NCES CCD 2024-25 14 schools WA

Best-Resourced Schools in Aberdeen, WA

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14 public K-12 schools in Aberdeen from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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14
Schools
3,361
Students
44.3/100
Avg Resource Index
14.4:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Middle-of-corpus city profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Aberdeen has more public-school enrollment than 34% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Aberdeen sits in the broad middle of the national city distribution rather than at a single obvious extreme. Its scale, average Resource Investment Index, and staffing position need to be read together: a middle placement on one measure does not cancel a stronger or weaker result on another. The percentile panel makes those dimensions explicit, and the school table shows where the city aggregate breaks into materially different campus profiles.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

8 of Aberdeen's 14 listed schools use NCES's combined or “other” grade-level classification. Citywide averages therefore blend campuses serving unusually broad or nonstandard grade spans with conventional elementary, middle, and high schools. Grade configuration is a first-order comparison here, not a minor label.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 54-point gap between Grays Harbor Academy and Hopkins Elementary shows the range hidden by Aberdeen's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment
Top 66%
School count
Top 25%
Resource Index average
67th percentile
Teacher staffing
62nd percentile

J M Weatherwax High School accounts for 27.3% of all Aberdeen public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Aberdeen-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Aberdeen school enrollment varies 84× across entities

Aberdeen school enrollment ranges from 11 students (lowest) to 919 students (highest), a spread of 908 students. That ratio is an extreme outlier spread — among the widest gaps observed anywhere in this dataset. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Aberdeen reports 68.0% free-lunch eligibility

The reported share sits between 62.5% and 75%, above a simple majority but below the highest descriptive band used here. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Aberdeen student-teacher ratio is 14.4:1 — near the typical range (US average ~15.7) — citywide staffing is neither unusually lean nor unusually crowded by this measure

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Variation between sub-units within Aberdeen is typically wider than the Aberdeen-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Grays Harbor Academy 70
2. Wishkah Valley Elementary/High School 62
3. Grays Harbor Juvenile Detention 61
4. Stevens Elementary School 50
5. Robert Gray Elementary 50
6. Mcdermoth Elementary 48
7. A J West Elementary 45
8. Central Park Elementary 42
9. J M Weatherwax High School 41
10. Miller Junior High 31
11. Harbor Junior/Senior High School 30
12. Harbor Open Doors 30
13. Hopkins Elementary 16
14. Twin Harbors a Branch of New Market Skills Center -

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Aberdeen

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Hopkins Elementary 65.4/100
  2. 2 A J West Elementary 61.3/100
  3. 3 Miller Junior High 60.5/100
  4. 4 J M Weatherwax High School 59.2/100
  5. 5 Harbor Junior/Senior High School 58.8/100

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Which Aberdeen school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Grays Harbor Academy has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Aberdeen schools in this federal-data comparison at 70/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Aberdeen, WA? ▼

Aberdeen has 14 public schools with a total enrollment of 3,361 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 14.4:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.