Is Ephrata High School a good school?

Ephrata High School ranks in the bottom 23.6% of Washington high schools.

How many students attend Ephrata High School?

In the 2022-23 school year, 882 students attended Ephrata High School.

What is the racial makeup of Ephrata High School?

Students at Ephrata High School are 54% White, 38% Hispanic, 4% Two or more races, 1% African American, 1% Asian.

What schools feed into Ephrata High School?

Ephrata High School is fed by the following schools: Elementary : Columbia Ridge Elementary Elementary : Grant Elementary Middle : Ephrata Middle School Middle : Parkway School

Ephrata High School

Summary:

Ephrata High School is a public high school serving 882 students in grades 9-12 in Ephrata, Washington, which is part of the Ephrata School District. The school faces several challenges, including a high percentage of economically disadvantaged students, lower-than-average test scores, and declining performance compared to other high schools in the state.

Ephrata High School has a higher percentage of Hispanic students (38.44%) compared to the state average, while the percentage of White students (54.31%) is lower. The school's graduation rate has fluctuated, ranging from 87.1% in 2021-2022 to 96.2% in 2019-2020, generally higher than the state average. However, the school's dropout rate has also fluctuated, ranging from 1.0% in 2019-2020 to 5.8% in 2021-2022, which is generally lower than the state average. Ephrata High School's test scores in English Language Arts, Math, and Science are consistently lower than the state averages, with the school scoring around 50% proficient or better in most subjects and grade levels.

Compared to nearby schools like Moses Lake High School and Quincy High School, Ephrata High School's performance is generally lower in terms of test scores, graduation rates, and overall school rankings. The school's performance is particularly low for Hispanic and low-socioeconomic status students, who rank in the bottom quartile of Washington high schools in these subgroups. Additionally, the school's performance has declined over the years, with its statewide ranking dropping from 68th out of 341 high schools in 2014-2015 to 334th out of 437 high schools in 2023-2024.

Detail:

Public 9-12

333 4th Ave NW
Ephrata, WA 98823

(509) 754-5285

District: Ephrata School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
334^th of 437 Washington High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $15,640

Feeder schools for Ephrata High School:

Elementary:	Columbia Ridge Elementary
	Grant Elementary
Middle:	Ephrata Middle School
	Parkway School

Student/teacher ratio: 21.1

Number of students: 882

Racial breakdown:

White:

54.3%

Hispanic:

38.4%

Two or more races:

4.4%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 60.2%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Ephrata High School ranks worse than 76.4% of high schools in Washington. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 26.87. (See more...)

The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at Ephrata 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 (54.3%), Hispanic (38.4%), two or more races (4.4%). (See more...)

Compare Details 60.2% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Ephrata High School is 21.1. (See more...)

Compare Ephrata High School employs 41.6 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Ephrata High School is $15,640.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Ephrata High School:

SchoolDigger ranks Ephrata High School 334^th of 437 Washington public high schools. (See Ephrata High School in the ranking list.)

High School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:

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Ephrata School District:

SchoolDigger ranks Ephrata School District 168^th of 247 Washington school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Ephrata High School

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Rank History for all students at Ephrata High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	WA State Percentile
2004	46.36	232^nd	390	40.5%
2005	54.73	204^th	394	48.2%
2006	78.39	67^th	395	83.0%
2007	77.88	73^rd	399	81.7%
2008	55.07	213^th	396	46.2%
2009	61.34	176^th	402	56.2%
2010	56.23	209^th	423	50.6%
2011	59.05	147^th	440	66.6%
2012	61.64	151^st	450	66.4%
2013	65.49	140^th	454	69.2%
2015	72.53	68^th	341	80.1%
2016	66.58	98^th	306	68.0%
2017	57.81	142^nd	301	52.8%
2019	39.13	269^th	417	35.5%
2021	31.62	312^th	455	31.4%
2022	35.13	294^th	434	32.3%
2023	36.95	281^st	442	36.4%
2024	26.87	334^th	437	23.6%

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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Ephrata High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	WA State Percentile
2021	29.37	148^th	195	24.1%
2022	44.89	99^th	179	44.7%
2023	33.18	113^th	166	31.9%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Ephrata High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	WA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2018	38.34	88^th	139	36.7%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Ephrata High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	WA State Percentile
2019	26.53	274^th	344	20.3%
2021	29.30	294^th	392	25.0%
2022	28.50	281^st	370	24.1%
2023	26.19	286^th	362	21.0%
2024	20.30	312^th	356	12.4%

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Rank History for Female students at Ephrata High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	WA State Percentile
2019	39.30	235^th	358	34.4%
2021	30.20	281^st	390	27.9%
2022	31.69	258^th	368	29.9%
2023	27.88	265^th	357	25.8%
2024	17.22	303^rd	347	12.7%

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Rank History for Male students at Ephrata High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	WA State Percentile
2019	35.90	244^th	355	31.3%
2021	32.84	274^th	395	30.6%
2022	32.60	252^nd	363	30.6%
2023	38.66	223^rd	358	37.7%
2024	30.95	255^th	362	29.6%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Ephrata High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	WA State Percentile
2019	29.67	180^th	241	25.3%
2021	25.45	223^rd	278	19.8%
2022	20.12	229^th	261	12.3%
2023	14.21	234^th	249	6.0%
2024	21.52	214^th	248	13.7%

