Enrollment
58
High
DISTRICT 59 · STATE 573
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WILSON CREEK SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530990001675
Wilson Creek High
400 Navar Street, Wilson Creek, WA 98860 · (509) 345-2541 · Grant County
GRADES 07–12HIGH43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL58 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 25% of Washington public high schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-Three-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
7.4:1
8 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.4:1 · STATE 21.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
31 students
DISTRICT 65% · 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 7 | 11 | 19% |
| Grade 8 | 7 | 12% |
| Grade 9 | 9 | 16% |
| Grade 10 | 12 | 21% |
| Grade 11 | 9 | 16% |
| Grade 12 | 10 | 17% |
Student demographics
37%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 40% · 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 Wilson Creek School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
28.1%
WA avg 58.4% . -32.8pp since 2014
Math
18.8%
WA avg 51.2% . -8.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 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 33 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 | 28.1% | 18.8% |
| 2023-24 | 41.7% | 41.7% |
| 2022-23 | 35.7% | 25.0% |
| 2021-22 | 37.0% | 11.1% |
| 2018-19 | 57.9% | 34.2% |
| 2017-18 | 71.0% | 52.6% |
| 2016-17 | 40.6% | 34.2% |
| 2015-16 | 55.9% | 34.1% |
| 2014-15 | 61.0% | 26.8% |
% 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
34.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.3%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 Wilson Creek High
Wilson Creek High's state test result (34.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wilson Creek High this school | 58 | 53.4% | 34.2% |
| Cedar High School Shelton | 100 | 51.0% | 40.9% |
| Selkirk High School Ione | 76 | 52.6% | 62.8% |
| St John/Endicott High Saint John | 60 | 55.0% | 56.4% |
| Odessa High School ODESSA | 103 | 54.4% | 47.0% |
| Lopez Middle High School Lopez Island | 111 | 58.6% | 49.0% |
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 Wilson Creek High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Grant County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 58 | #428 of 570 | #11 of 16 |
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
58
-8 (-12%) vs 2020
+123% since 1990-91, when it was 26
Student : Teacher
7.4:1
was 9.4:1
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 | 58 | 7.8 | 7.4:1 | 53% (31) |
| 2023-24 | 58 | 7.9 | 7.4:1 | 41% (24) |
| 2022-23 | 56 | 8 | 7.0:1 | 55% (31) |
| 2020-21 | 66 | 7 | 9.4:1 | 53% (35) |
| 2017-18 | 72 | 7.2 | 10.1:1 | 53% (38) |
| 2015-16 | 78 | 6 | 13.0:1 | 55% (43) |
| 2010-11 | 58 | 8 | 7.3:1 | 50% (29) |
| 2000-01 | 67 | 7 | 9.6:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 26 | 6 | 4.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wilson Creek High.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (72 to 58); teachers up 9% (7.2 to 7.8).
About Wilson Creek High
Wilson Creek High, located in Wilson Creek, Washington, is a very small high school. There are 58 students enrolled, covering grades 7 through 12. Across high schools in Washington, the average enrollment is about 573.
Wilson Creek School District, which runs Wilson Creek High, has 2 schools and 118 students.
Of every 100 students at Wilson Creek High, about 76 are White. It is also 22% Hispanic. Grant County's residents are about 56% White, 20 points below the school's share. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 37%.
Wilson Creek High has 7.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 7.4:1. High schools in Washington have an average ratio of 21.6:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 53%. On average, public schools in Grant County report 69%.
Wilson Creek High holds a C allk12 Grade, placing it above 25% 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 44.3% for Wilson Creek High. The school posts 34.2%, 10.2 points below the prediction.
In Grant County, the median household earns about $73,267 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 18%, and roughly 12% of residents are in poverty. Across Grant County, 61 public schools serve about 20,494 students.
Wilson Creek High's nearest public school is Wilson Creek Elementary (less than a tenth of a mile). Wilson Creek High is 4th of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
NCES describes the area around Wilson Creek High as Rural: Remote, meaning in rural territory far from an urban area.
The school's enrollment decreased 12% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. Students per teacher dropped from 9.4 in 2020-21 to 7.4 in 2024-25.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about open houses, carpools, and field trips at Wilson Creek High. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Grant County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
101,799
Census ACS
Median income
$73,267
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
61
20,494 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Wilson Creek School District
- Wilson Creek ElementaryElementary · 60 students
Nearby schools
- Wilson Creek Elementary0.0 mi · 60
- Coulee City Elementary15.3 mi · 68
- Almira Coulee Hartline High School15.3 mi · 102
- Soap Lake Middle & High School17.8 mi · 263
- Soap Lake Elementary17.8 mi · 328
- Endeavor Middle School19.2 mi · 270
Frequently asked questions
About Wilson Creek HighHow many students attend Wilson Creek High?
Wilson Creek High enrolls approximately 58 students in grades 07-12.
What grades does Wilson Creek High serve?
Wilson Creek High serves grades 07-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Wilson Creek High?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Wilson Creek High is approximately 7.4:1 (8 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Wilson Creek High?
Student demographics at Wilson Creek High are roughly 76% White, 22% Hispanic, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Wilson Creek High?
Wilson Creek High is overseen by Wilson Creek School District in Grant County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.