NCES CCD 2024-25 10 schools WA

Best-Resourced Schools in Washougal, WA

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

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10
Schools
2,756
Students
49.7/100
Avg Resource Index
15.7:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Middle-of-corpus city profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Washougal has more public-school enrollment than 25% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Washougal 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 Washougal's 10 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.

A small portfolio contains radically different campus scales

Washougal lists only 10 schools, yet reported enrollment runs from 13 to 942 students, a 72-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 75%
School count
Top 41%
Resource Index average
86th percentile
Teacher staffing
46th percentile

Washougal High School accounts for 34.2% of all Washougal public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Washougal-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

Washougal school enrollment varies 72× across entities

Washougal school enrollment ranges from 13 students (lowest) to 942 students (highest), a spread of 929 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

Washougal student-teacher ratio is 15.7:1 — 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 Washougal is typically wider than the Washougal-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Washougal Learning Academy 70
2. Mount Pleasant School 67
3. Cape Horn Skye Elementary 57
4. Columbia River Gorge Elementary School 51
5. Hathaway Elementary 51
6. Washougal High School 47
7. Canyon Creek Middle School 46
8. Jemtegaard Middle School 41
9. Gause Elementary 37
10. Washougal Special Services 30

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Washougal

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 Hathaway Elementary 47.8/100
  2. 2 Jemtegaard Middle School 44.1/100
  3. 3 Columbia River Gorge Elementary School 40.1/100
  4. 4 Washougal High School 37.9/100
  5. 5 Washougal Special Services 37.6/100

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Which Washougal school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Washougal Learning Academy has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Washougal schools in this federal-data comparison at 70/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Washougal, WA? ▼

Washougal has 10 public schools with a total enrollment of 2,756 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 15.7:1.

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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.