NCES CCD 2024-25 29 schools WA

Best-Resourced Schools in Pasco, WA

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

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29
Schools
19,266
Students
50/100
Avg Resource Index
17.2:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Resource breadth with tighter class loads

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Pasco has more public-school enrollment than 92% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Pasco's average Resource Investment Index ranks above most listed cities even though its student-teacher ratio is on the more crowded side of the national city distribution. That is a useful mismatch, not a contradiction: counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance can lift the composite while classroom staffing remains comparatively tight. Families should inspect the component scores on each school profile instead of reading the city index as a shorthand for small classes.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

19 of Pasco's 29 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.

The composite and staffing measures point in different directions

Pasco's average Resource Investment Index sits at the 87th percentile, while its teacher-staffing measure sits at the 32nd percentile. The 55-point percentile gap is a reminder that the index is not a class-size score: counselors, gifted-program reporting, and attendance also affect it. Compare those components directly when two schools have similar index totals; the same headline score can arise from a different mix of reported resources.

City enrollment
Top 8%
School count
Top 9%
Resource Index average
87th percentile
Teacher staffing
32nd percentile

Chiawana Senior High School accounts for 16.2% of all Pasco public-school enrollment

That concentration means Pasco-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: Combined. 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

Pasco school enrollment varies 63× across entities

Pasco school enrollment ranges from 50 students (lowest) to 3,127 students (highest), a spread of 3,077 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

Pasco reports 66.4% 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

Pasco student-teacher ratio is 17.2:1 — 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 Pasco is typically wider than the Pasco-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Internet Pasco Academy of Learning 74
2. Edwin Markham Elementary 63
3. Ellen Ochoa Middle School 56
4. Whittier Elementary 56
5. Longfellow Elementary 56
6. Pasco Innovative Experiences and E-Learning 55
7. Chiawana Senior High School 54
8. Captain Gray Stem Elementary 54
9. Marie Curie Stem Elementary 54
10. Pasco Senior High School 52
11. New Horizons High School 51
12. Mcloughlin Middle School 50
13. Barbara Mcclintock Stem Elementary 50
14. Robert Frost Elementary 50
15. Rowena Chess Elementary 49
16. Ray Reynolds Middle School 48
17. Stevens Middle School 48
18. Maya Angelou Elementary 48
19. Rosalind Franklin Stem Elementary 48
20. Emerson Elementary 48
21. Ruth Livingston Elementary 46
22. Mark Twain Elementary 45
23. Three Rivers Elementary 44
24. James Mcgee Elementary 43
25. Virgie Robinson Elementary 43
26. Pasco Early Learning Center 43
27. Columbia River Elementary 42
28. Pasco Early Childhood 30
29. Ugrad Esd123 Re-Engagement Program -

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Pasco

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 Ruth Livingston Elementary 56.8/100
  2. 2 Ugrad Esd123 Re-Engagement Program 54.9/100
  3. 3 Three Rivers Elementary 54.5/100
  4. 4 Rosalind Franklin Stem Elementary 53.2/100
  5. 5 Mcloughlin Middle School 53.0/100

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Which Pasco school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Internet Pasco Academy of Learning has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Pasco schools in this federal-data comparison at 74/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Pasco, WA? ▼

Pasco has 29 public schools with a total enrollment of 19,266 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 17.2:1.

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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.