Enrollment
91
Combined
STATE 204
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WISHRAM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 531002001680
Wishram High And Elementary Schl
135 Bunn Street, Wishram, WA 98673 · (509) 748-2551 · Klickitat County
GRADES PK–12COMBINED42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL91 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
10.1:1
9 FTE teachers
STATE 33.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
86 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 1 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 3 | 3% |
| Grade 1 | 9 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 13 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 4 | 4% |
| Grade 4 | 9 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 6 | 7% |
| Grade 6 | 9 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 4 | 4% |
| Grade 8 | 6 | 7% |
| Grade 9 | 9 | 10% |
| Grade 10 | 5 | 5% |
| Grade 11 | 6 | 7% |
| Grade 12 | 7 | 8% |
Student demographics
67%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
11.4%
WA avg 58.4% . -9.9pp since 2014
Math
11.4%
WA avg 51.2% . +0.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 11 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 11 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 10 points since 2014, while math scores have held steady.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 11.4% | 11.4% |
| 2023-24 | 13.5% | 5.8% |
| 2022-23 | 14.3% | 14.3% |
| 2021-22 | 25.8% | 12.9% |
| 2018-19 | 39.3% | 28.6% |
| 2017-18 | 29.4% | 20.6% |
| 2016-17 | 22.5% | 20.0% |
| 2015-16 | 36.6% | 19.5% |
| 2014-15 | 21.3% | 10.9% |
% 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 · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
11.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
16.8%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 11% 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 Wishram High And Elementary Schl
Wishram High And Elementary Schl's state test result (11.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wishram High And Elementary Schl this school | 91 | 94.5% | 11.3% |
| Lake Quinault School Amanda Park | 207 | 95.2% | 28.9% |
| Clallam Bay High & Elementary Clallam Bay | 100 | 73.0% | N/A |
| Easton School EASTON | 81 | 74.1% | 38.7% |
| Quileute Tribal School La Push | 87 | 96.6% | N/A |
| Columbia High And Elementary Hunters | 121 | 76.0% | 38.5% |
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 Wishram High And Elementary Schl ranks
Among K-12 schools| Measure | This school | In Washington |
|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 91 | #63 of 116 |
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
91
+28 (+44%) vs 2020
+44% since 1990-91, when it was 63
Student : Teacher
10.1:1
was 7.9:1
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 | 91 | 9 | 10.1:1 | 95% (86) |
| 2023-24 | 98 | 9 | 10.9:1 | 92% (90) |
| 2022-23 | 68 | 9 | 7.6:1 | 91% (62) |
| 2020-21 | 63 | 8 | 7.9:1 | 86% (54) |
| 2017-18 | 70 | 9 | 7.8:1 | 84% (59) |
| 2015-16 | 78 | 9 | 8.7:1 | 92% (72) |
| 2010-11 | 62 | 9 | 6.9:1 | 95% (59) |
| 2000-01 | 61 | 10 | 6.1:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 63 | 9 | 7.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wishram High And Elementary Schl.
Since 2017-18: students up 30% (70 to 91); teachers unchanged (9 to 9).
About Wishram High And Elementary Schl
In Wishram, Washington, Wishram High And Elementary Schl is a small combined-grade school. The school enrolls 91 students, from pre-K through 12. Average enrollment for combined schools in Washington is about 204, so this school runs 55% smaller than that.
Wishram School District is the district for Wishram High And Elementary Schl.
White students are the largest group at Wishram High And Elementary Schl, with 38% of enrollment. Beyond that, enrollment is 30% Native American, 26% Hispanic, and 2% multiracial. The White share of the county population is higher, at 82%. By the diversity index, Wishram High And Elementary Schl comes in at 67%.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 10.1:1, with 9 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average ratio among combined schools in Washington is 33.2:1, higher than at this school. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 95% of enrollment. Across public schools in Klickitat County, the average is 55%.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Wishram High And Elementary Schl falls in the middle 80% of Washington schools: 11.3% actual against 16.8% predicted.
Federal survey data for Klickitat County show that median household income is about $71,042, about 31% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 9%. A total of 21 public schools operate in Klickitat County, serving about 2,803 students.
The nearest other public school, Centerville Elementary, is about 7.0 miles away. Wishram High And Elementary Schl is 8th of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Locale data from NCES put Wishram High And Elementary Schl in rural territory some distance from an urban area (Rural: Distant).
Federal data put enrollment at 63 in 2020-21 and 91 in 2024-25; the school may have served different grades in those years. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (10.1:1) than in 2020-21 (7.9:1).
The Wishram High And Elementary Schl community page is open for posts about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Klickitat County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
23,411
Census ACS
Median income
$71,042
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
21
2,803 students
Quick facts
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Frequently asked questions
About Wishram High And Elementary SchlHow large is Wishram High And Elementary Schl?
Wishram High And Elementary Schl enrolls approximately 91 students in grades PK-12.
Is Wishram High And Elementary Schl an elementary, middle, or high school?
Wishram High And Elementary Schl is a combined-grade school covering grades PK-12.
How many teachers does Wishram High And Elementary Schl have?
Wishram High And Elementary Schl employs 9 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.1:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Wishram High And Elementary Schl?
At Wishram High And Elementary Schl, the student body is approximately 38% White, 26% Hispanic, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Wishram High And Elementary Schl?
Wishram High And Elementary Schl is overseen by Wishram School District in Klickitat County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.