High school (grades 9-12) · Wenatchee, WA

Wenatchee Valley Technical Skills Center

Federal NCES profile for Wenatchee Valley Technical Skills Center, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 20/100.

2024-25 NCES dataHigh school (grades 9-12)NCES 530966002783
0/100100/10020/100
📚 AP courses
10
🌟 Gifted program
30
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →

The verdict

Wenatchee Valley Technical Skills Center earns 20/100 on the Resource Investment Index on federal resource data. It is also one of the smallest schools in Washington.

#3 of 3
high schools in Wenatchee · Resource Index
20
Resource Index · Lower
48.6%
free-lunch eligible
8
students enrolled

By Resource Investment Index, Wenatchee Valley Technical Skills Center ranks #3 of 3 high schools in Wenatchee, WA.

Enrollment

8

Washington · 2024-25 NCES data

Teachers (FTE)

10.0

Federal CCD staff survey

Free-lunch eligible

48.6%

vs 45.0% Washington avg

+8% vs state

What stands out at Wenatchee Valley Technical Skills Center

Wenatchee Valley Technical Skills Center is a small high school in Wenatchee, Washington, enrolling 8 students.

Its free-meal eligibility rate of 48.6% lands close to the Washington typical range, neither a high- nor low-need campus by this measure.

This is a small campus: fewer students than 97% of Washington schools, with 8 enrolled.

Its Resource Investment Index trails 92% of the 2,394 Washington schools with a score on record, one of the lower results on this measure.

Its student body is led by Hispanic or Latino (63%) and White (38%) (diversity index 47/100).

No Advanced Placement courses are reported for this campus in the federal data.

Its district draws 17.6% of revenue from federal sources, an above-typical federal share that tends to track a higher-need student population.

Among Wenatchee's high schools, it stands alongside Open Doors Re-Engagement (91 students): Wenatchee Valley Technical Skills Center is smaller than that campus by headcount.

Wenatchee School District also operates Wenatchee High School (2,066 students) and Abraham Lincoln Elementary (604 students) alongside Wenatchee Valley Technical Skills Center.

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 Wenatchee Valley Technical Skills Center compares

Wenatchee Valley Technical Skills Center on the metrics families compare, against Washington and U.S. means.

Metric This school vs Washington Washington avg U.S. avg
Free-lunch eligible 48.6% ▲ 8% 45.0% 51.7%
Enrollment 8 top 97% - -

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

8
Bigger than 1% of US schools by enrollment, a small campus.

Equity indicators (what these measure)

Economic need
48.6%
free-lunch eligible - 8% above the Washington average of 45.0%
Above the 40% Title I schoolwide threshold; federal funds support the whole school, not individual students.
Funding equity
$16,612
per pupil, district-wide - below Washington avg of $19,487
Close to the U.S. public-school average per-pupil spend.
Support staff
Counselors0.0 FTE
Student-support staffing from the Civil Rights Data Collection.
Discipline context
1
in-school suspensions + 0 out-of-school
Suspension rate: 12.5 per 100 students. Combined in-school and out-of-school rate: 12.5 per 100 students. Reported via the Civil Rights Data Collection.

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

Hispanic or Latino 62.5%
White 37.5%

Largest group: Hispanic or Latino at 62.5% of enrollment.

Student-body diversity index 46.9/100

Simpson diversity index - at 46.9, Wenatchee Valley Technical Skills Center is less mixed than the Washington school average of 53.3.

Programs

AP program Not offered

Funding & spending

District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Wenatchee School District, which includes Wenatchee Valley Technical Skills Center.

$16,612
Per student
-15%
vs Washington
Avg $19,487
+0%
vs U.S.
Avg $16,593
Revenue mix
Local 14.7%
State 67.7%
Federal 17.6%

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 Wenatchee Valley Technical Skills Center Compares to District-Mates

School Enrollment Economic Profile Student-Teacher Ratio
Wenatchee High School Larger Similar economic need No ratio data
Abraham Lincoln Elementary Larger Higher economic need No ratio data
Foothills Middle School Larger Similar economic need No ratio data
Washington Elementary School Larger Similar economic need No ratio data
Pioneer Middle School Larger Higher economic need No ratio data

Comparisons are relative to Wenatchee Valley Technical Skills Center's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data.

Other Schools in This District

Wenatchee School District · 5 sibling schools

View district profile

Similar high schools in Wenatchee

1 comparable high schools (grades 9-12) serving the same city.

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

Verify locally before acting on Wenatchee Valley Technical Skills Center's federal record.

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 Wenatchee Valley Technical Skills Center

How many students attend Wenatchee Valley Technical Skills Center?

Wenatchee Valley Technical Skills Center has 8 students enrolled. It is a high school in Wenatchee, WA.

What percentage of students receive free lunch at Wenatchee Valley Technical Skills Center?

48.6% of students at Wenatchee Valley Technical Skills Center are eligible for free lunch, compared to the Washington average of 45.0%.

What is the racial and ethnic makeup of Wenatchee Valley Technical Skills Center?

The largest demographic group at Wenatchee Valley Technical Skills Center is Hispanic or Latino at 62.5% of enrollment, in Wenatchee, WA.

What is the Resource Investment Index for Wenatchee Valley Technical Skills Center?

Wenatchee Valley Technical Skills Center has a Resource Investment Index of 20/100 (lower reported resources relative to schools nationally) based on 2 factors: student-teacher ratio. Not a test-score or academic measure (national median ~41/100, see methodology). Limited indicators were available, so the index reflects partial data.

How does Wenatchee Valley Technical Skills Center rank among high schools in Wenatchee?

By Resource Investment Index, Wenatchee Valley Technical Skills Center ranks #3 of 3 high schools in Wenatchee, WA. This compares federal resource and staffing data among local peers; it is not a test-score or academic ranking. See all high schools in Wenatchee on the city page.

Is Wenatchee Valley Technical Skills Center a good school?

Wenatchee Valley Technical Skills Center earns 20/100 on the Resource Investment Index on federal resource data. It is also one of the smallest schools in Washington. This is a resource snapshot, not an academic rating; see the Resource Investment Index question above for what the number does and doesn't measure.

What other schools are in Wenatchee School District?

Besides Wenatchee Valley Technical Skills Center, Wenatchee School District also operates Wenatchee High School (2,066 students), Abraham Lincoln Elementary (604 students), and Foothills Middle School (567 students). See the Wenatchee 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

Full source list and how we compute each figure: methodology page.

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