High school (grades 9-12) · Grand Coulee, WA

Lake Roosevelt Alternative School

Federal NCES profile for Lake Roosevelt Alternative School, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators.

2024-25 NCES dataHigh school (grades 9-12)NCES 530313003448
33 students enrolled

Enrollment

33

Washington · 2024-25 NCES data

Free-lunch eligible

80.0%

vs 45.0% Washington avg

+78% vs state

What stands out at Lake Roosevelt Alternative School

Lake Roosevelt Alternative School is a high-poverty, small high school in Grand Coulee, Washington, enrolling 33 students.

Economic need is high: 80.0% of students qualify for free meals, 78% above the Washington average, a Title I-weighted population that federal funding formulas prioritise.

This is a small campus: fewer students than 92% of Washington schools, with 33 enrolled.

Its student body is led by American Indian / Alaska Native (61%) and White (21%) (diversity index 57/100).

Its district draws 21.3% of revenue from federal sources, an above-typical federal share that tends to track a higher-need student population.

Grand Coulee Dam School District also operates Lake Roosevelt Elementary (354 students) and Lake Roosevelt Jr/Sr High School (308 students) alongside Lake Roosevelt Alternative School.

Sourced from NCES CCD, CRDC, and F-33 (federal records, not a quality verdict). How we source and compute this.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics Common Core of Data + CRDC + F-33 · 2024-25

How Lake Roosevelt Alternative School compares

Lake Roosevelt Alternative School on the metrics families compare, against Washington and U.S. means.

Metric This school vs Washington Washington avg U.S. avg
Free-lunch eligible 80.0% ▲ 78% 45.0% 51.7%
Enrollment 33 top 92% - -

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25

33
Bigger than 4% of US schools by enrollment, a small campus.

Equity indicators (what these measure)

Economic need
80.0%
free-lunch eligible - 78% above the Washington average of 45.0%
Well above the 40% Title I schoolwide threshold, among the highest-need profiles in the state; federal funds support the whole school, not individual students.
Funding equity
$17,310
per pupil, district-wide - below Washington avg of $19,487
Close to the U.S. public-school average per-pupil spend.

Overview

  • Common Core of Data (June 2026): enrollment, staffing, and the student-teacher ratio above.
  • Civil Rights Data Collection: discipline counts and program access (AP, gifted, special education).
  • F-33 School District Finance Survey: the district-wide per-pupil spending figures below.

Three separate federal collections, each on its own reporting cadence - which is why this school's numbers line up on a consistent basis against every other school and state on this site, rather than mixing figures pulled from different survey years.

Student demographics

American Indian / Alaska Native 60.6%
White 21.2%
Two or More 12.1%
Hispanic or Latino 3.0%
Asian 3.0%

Largest group: American Indian / Alaska Native at 60.6% of enrollment.

Student-body diversity index 57.1/100

Simpson diversity index - at 57.1, Lake Roosevelt Alternative School is more mixed than the Washington school average of 53.3.

Funding & spending

District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Grand Coulee Dam School District, which includes Lake Roosevelt Alternative School.

$17,310
Per student
-11%
vs Washington
Avg $19,487
+4%
vs U.S.
Avg $16,593
Revenue mix
Local 11.8%
State 66.8%
Federal 21.3%

Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey District-level finance · FY 2021-22 Per-pupil expenditure reflects the district-wide average. Individual school budgets are not reported at the federal level.

How Lake Roosevelt Alternative School Compares to District-Mates

School Enrollment Economic Profile Student-Teacher Ratio
Lake Roosevelt Elementary Larger Similar economic need No ratio data
Lake Roosevelt Jr/Sr High School Larger Similar economic need No ratio data

Comparisons are relative to Lake Roosevelt Alternative School's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data.

Other Schools in This District

Grand Coulee Dam School District · 2 sibling schools

View district profile

Similar high schools statewide

Matched by enrollment size and by staffing ratio across all of Washington, not just this city - a different peer set than the local comparisons above.

Next steps

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Federal record (CCD 2024-25, CRDC 2021-22) - PlainSchools assigns no subjective rating; the composite quality score is a transparent, reproducible index computed from this cited federal data.

Frequently asked questions about Lake Roosevelt Alternative School

How many students attend Lake Roosevelt Alternative School?

Lake Roosevelt Alternative School has 33 students enrolled. It is a high school in Grand Coulee, WA.

What percentage of students receive free lunch at Lake Roosevelt Alternative School?

80.0% of students at Lake Roosevelt Alternative School are eligible for free lunch, compared to the Washington average of 45.0%.

What is the racial and ethnic makeup of Lake Roosevelt Alternative School?

The largest demographic group at Lake Roosevelt Alternative School is American Indian / Alaska Native at 60.6% of enrollment, in Grand Coulee, WA. Its student body is more racially and ethnically mixed than most US schools, with a diversity index of 57.1/100.

What other schools are in Grand Coulee Dam School District?

Besides Lake Roosevelt Alternative School, Grand Coulee Dam School District also operates Lake Roosevelt Elementary (354 students) and Lake Roosevelt Jr/Sr High School (308 students). See the Grand Coulee Dam School District district page for the complete list.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) CCD + Public School Universe (2024-25), CRDC (2021-22), F-33 District Finance Survey (FY 2021-22) · 2024-25 Data as of the 2024-25 school year. Coverage from U.S. Department of Education NCES Common Core of Data. Varies by entity type; administrative districts and certain charter networks may report only a subset of fields.

All federal data sources used on this page

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