NCES CCD 2024-25 20 schools WA

Best-Resourced Schools in Wenatchee, WA

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20 public K-12 schools in Wenatchee 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
7,642
Students
45.4/100
Avg Resource Index
16.1:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Middle-of-corpus city profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Wenatchee has more public-school enrollment than 72% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Wenatchee 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

Wenatchee's list includes 8 elementary, 4 middle, and 5 high-school campuses, plus 3 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.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 52-point gap between Wenatchee Internet Academy and Open Doors Re-Engagement shows the range hidden by Wenatchee'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 28%
School count
Top 15%
Resource Index average
72nd percentile
Teacher staffing
42nd percentile

Wenatchee High School accounts for 27.0% of all Wenatchee public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Wenatchee-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

Wenatchee school enrollment varies 689× across entities

Wenatchee school enrollment ranges from 3 students (lowest) to 2,066 students (highest), a spread of 2,063 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

Wenatchee reports 52.9% 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

Wenatchee student-teacher ratio is 16.1:1 — 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 Wenatchee is typically wider than the Wenatchee-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Wenatchee Internet Academy 82
2. Orchard Middle School 56
3. Sunnyslope Elementary School 55
4. Columbia Elementary School 52
5. Special Education School 52
6. John Newbery Elementary 51
7. Lewis and Clark Elementary Sch 51
8. Washington Elementary School 46
9. Abraham Lincoln Elementary 45
10. Mission View Elementary School 45
11. Foothills Middle School 43
12. Valley Academy of Learning K-8 42
13. Pioneer Middle School 41
14. Westside High School 41
15. Pinnacles Prep Charter School 36
16. Wenatchee High School 35
17. Open Doors Re-Engagement 30
18. Chelan County Juvenile Detention Center 30
19. Wenatchee Valley Technical Skills Center 30
20. Skill Source -

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Wenatchee

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 Wenatchee Internet Academy 60.2/100
  2. 2 Washington Elementary School 56.6/100
  3. 3 Foothills Middle School 56.2/100
  4. 4 Sunnyslope Elementary School 56.1/100
  5. 5 Pinnacles Prep Charter School 55.2/100

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Which Wenatchee school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Wenatchee Internet Academy has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Wenatchee schools in this federal-data comparison at 82/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Wenatchee, WA? ▼

Wenatchee has 20 public schools with a total enrollment of 7,642 students. 1 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 16.1:1.

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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.