NCES CCD 2024-25 15 schools WA

Best-Resourced Schools in Shelton, WA

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

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15
Schools
5,809
Students
46.9/100
Avg Resource Index
14.9:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Middle-of-corpus city profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Shelton has more public-school enrollment than 62% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Shelton 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

6 of Shelton's 15 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 35-point gap between Pioneer Middle School and Bordeaux Elementary School shows the range hidden by Shelton'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 38%
School count
Top 23%
Resource Index average
78th percentile
Teacher staffing
55th percentile

Shelton High School accounts for 25.0% of all Shelton public-school enrollment

That concentration means Shelton-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

Shelton school enrollment varies 1455× across entities

Shelton school enrollment ranges from 1 students (lowest) to 1,455 students (highest), a spread of 1,454 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

Shelton reports 60.3% free-lunch eligibility

The reported share clears the 50% majority mark. 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

Shelton student-teacher ratio is 14.9:1 — 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 Shelton is typically wider than the Shelton-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Pioneer Middle School 64
2. Pioneer Virtual Academy 64
3. Mason County Detention Center 63
4. Southside Elementary 57
5. Hood Canal Elementary School 55
6. Cedar High School 50
7. Pioneer Elementary School 48
8. Evergreen Elementary School 46
9. Choice Middle and High School 39
10. Oakland Bay Junior High School 38
11. Shelton High School 36
12. Olympic Middle School 36
13. Mountain View Elementary 32
14. Bordeaux Elementary School 29
15. Shelton Open Doors -

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Shelton

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 Hood Canal Elementary School 69.7/100
  2. 2 Shelton High School 61.3/100
  3. 3 Olympic Middle School 60.8/100
  4. 4 Oakland Bay Junior High School 59.1/100
  5. 5 Choice Middle and High School 58.9/100

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Which Shelton school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Pioneer Middle School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Shelton schools in this federal-data comparison at 64/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Shelton, WA? ▼

Shelton has 15 public schools with a total enrollment of 5,809 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 14.9:1.

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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.