NCES CCD 2024-25 10 schools WA

Best-Resourced Schools in Anacortes, WA

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

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10
Schools
2,661
Students
42.9/100
Avg Resource Index
21.5:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Compact system under staffing pressure

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Anacortes has more public-school enrollment than 23% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Anacortes has fewer enrolled students than most listed city systems, but its student-teacher ratio still falls on the more crowded side of the national distribution. That pairing rules out a simple “large city” explanation for the staffing load. Campus size, grade configuration, vacancies, and district boundaries become the more relevant questions; the profiles below expose those fields school by school without turning the ratio into a quality verdict.

Secondary campuses occupy an unusually large share

4 of the 10 listed Anacortes schools are classified as high schools, a substantial share of the local portfolio. Advanced-course access, counseling, and graduation-stage staffing therefore have more weight in the city Resource Index average than they do in an elementary-heavy system.

A small portfolio contains radically different campus scales

Anacortes lists only 10 schools, yet reported enrollment runs from 3 to 766 students, a 255-fold range. In a portfolio this compact, the smallest record may be a specialized or nonstandard setting rather than a miniature version of the largest campus. That distinction affects how ratios and program fields should be read. Compare similarly configured grade levels first; combining the extremes into one city average conceals more than it explains.

City enrollment
Top 77%
School count
Top 41%
Resource Index average
60th percentile
Teacher staffing
10th percentile

Anacortes High School accounts for 28.8% of all Anacortes public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Anacortes-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

Anacortes school enrollment varies 255× across entities

Anacortes school enrollment ranges from 3 students (lowest) to 766 students (highest), a spread of 763 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

Anacortes student-teacher ratio is 21.5:1 — high (typically associated with larger urban scale or staffing constraints that have widened the headcount gap)

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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Decatur Elementary 65
2. Mount Erie Elementary 51
3. Anacortes High School 50
4. Fidalgo Elementary 50
5. Anacortes Middle School 47
6. Island View Elementary 44
7. Open Doors - Youth Reengagement Program 30
8. Whitney Early Childhood Education Center 25
9. Cap Sante High School 24
10. Open Doors -

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Anacortes

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 Whitney Early Childhood Education Center 55.7/100
  2. 2 Cap Sante High School 50.4/100
  3. 3 Open Doors - Youth Reengagement Program 49.2/100
  4. 4 Decatur Elementary 44.4/100
  5. 5 Mount Erie Elementary 42.0/100

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Which Anacortes school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Decatur Elementary has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Anacortes schools in this federal-data comparison at 65/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Anacortes, WA? ▼

Anacortes has 10 public schools with a total enrollment of 2,661 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 21.5:1.

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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.