Is Curlew Elementary & High School a good school?

Curlew Elementary & High School ranks 657 th of 1168 Washington alternative schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Curlew Elementary & High School?

In the 2022-23 school year, 216 students attended Curlew Elementary & High School.

What is the racial makeup of Curlew Elementary & High School?

Students at Curlew Elementary & High School are 75% White, 12% Hispanic, 8% Two or more races, 3% Asian, 2% African American.

Curlew Elementary & High School

Summary:

Curlew Elementary & High School is an alternative public school serving grades PK-12 in Curlew, Washington, with a total enrollment of 216 students as of the 2022-2023 school year. The school faces significant challenges, including consistently low graduation rates, high dropout rates, and academic performance that consistently falls below state and district averages.

Curlew Elementary & High School's four-year graduation rates have ranged from as low as 19.3% to 61.5%, and its dropout rates have been as high as 51.6%. Academically, the school's proficiency rates in English Language Arts and Math are well below state averages, with only 31.58% of 10th-graders and 46.15% of 4th-graders meeting proficiency standards in ELA, compared to state averages of 66.2% and 49.65%, respectively. The school also has a high percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, ranging from 47.89% to 65.74%, suggesting a higher proportion of students from low-income families.

In contrast, the nearby Republic Parent Partner school, which is also an alternative public school, has significantly better academic performance, graduation rates, and socioeconomic indicators. For example, in 2022-2023, Republic Parent Partner had proficiency rates of 87.5% in ELA and 62.5% in Math, compared to Curlew's 33.68% and 32.29%, respectively. This suggests that the challenges faced by Curlew Elementary & High School may be unique to the school or the Curlew School District, rather than being a broader regional issue.

Detail:

Public, Alternative PK, KG-12

47 Curlew School Rd
Curlew, WA 99118-0370

(509) 779-4931

District: Curlew School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
657^th of 1,168 Washington Alternative Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $19,675

Student/teacher ratio: 13.9

Number of students: 216

Racial breakdown:

White:

74.5%

Hispanic:

11.6%

Two or more races:

7.9%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 65.7%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Curlew Elementary & High School ranks worse than 56.3% of elementary schools in Washington. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 41.68. (See more...)

Compare Details Curlew Elementary & High School ranks worse than 63.9% of middle schools in Washington. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 34.42. (See more...)

Compare Details Curlew Elementary & High School ranks worse than 62.5% of high schools in Washington. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 39.11. (See more...)

The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at Curlew Elementary & High School who earn a standard high school diploma within four years of starting ninth grade.

The high school dropout rate measures the percentage of students who do not complete their high school education.

Student Body

Compare Details Racial makeup is: White (74.5%), Hispanic (11.6%), two or more races (7.9%). (See more...)

Compare Details 65.7% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Curlew Elementary & High School is 13.9. (See more...)

Compare Curlew Elementary & High School employs 15.5 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Curlew Elementary & High School is $19,675.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Curlew Elementary & High School:

SchoolDigger ranks Curlew Elementary & High School 657^th of 1168 Washington public elementary schools. (See Curlew Elementary & High School in the ranking list.)

SchoolDigger ranks Curlew Elementary & High School 342^nd of 535 Washington public middle schools. (See Curlew Elementary & High School in the ranking list.)

Middle School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:

White students:

SchoolDigger ranks Curlew Elementary & High School 273^rd of 437 Washington public high schools. (See Curlew Elementary & High School in the ranking list.)

High School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:

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Rank History for Curlew Elementary & High School

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Rank History for all elementary school students at Curlew Elementary & High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile
2005	20.28	863^rd	1031	16.3%
2006	43.04	637^th	1051	39.4%
2007	29.84	803^rd	1069	24.9%
2008	53.09	530^th	1067	50.3%
2009	47.17	604^th	1072	43.7%
2010	38.64	710^th	1088	34.7%
2011	37.80	737^th	1092	32.5%
2012	25.24	901^st	1097	17.9%
2013	28.99	857^th	1106	22.5%
2015	23.90	861^st	1067	19.3%
2016	26.82	808^th	1053	23.3%
2017	39.01	663^rd	1056	37.2%
2018	17.69	902^nd	1054	14.4%
2019	12.76	1024^th	1130	9.4%
2021	37.64	656^th	1107	40.7%
2022	19.63	973^rd	1169	16.8%
2023	25.90	896^th	1169	23.4%
2024	41.68	657^th	1168	43.8%

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Rank History for elementary school Male students at Curlew Elementary & High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2021	13.15	936^th	1025	8.7%
2022	15.50	990^th	1113	11.1%