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Rank History for White students at Ephrata High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	WA State Percentile
2019	37.84	257^th	382	32.7%
2021	33.85	282^nd	413	31.7%
2022	41.26	239^th	390	38.7%
2023	51.53	182^nd	379	52.0%
2024	32.62	277^th	374	25.9%

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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 Ephrata High School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	465	1	5	3	1	n/a	n/a	0	475
1989	504	1	6	11	2	n/a	n/a	0	524
1990	509	3	4	6	1	n/a	n/a	0	523
1991	543	2	4	12	0	n/a	n/a	0	561
1992	537	3	6	21	0	n/a	n/a	0	567
1993	556	4	4	25	2	n/a	n/a	0	591
1994	597	2	13	18	0	n/a	n/a	0	630
1995	637	4	12	41	3	n/a	n/a	0	697
1996	637	4	12	41	3	n/a	n/a	0	697
1997	654	1	10	54	5	n/a	n/a	0	724
1998	653	3	14	57	4	n/a	n/a	0	731
1999	652	2	15	60	4	n/a	n/a	0	733
2000	673	1	22	71	4	n/a	n/a	0	771
2001	666	3	22	82	7	n/a	n/a	0	780
2002	624	2	11	110	5	n/a	n/a	0	752
2003	624	2	11	110	5	n/a	n/a	0	752
2004	604	5	10	111	5	n/a	n/a	0	735
2005	565	5	4	97	4	n/a	n/a	0	675
2006	530	5	6	107	5	n/a	n/a	0	653
2007	543	7	7	119	4	n/a	n/a	0	680
2008	532	6	13	117	4	n/a	n/a	2	674
2009	534	12	13	114	6	n/a	n/a	3	682
2010	545	12	13	123	6	n/a	n/a	5	704
2011	533	1	7	134	1	0	16	0	692
2012	535	2	5	141	3	0	15	0	701
2013	501	2	4	164	2	0	15	0	688
2014	475	3	7	176	2	0	17	0	680
2015	493	2	8	184	3	0	15	0	705
2016	480	1	7	210	2	0	13	0	713
2017	478	4	9	213	1	0	13	0	718
2018	530	1	7	215	0	0	8	0	761
2019	540	2	5	232	1	0	12	0	792
2020	543	6	5	240	1	0	21	0	816
2021	506	6	4	267	4	0	25	0	812
2022	491	9	9	319	1	0	38	0	867
2023	479	13	11	339	1	0	39	0	882

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 Ephrata High School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	475	24.0	19.7	0
1989	524	24.0	21.8	n/a
1990	523	22.3	23.4	0
1991	561	24.7	22.7	n/a
1992	567	28.1	20.1	n/a
1993	591	26.9	22.0	n/a
1994	630	28.5	22.1	n/a
1995	697	33.0	21.1	n/a
1996	697	33.0	21.1	n/a
1997	724	35.1	20.6	n/a
1998	731	38.0	19.2	n/a
1999	733	37.3	19.7	n/a
2000	771	38.3	20.1	n/a
2001	780	37.4	20.9	n/a
2002	752	37.4	20.1	27.4
2003	752	37.4	20.1	27.4
2004	735	37.0	19.9	32
2005	675	37.3	18.1	30.8
2006	653	37.5	17.4	32.6
2007	680	37.7	18.0	37.1
2008	674	38.5	17.5	39.6
2009	682	38.5	17.7	36.1
2010	704	36.0	19.5	37.3
2011	692	36.1	19.1	40.5
2012	701	32.0	21.8	45.4
2013	688	31.9	21.5	45.5
2014	680	n/a	n/a	46.8
2015	705	32.0	22.0	44.8
2016	713	33.0	21.6	46.4
2017	718	33.3	21.5	46.7
2018	761	34.2	22.2	46.4
2019	792	38.0	20.8	48.9
2020	816	38.7	21.0	47.5
2021	812	39.1	20.7	48.9
2022	867	38.7	22.3	52.2
2023	882	41.6	21.1	60.2

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 Ephrata High School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	475	24.0	19.7	0
1989	524	24.0	21.8	n/a
1990	523	22.3	23.4	0
1991	561	24.7	22.7	n/a
1992	567	28.1	20.1	n/a
1993	591	26.9	22.0	n/a
1994	630	28.5	22.1	n/a
1995	697	33.0	21.1	n/a
1996	697	33.0	21.1	n/a
1997	724	35.1	20.6	n/a
1998	731	38.0	19.2	n/a
1999	733	37.3	19.7	n/a
2000	771	38.3	20.1	n/a
2001	780	37.4	20.9	n/a
2002	752	37.4	20.1	27.4
2003	752	37.4	20.1	27.4
2004	735	37.0	19.9	32
2005	675	37.3	18.1	30.8
2006	653	37.5	17.4	32.6
2007	680	37.7	18.0	37.1
2008	674	38.5	17.5	39.6
2009	682	38.5	17.7	36.1
2010	704	36.0	19.5	37.3
2011	692	36.1	19.1	40.5
2012	701	32.0	21.8	45.4
2013	688	31.9	21.5	45.5
2014	680	n/a	n/a	46.8
2015	705	32.0	22.0	44.8
2016	713	33.0	21.6	46.4
2017	718	33.3	21.5	46.7
2018	761	34.2	22.2	46.4
2019	792	38.0	20.8	48.9
2020	816	38.7	21.0	47.5
2021	812	39.1	20.7	48.9
2022	867	38.7	22.3	52.2
2023	882	41.6	21.1	60.2

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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