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Narrow the federal record to the schools that match what you care about, then open any profile for the full picture. Filters run on NCES Common Core of Data; nothing leaves your browser beyond the search itself.

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How the School Finder works

Each filter maps directly to a field in the federal record, so a search is a precise query against the NCES Common Core of Data rather than an opinion ranking. Three things are worth knowing before you read the results:

Student-teacher ratio is enrollment divided by full-time-equivalent teachers, a staffing- intensity measure, not a direct count of students per classroom (it includes specialists and pull-out staff). The national median runs around 15 to 16 students per teacher, so a 12:1 filter surfaces the more generously staffed end of the distribution and a 25:1 filter is closer to the typical urban high school.
Free-lunch share is the proportion of students whose household income qualifies them for free meals, the standard proxy for economic need that federal Title I funding tracks; the national figure is near half of all public-school students, so a 75%-plus band isolates high-need campuses.
School type (charter, magnet, Title I) comes straight from the federal classification, not an editorial label.

The finder searches only schools that report staff data to NCES, so closed or stub listings are excluded, and it returns the largest matching schools first. A match is a starting point rather than a verdict: these figures describe the resources a school reports, not test scores or academic outcomes. Open any profile for the full context, and see our methodology for how every field is sourced, computed, and dated.

Top 100 of many matching schools

Many schools match. Showing the 100 largest. Add a state or tighter filters to narrow the list.

