NCES CCD 2024-25 8 schools WA

Best-Resourced Schools in Brush Prairie, WA

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

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8
Schools
3,982
Students
38.6/100
Avg Resource Index
25:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

One campus shapes the city average

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Brush Prairie has more public-school enrollment than 44% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Prairie High School enrolls 37.7% of Brush Prairie's public-school students. That is enough concentration for one institution to pull the citywide enrollment, staffing, and Resource Index averages toward its own profile. The smaller campuses below should therefore be compared directly rather than inferred from the headline mean; their grade configurations and program footprints can be materially different even inside the same district.

Secondary campuses occupy an unusually large share

3 of the 8 listed Brush Prairie 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

Brush Prairie lists only 8 schools, yet reported enrollment runs from 12 to 1,502 students, a 125-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 56%
School count
Top 54%
Resource Index average
39th percentile
Teacher staffing
2nd percentile

Prairie High School accounts for 37.7% of all Brush Prairie public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Brush Prairie-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

Brush Prairie school enrollment varies 125× across entities

Brush Prairie school enrollment ranges from 12 students (lowest) to 1,502 students (highest), a spread of 1,490 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

Brush Prairie student-teacher ratio is 25.0:1 — 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. Hockinson Heights Elementary School 57
2. Prairie High School 43
3. Hockinson High School 43
4. Summit View High School 42
5. Hockinson Middle School 35
6. Open Doors Battle Ground 30
7. Daybreak Youth Services 30
8. Preschool Infant Other 29

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Brush Prairie

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 Prairie High School 54.0/100
  2. 2 Open Doors Battle Ground 47.3/100
  3. 3 Hockinson High School 40.2/100
  4. 4 Hockinson Heights Elementary School 38.8/100
  5. 5 Hockinson Middle School 36.9/100

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Which Brush Prairie school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Hockinson Heights Elementary School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Brush Prairie schools in this federal-data comparison at 57/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Brush Prairie, WA? ▼

Brush Prairie has 8 public schools with a total enrollment of 3,982 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 25:1.

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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.