NCES CCD 2024-25 5 schools WA

Best-Resourced Schools in Langley, WA

Compiled from official source data by PlainSchools. · Updated August 2026

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

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Schools

1,213

Students

40.3/100

Avg Resource Index

21.5:1

Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

One campus shapes the city average

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Langley has more public-school enrollment than 3% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. South Whidbey Elementary enrolls 40.0% of Langley'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

2 of the 5 listed Langley 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

Langley lists only 5 schools, yet reported enrollment runs from 6 to 485 students, a 81-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 97%
School count: Top 99%
Resource Index average: 47th percentile
Teacher staffing: 10th percentile

South Whidbey Elementary accounts for 40.0% of all Langley public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Langley-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: Elementary. 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 Accessed 2026-08-26

Langley school enrollment varies 81× across entities

Langley school enrollment ranges from 6 students (lowest) to 485 students (highest), a spread of 479 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 Accessed 2026-08-26

Langley operates one school district — a single-district system

Langley's listed schools share one district boundary, budget authority, and reporting chain. That makes citywide and districtwide governance easier to compare, but it does not make individual campuses uniform: grade configuration, staffing, programs, and student need can still vary materially within the same school district.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Accessed 2026-08-26

Langley 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 Accessed 2026-08-26

#	School	Score	Enrollment	Level	District
1.	South Whidbey High School	46	390	high	South Whidbey School District
2.	South Whidbey Academy	41	42	high	South Whidbey School District
3.	South Whidbey Elementary	39	485	elementary	South Whidbey School District
4.	South Whidbey Middle	35	290	middle	South Whidbey School District
5.	South Whidbey Special Services	-	6	Combined	South Whidbey School District

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Langley

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.

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Which Langley school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

South Whidbey High School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Langley schools in this federal-data comparison at 46/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Langley, WA? ▼

Langley has 5 public schools with a total enrollment of 1,213 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.