School	Level	Enrollment	S:T ratio	Free lunch
Chiawana Senior High School Pasco, WA	Combined	3,127	20.3:1	59.1%
Tahoma Senior High School Maple Valley, WA	High	2,919	22.5:1	12.8%
Insight School of Washington Forks, WA	High	2,841	14.8:1	56%
Pasco Senior High School Pasco, WA	High	2,590	19.6:1	68.7%
Eastlake High School Sammamish, WA	High	2,481	21.4:1	5%
South Kitsap High School Port Orchard, WA	High	2,448	20.2:1	30%
Issaquah High School Issaquah, WA	High	2,419	22.8:1	10.7%
Kamiak High School Mukilteo, WA	High	2,384	24.2:1	25.8%
Davis High School Yakima, WA	High	2,359	18.9:1	73.2%
Redmond High School Redmond, WA	High	2,304	21.1:1	11.2%
Eisenhower High School Yakima, WA	High	2,258	23.2:1	71.3%
Skyline High School Sammamish, WA	High	2,244	22.8:1	5.1%
Richland High School Richland, WA	High	2,218	22.3:1	31.9%
Lake Stevens Sr High School Lake Stevens, WA	High	2,205	23.8:1	22.2%
Kentridge High School Kent, WA	High	2,186	23.1:1	30.7%
Mount Si High School Snoqualmie, WA	High	2,152	20.4:1	9.5%
Henry M. Jackson High School Mill Creek, WA	High	2,148	23.4:1	19.6%
Sunnyside High School Sunnyside, WA	High	2,122	21.6:1	72.4%
Mariner High School Everett, WA	High	2,106	19.9:1	55.8%
Graham Kapowsin High School Graham, WA	High	2,087	23.9:1	38.7%
Lake Washington High School Kirkland, WA	High	2,081	21:1	13.1%
Wenatchee High School Wenatchee, WA	High	2,066	20.2:1	50.8%
Camas High School Camas, WA	High	2,026	20.9:1	11.2%
Kentwood High School Covington, WA	High	1,995	21.9:1	36.3%
Union High School Camas, WA	High	1,989	23.8:1	28.8%
Hanford High School Richland, WA	High	1,959	21.5:1	28.2%
Kamiakin High School Kennewick, WA	High	1,956	24.5:1	37.9%
Kennewick High School Kennewick, WA	High	1,921	23.2:1	62.5%
Auburn Senior High School Auburn, WA	High	1,918	19.4:1	55.9%
North Creek High School Bothell, WA	High	1,910	20.7:1	11.2%
Olympia High School Olympia, WA	High	1,901	22.7:1	15.7%
Skyview High School Vancouver, WA	High	1,869	22.9:1	27.5%
Sumner High School Sumner, WA	High	1,857	22.4:1	23.4%
Moses Lake High School Moses Lake, WA	High	1,856	24.5:1	53.3%
Auburn Riverside High School Auburn, WA	High	1,852	22.2:1	38.3%
Newport Senior High School Bellevue, WA	High	1,850	19.8:1	9.4%
Mount Vernon High School Mount Vernon, WA	High	1,849	19.4:1	58.9%
Mount Rainier High School Des Moines, WA	High	1,846	24.3:1	53%
Washington Virtual Academy Omak High School Omak, WA	High	1,841	25.6:1	44.5%
Mead Senior High School Spokane, WA	High	1,827	20.1:1	22.4%
Puyallup High School Puyallup, WA	High	1,815	23.6:1	28.6%
Thomas Jefferson High School Auburn, WA	High	1,810	23.6:1	61.9%
Hazen Senior High School Renton, WA	High	1,796	24:1	28.5%
Gov John Rogers High School Puyallup, WA	High	1,788	24:1	31.3%
Spanaway Lake High School Spanaway, WA	High	1,787	23.9:1	50.7%
Juanita High School Kirkland, WA	High	1,778	19.5:1	21.1%
Lincoln High School Seattle, WA	High	1,770	23:1	9.1%
Battle Ground High School Battle Ground, WA	High	1,759	19.5:1	24.7%
Bothell High School Bothell, WA	High	1,740	19.8:1	16.2%
Stadium High School Tacoma, WA	High	1,700	23.4:1	27.1%
Ballard High School Seattle, WA	High	1,697	21.2:1	7.7%
Yelm High School 12 Yelm, WA	High	1,693	20.7:1	35.3%
Bethel High School Spanaway, WA	High	1,688	22:1	42.7%
Bellevue High School Bellevue, WA	High	1,683	22:1	11.2%
Lewis & Clark High School Spokane, WA	High	1,673	18.5:1	31.6%
Federal Way High School Federal Way, WA	High	1,665	21:1	63.5%
Woodinville Hs Woodinville, WA	High	1,662	21.1:1	7.8%
Cascade High School Everett, WA	High	1,651	21.6:1	51.7%
Arlington High School Arlington, WA	High	1,650	21:1	28.9%
North Central High School Spokane, WA	Combined	1,647	18.4:1	54.2%
Ferris High School Spokane, WA	High	1,644	17.7:1	40.5%
Everett High School Everett, WA	High	1,643	19.8:1	55.9%
Bonney Lake High School Bonney Lake, WA	High	1,643	21.2:1	22%
Glacier Peak High School Snohomish, WA	High	1,642	24.7:1	12.4%
Kent-Meridian High School Kent, WA	High	1,639	21.1:1	63.2%
Southridge High School Kennewick, WA	High	1,612	22.8:1	48.1%
Interlake Senior High School Bellevue, WA	High	1,611	18.4:1	19.2%
Edmonds Woodway High School Edmonds, WA	High	1,605	22.1:1	23.8%
Emerald Ridge High School Puyallup, WA	High	1,599	24:1	27.8%
Ridgeline High School Liberty Lake, WA	High	1,575	20.7:1	24.8%
Heritage High School Vancouver, WA	High	1,569	20.1:1	54.4%
Shorecrest High School Shoreline, WA	High	1,565	25.1:1	22.4%
Central Kitsap High School Silverdale, WA	High	1,564	23:1	20.7%
Oak Harbor High School Oak Harbor, WA	High	1,562	18:1	27.9%
Kentlake High School Kent, WA	High	1,561	21.5:1	40.9%
Auburn Mountainview High School Auburn, WA	High	1,560	21.1:1	50.1%
Lincoln High School Tacoma, WA	High	1,556	19:1	60.4%
Walla Walla High School Walla Walla, WA	High	1,554	21.2:1	51.5%
River Ridge High School Lacey, WA	High	1,547	19.2:1	33.7%
Shorewood High School Shoreline, WA	High	1,544	23.3:1	20.6%
Roosevelt High School Seattle, WA	High	1,542	20.5:1	12.7%
Eastmont Senior High East Wenatchee, WA	High	1,534	22:1	53.6%
Mountain View High School Vancouver, WA	High	1,523	21.8:1	43.7%
Monroe High School Monroe, WA	High	1,515	21.6:1	26.7%
Garfield High School Seattle, WA	High	1,507	24.1:1	34.2%
Fort Vancouver High School Vancouver, WA	High	1,507	19.8:1	67.6%
Prairie High School Brush Prairie, WA	High	1,502	21.4:1	30.9%
Rogers High School Spokane, WA	High	1,498	15.5:1	73.6%
Snohomish High School Snohomish, WA	High	1,496	23:1	19.9%
Liberty Sr High School Renton, WA	High	1,495	22.4:1	11.3%
West Valley High School Yakima, WA	High	1,494	23.5:1	35.3%
Cheney High School Cheney, WA	High	1,491	19.4:1	38.9%
Meadowdale High School Lynnwood, WA	High	1,491	21.6:1	29.5%
Cavelero Mid High School Lake Stevens, WA	Combined	1,490	20.6:1	24.9%
Mt Spokane High School Mead, WA	High	1,482	21.3:1	23.6%
West Seattle High School Seattle, WA	High	1,479	22.2:1	14.3%
Mountlake Terrace High School Mtlk Terrace, WA	High	1,456	22.6:1	25.2%
Shelton High School Shelton, WA	High	1,455	19.1:1	52.8%
Shadle Park High School Spokane, WA	High	1,445	17.7:1	48.1%
Inglemoor Hs Kenmore, WA	High	1,441	19.5:1	14.8%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Public School Universe + Civil Rights Data Collection · 2024-25