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Rank History for elementary school White students at Curlew Elementary & High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile
2019	6.22	1004^th	1027	2.2%
2021	28.82	695^th	943	26.3%
2022	19.36	894^th	1031	13.3%

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Data source: test scores: Washington Office of Superindentent of Public Instruction, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

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Rank History for all middle school students at Curlew Elementary & High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile
2004	37.82	283^rd	421	32.8%
2005	27.90	330^th	425	22.4%
2006	49.23	222^nd	449	50.6%
2007	49.67	234^th	463	49.5%
2008	49.12	234^th	466	49.8%
2009	49.56	249^th	476	47.7%
2010	58.38	194^th	483	59.8%
2011	59.43	180^th	492	63.4%
2012	32.78	362^nd	497	27.2%
2013	35.90	341^st	498	31.5%
2015	48.77	221^st	445	50.3%
2016	34.45	293^rd	443	33.9%
2017	16.65	376^th	435	13.6%
2018	5.75	427^th	437	2.3%
2019	22.86	409^th	512	20.1%
2021	27.94	392^nd	529	25.9%
2022	41.65	292^nd	541	46.0%
2024	34.42	342^nd	535	36.1%

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Rank History for middle school Low Socio Economic Status students at Curlew Elementary & High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2018	23.25	288^th	349	17.5%
2019	57.00	159^th	448	64.5%

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Rank History for middle school Male students at Curlew Elementary & High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2021	12.61	438^th	476	8.0%
2022	16.81	409^th	480	14.8%

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Rank History for middle school White students at Curlew Elementary & High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	WA State Percentile
2019	16.50	422^nd	470	10.2%
2021	23.62	380^th	480	20.8%
2022	33.12	333^rd	488	31.8%
2023	31.92	341^st	488	30.1%
2024	29.20	363^rd	486	25.3%

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Data source: test scores: Washington Office of Superindentent of Public Instruction, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

Rank History for Curlew Elementary & High School

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Rank History for all high school students at Curlew Elementary & High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	WA State Percentile
2004	42.90	250^th	390	35.9%
2005	76.58	81^st	394	79.4%
2006	57.39	195^th	395	50.6%
2007	49.53	237^th	399	40.6%
2008	52.86	225^th	396	43.2%
2009	58.75	194^th	402	51.7%
2010	70.30	124^th	423	70.7%
2011	34.34	300^th	440	31.8%
2012	60.04	170^th	450	62.2%
2013	47.55	274^th	454	39.6%
2015	77.98	53^rd	341	84.5%
2018	42.66	214^th	315	32.1%
2019	55.07	182^nd	417	56.4%
2021	57.18	169^th	455	62.9%
2022	46.54	227^th	434	47.7%
2023	62.69	146^th	442	67.0%
2024	39.11	273^rd	437	37.5%

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Rank History for high school Low Socio Economic Status students at Curlew Elementary & High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	WA State Percentile
2019	31.65	252^nd	344	26.7%
2021	62.61	109^th	392	72.2%
2023	87.17	25^th	362	93.1%

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Rank History for high school Female students at Curlew Elementary & High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	WA State Percentile
2019	75.64	73^rd	358	79.6%
2021	64.48	111^th	390	71.5%
2023	76.41	72^nd	357	79.8%
2024	52.97	152^nd	347	56.2%

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Rank History for high school Male students at Curlew Elementary & High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	WA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2021	58.07	143^rd	395	63.8%
2022	43.88	203^rd	363	44.1%

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Rank History for high school White students at Curlew Elementary & High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	WA State Percentile
2019	50.68	184^th	382	51.8%
2021	54.53	164^th	413	60.3%
2022	33.39	274^th	390	29.7%
2023	48.83	197^th	379	48.0%
2024	40.27	237^th	374	36.6%

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Data source: test scores: Washington Office of Superindentent of Public Instruction, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: Washington State Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction

