Enrollment
178
Combined
STATE 204
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WISHKAH VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530999001679
Wishkah Valley Elementary/High School
4640 Wishkah Rd., Aberdeen, WA 98520 · (360) 532-3128 · Grays Harbor County
GRADES KG–12COMBINED42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL178 STUDENTS
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Not graded
This school has no state test results for 2023-24 or 2024-25 to grade, which is common for schools that end before third grade. How grades work
Student : Teacher
10.4:1
17 FTE teachers
STATE 33.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
61%
108 students
STATE 51%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other combined schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 23 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 12 | 7% |
| Grade 2 | 10 | 6% |
| Grade 3 | 14 | 8% |
| Grade 4 | 12 | 7% |
| Grade 5 | 10 | 6% |
| Grade 6 | 19 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 14 | 8% |
| Grade 8 | 15 | 8% |
| Grade 9 | 13 | 7% |
| Grade 10 | 15 | 8% |
| Grade 11 | 9 | 5% |
| Grade 12 | 12 | 7% |
This year's kindergarten class (23) is 53% larger than its 8th grade class (15).
Student demographics
30%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
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
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Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
41.3%
WA avg 58.4% . -6.3pp since 2014
Math
30.4%
WA avg 51.2% . -13.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 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 6 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 14 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 41.3% | 30.4% |
| 2023-24 | 38.4% | 23.2% |
| 2022-23 | 35.7% | 18.4% |
| 2021-22 | 32.5% | 23.8% |
| 2018-19 | 42.7% | 25.6% |
| 2017-18 | 43.6% | 26.9% |
| 2016-17 | 38.2% | 26.4% |
| 2015-16 | 38.2% | 36.7% |
| 2014-15 | 47.6% | 44.0% |
% 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
40.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.5%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% 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 Wishkah Valley Elementary/High School
Wishkah Valley Elementary/High School's state test result (40.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wishkah Valley Elementary/High School this school | 178 | 60.7% | 40.8% |
| Quilcene High And Elementary Quilcene | 207 | 61.8% | 38.8% |
| Mary M. Knight School Elma | 184 | 65.8% | 30.7% |
| Home Pride Cusick | 111 | 56.8% | 25.6% |
| Pe Ell School Pe Ell | 284 | 55.3% | 37.0% |
| Thorp Elem & Jr Sr High THORP | 247 | 53.8% | 33.8% |
Matched among Washington K-12 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 Wishkah Valley Elementary/High School ranks
Among K-12 schools| Measure | This school | In Washington |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.8% | #3 of 16 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.4% | #5 of 20 ▲ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.3% | #7 of 20 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.7pp | #3 of 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 178 | #34 of 116 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 60.7% | #16 of 60 |
Ranked against other public K-12 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
178
+32 (+22%) vs 2020
-12% since 1990-91, when it was 202
Student : Teacher
10.4:1
was 9.7:1
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 | 178 | 17.2 | 10.4:1 | 61% (108) |
| 2023-24 | 181 | 17 | 10.7:1 | 71% (129) |
| 2022-23 | 157 | 14.4 | 10.9:1 | 74% (116) |
| 2020-21 | 146 | 15 | 9.7:1 | 62% (90) |
| 2017-18 | 153 | 15 | 10.2:1 | 50% (76) |
| 2015-16 | 151 | 14 | 10.8:1 | 51% (77) |
| 2010-11 | 123 | 6 | 20.5:1 | 49% (60) |
| 2000-01 | 259 | 11 | 23.6:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 202 | 15 | 13.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wishkah Valley Elementary/High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 16% (153 to 178); teachers up 15% (15 to 17.2).
About Wishkah Valley Elementary/High School
Wishkah Valley Elementary/High School is a public school serving multiple grade levels in Aberdeen, Washington. The school counted 178 students in 2024-25, covering kindergarten through 12.
Wishkah Valley Elementary/High School is a school in Wishkah Valley School District.
Wishkah Valley Elementary/High School is 83% White by enrollment. The remaining shares are 10% multiracial and 7% Hispanic. The diversity index for Wishkah Valley Elementary/High School is 30%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Staffing at Wishkah Valley Elementary/High School comes to 17.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 10.4:1. Combined schools in Washington average 33.2:1, 22.8 more students per teacher than here. Wishkah Valley Elementary/High School counts 61% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Compared with Washington schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Wishkah Valley Elementary/High School's results are 1.3 points above predicted: 40.8% against 39.5%.
Looking at the county, Grays Harbor County, median household income comes to about $64,414, about 18% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. The county's public schools total 46, with about 10,564 students.
Robert Gray Elementary, about 9.3 miles away, is the closest public school. Within ten miles of Wishkah Valley Elementary/High School, there are 4 other public schools. On average proficiency, Wishkah Valley Elementary/High School is 2nd of 5 nearby schools with test data.
Under the NCES locale system, Wishkah Valley Elementary/High School is Rural: Distant.
Enrollment rose by 22% across 4 years, from 146 in 2020-21 to 178 in 2024-25.
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Grays Harbor County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
77,053
Census ACS
Median income
$64,414
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
46
10,564 students
Quick facts
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Frequently asked questions
About Wishkah Valley Elementary/High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Wishkah Valley Elementary/High School?
Wishkah Valley Elementary/High School enrolls approximately 178 students in grades KG-12.
What grades does Wishkah Valley Elementary/High School serve?
Wishkah Valley Elementary/High School serves grades KG-12.
How many teachers does Wishkah Valley Elementary/High School have?
Wishkah Valley Elementary/High School employs 17 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.4:1.
How diverse is Wishkah Valley Elementary/High School?
Wishkah Valley Elementary/High School reports a student body of 83% White, 7% Hispanic, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees Wishkah Valley Elementary/High School?
Wishkah Valley Elementary/High School is overseen by Wishkah Valley School District in Grays Harbor County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.