 247 | 29.7 | 8.3:1 | 98% (243) |
| 2015-16 | 234 | 27 | 8.7:1 | 71% (166) |
| 2010-11 | 265 | 17 | 15.6:1 | 95% (252) |
| 2000-01 | 286 | 22 | 13.0:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 217 | 16 | 13.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for White Swan High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (247 to 252); teachers down 10% (29.7 to 26.7).
About White Swan High School
White Swan High School is a low-enrollment high school in White Swan, Washington, administered by Mount Adams School District. It educates 252 students in grades 9 through 12. The typical figure for high schools in Washington is about 573 students.
Mount Adams School District is made up of 3 schools with 839 students in all.
White Swan High School is 57% Native American by enrollment. The rest of enrollment is 38% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. White Swan High School's diversity index is 52%, against a US figure of 70%.
Federal data list 26.7 full-time-equivalent teachers at White Swan High School in 2024-25, for a ratio of 9.4:1. That is 12.1 students per teacher below the 21.6:1 average for high schools in Washington. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 94%. That rate is above the 77% average among public schools in Yakima County.
allk12 grades White Swan High School a C. The grade compares the school only with Washington public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, White Swan High School falls in the middle 80% of Washington schools: 19.1% actual against 16.8% predicted.
Yakima County has about 257,152 residents, and the median household income is $70,656, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 19%, and about 12% of people live in poverty. Besides White Swan High School, Yakima County has 118 other public schools.
Mount Adams Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, less than a tenth of a mile away. The ten-mile area around White Swan High School holds 2 other public schools. White Swan High School's average proficiency of 19.1% compares with 31.0% for its nearest scored neighbors.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Rural: Distant.
Over 4 years, White Swan High School's enrollment grew 5%, to 252. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 10.9:1 in 2020-21 to 9.4:1 in 2024-25.
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Yakima County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
257,152
Census ACS
Median income
$70,656
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
119
52,145 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Mount Adams School District
- Harrah Elementary SchoolElementary · 451 students
- Mount Adams Middle SchoolMiddle · 136 students
Nearby schools
- Mount Adams Middle School0.0 mi · 136
- Harrah Elementary School9.2 mi · 451
- West Valley Preschool12.4 mi · 56
- Ahtanum Valley Elementary12.4 mi · 381
- West Valley High School14.1 mi · 1,494
- West Valley Open Doors14.1 mi · 14
Frequently asked questions
About White Swan High SchoolHow large is White Swan High School?
White Swan High School enrolls approximately 252 students in grades 09-12.
Is White Swan High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
White Swan High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at White Swan High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at White Swan High School is approximately 9.4:1 (27 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at White Swan High School?
At White Swan High School, the student body is approximately 2% White, 38% Hispanic, 2% Two or more.
Is White Swan High School public or private?
White Swan High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Mount Adams School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.