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Enrollment information for Curlew Elementary & High School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	245	5	3	14	3	n/a	n/a	0	270
1989	251	5	3	10	5	n/a	n/a	0	274
1990	272	5	2	9	13	n/a	n/a	0	301
1991	299	4	5	8	18	n/a	n/a	0	334
1992	305	4	3	14	18	n/a	n/a	0	344
1993	323	2	3	6	17	n/a	n/a	0	351
1994	331	3	8	7	10	n/a	n/a	0	359
1995	320	2	8	15	14	n/a	n/a	0	359
1996	320	2	8	15	14	n/a	n/a	0	359
1997	288	3	7	13	10	n/a	n/a	0	321
1998	271	5	7	8	14	n/a	n/a	0	305
1999	263	4	11	11	20	n/a	n/a	0	309
2000	259	4	9	5	24	n/a	n/a	0	301
2001	237	3	8	1	22	n/a	n/a	0	271
2002	199	6	7	4	13	n/a	n/a	0	229
2003	199	6	7	4	13	n/a	n/a	0	229
2004	206	4	10	5	12	n/a	n/a	0	237
2005	220	5	8	5	8	n/a	n/a	0	246
2006	208	5	6	5	10	n/a	n/a	1	235
2007	203	5	6	4	12	n/a	n/a	5	235
2008	186	4	5	3	9	n/a	n/a	7	214
2009	202	0	3	3	5	n/a	n/a	9	222
2010	193	1	5	2	6	n/a	n/a	13	220
2011	197	2	1	10	6	1	4	0	221
2012	187	3	0	9	5	0	12	0	216
2013	188	4	0	11	7	0	8	0	218
2014	177	4	0	7	6	0	12	0	206
2015	166	4	0	7	4	0	13	0	194
2016	142	3	0	7	5	0	14	0	171
2017	150	5	0	11	5	0	10	0	181
2018	143	8	0	12	4	0	7	0	174
2019	178	9	0	21	6	4	12	1	231
2020	168	5	0	18	4	4	21	0	220
2021	214	2	3	31	4	6	27	1	288
2022	181	3	4	28	16	3	25	1	261
2023	161	4	6	25	2	1	17	0	216

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Curlew Elementary & High School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	270	15.0	18.0	0
1989	274	16.0	17.1	n/a
1990	301	17.1	17.6	0
1991	334	18.4	18.1	n/a
1992	344	18.6	18.4	n/a
1993	351	19.8	17.7	n/a
1994	359	20.8	17.3	n/a
1995	359	21.2	16.9	n/a
1996	359	21.2	16.9	n/a
1997	321	20.8	15.4	n/a
1998	305	19.4	15.7	n/a
1999	309	19.1	16.2	n/a
2000	301	16.6	18.1	n/a
2001	271	16.7	16.2	n/a
2002	229	16.3	14.0	50.2
2003	229	16.3	14.0	50.2
2004	237	16.0	14.8	60.3
2005	246	16.5	14.9	52
2006	235	17.5	13.4	51.3
2007	235	18.1	13.0	64.8
2008	214	17.9	12.0	62.3
2009	222	17.9	12.4	56.8
2010	220	15.4	14.2	67.1
2011	221	16.9	13.0	51.1
2012	216	15.5	13.8	56.5
2013	218	15.1	14.4	56
2014	206	n/a	n/a	59.7
2015	194	17.0	11.4	57.7
2016	171	16.0	10.6	59.6
2017	181	13.5	13.3	60.8
2018	174	13.9	12.4	63.8
2019	231	14.5	15.9	50.2
2020	220	15.5	14.1	57.3
2021	288	17.0	16.8	58.3
2022	261	16.6	15.7	47.9
2023	216	15.5	13.9	65.7

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Curlew Elementary & High School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	270	15.0	18.0	0
1989	274	16.0	17.1	n/a
1990	301	17.1	17.6	0
1991	334	18.4	18.1	n/a
1992	344	18.6	18.4	n/a
1993	351	19.8	17.7	n/a
1994	359	20.8	17.3	n/a
1995	359	21.2	16.9	n/a
1996	359	21.2	16.9	n/a
1997	321	20.8	15.4	n/a
1998	305	19.4	15.7	n/a
1999	309	19.1	16.2	n/a
2000	301	16.6	18.1	n/a
2001	271	16.7	16.2	n/a
2002	229	16.3	14.0	50.2
2003	229	16.3	14.0	50.2
2004	237	16.0	14.8	60.3
2005	246	16.5	14.9	52
2006	235	17.5	13.4	51.3
2007	235	18.1	13.0	64.8
2008	214	17.9	12.0	62.3
2009	222	17.9	12.4	56.8
2010	220	15.4	14.2	67.1
2011	221	16.9	13.0	51.1
2012	216	15.5	13.8	56.5
2013	218	15.1	14.4	56
2014	206	n/a	n/a	59.7
2015	194	17.0	11.4	57.7
2016	171	16.0	10.6	59.6
2017	181	13.5	13.3	60.8
2018	174	13.9	12.4	63.8
2019	231	14.5	15.9	50.2
2020	220	15.5	14.1	57.3
2021	288	17.0	16.8	58.3
2022	261	16.6	15.7	47.9
2023	216	15.5	13.9	65.7

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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