NCES CCD 2024-25 20 schools WA

Best-Resourced Schools in Snohomish, WA

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

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20
Schools
10,246
Students
41.4/100
Avg Resource Index
20.7:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Middle-of-corpus city profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Snohomish has more public-school enrollment than 81% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Snohomish 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.

A full K–12 ladder sits inside the city boundary

Snohomish's list includes 9 elementary, 3 middle, and 4 high-school campuses, plus 4 combined-grade records. The city average spans every major grade stage, so the ranked table is more informative when read within level than as one interchangeable queue.

The composite and staffing measures point in different directions

Snohomish's average Resource Investment Index sits at the 52nd percentile, while its teacher-staffing measure sits at the 13th percentile. The 39-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 19%
School count
Top 15%
Resource Index average
52nd percentile
Teacher staffing
13th percentile

Glacier Peak High School accounts for 16.0% of all Snohomish public-school enrollment

That concentration means Snohomish-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

Snohomish school enrollment varies 44× across entities

Snohomish school enrollment ranges from 37 students (lowest) to 1,642 students (highest), a spread of 1,605 students. That ratio is among the widest observed and reflects extreme heterogeneity inside a single city, with small specialty programs listed alongside large comprehensive campuses. 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

Snohomish student-teacher ratio is 20.7:1 — 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. Parent Partnership 56
2. Totem Falls 55
3. Chain Lake Elementary School 54
4. Maltby Elementary 52
5. Cascade View Elementary 48
6. Hidden River Middle School 48
7. Valley View Middle School 46
8. Snohomish High School 44
9. Dutch Hill Elementary 43
10. Little Cedars Elementary School 43
11. Cathcart Elementary 43
12. Riverview Elementary 43
13. Machias Elementary 42
14. Centennial Middle School 40
15. Glacier Peak High School 39
16. Central Emerson Elementary 37
17. Snohomish Center 30
18. Aim High School 24
19. High School Re Entry -
20. Central Primary Center -

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Snohomish

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 Little Cedars Elementary School 65.9/100
  2. 2 Chain Lake Elementary School 64.5/100
  3. 3 Central Primary Center 60.6/100
  4. 4 Snohomish Center 59.1/100
  5. 5 Totem Falls 59.0/100

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Which Snohomish school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Parent Partnership has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Snohomish schools in this federal-data comparison at 56/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Snohomish, WA? ▼

Snohomish has 20 public schools with a total enrollment of 10,246 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 20.7:1.

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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.