Is Mead Senior High School a good school?

Mead Senior High School ranks 58 th of 437 Washington high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Mead Senior High School?

In the 2023-24 school year, 1,805 students attended Mead Senior High School.

What is the racial makeup of Mead Senior High School?

Students at Mead Senior High School are 80% White, 9% Two or more races, 7% Hispanic, 1% Asian, 1% African American.

What schools feed into Mead Senior High School?

Mead Senior High School is fed by the following schools: Elementary : Brentwood Elementary School Elementary : Evergreen Elementary School Elementary : Farwell Elementary School Elementary : Prairie View Elementary Elementary : Skyline Elementary Middle : Highland Middle School Middle : Northwood Middle School

Mead Senior High School

Summary:

Mead Senior High School is a public high school located in Spokane, Washington, serving grades 9-12 with a total enrollment of 1,809 students. The school is part of the Mead School District, which is ranked 42 out of 247 districts in Washington and has a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Mead Senior High School consistently ranks among the top high schools in Washington, ranking 58th out of 437 schools in the 2023-2024 school year and receiving a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger. The school's students perform significantly better than the state and district averages on standardized tests, with 87.66% of 10th-grade students proficient or better in English Language Arts and 52.08% proficient or better in Math for the 2023-2024 school year. Mead Senior High School's performance is particularly strong in English Language Arts, with its 10th-grade and overall proficiency rates consistently exceeding the state and district averages by a wide margin. The school has also maintained a high four-year graduation rate, ranging from 89.0% to 94.0% over the past five years, which is above the state and district averages.

While Mead Senior High School has a predominantly white student population, the school has seen a slight increase in racial diversity over the past three years, with the percentage of white students decreasing and the percentage of Hispanic and multi-racial students increasing. The school performs particularly well in supporting certain student subgroups, such as Hispanic students and military-connected students, who consistently rank among the top in the state. However, the school's performance for African American and special education students is less strong, with these subgroups ranking lower compared to other high schools in Washington. Compared to other high schools in the Spokane area, such as Mt. Spokane High School, Mead Senior High School generally outperforms its peers in academic achievement, graduation rates, and student group performance.

Detail:

Public 9-12

302 W Hastings Rd
Spokane, WA 99218-2598

(509) 465-7000

District: Mead School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
58^th of 437 Washington High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $14,155

Feeder schools for Mead Senior High School:

Elementary:	Brentwood Elementary School
	Evergreen Elementary School
	Farwell Elementary School
	Prairie View Elementary
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	Skyline Elementary
Middle:	Highland Middle School
	Northwood Middle School

Student/teacher ratio: 20.1

Number of students: 1,805

Racial breakdown:

White:

80.4%

Two or more races:

8.6%

Hispanic:

6.6%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 27.7%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Mead Senior High School ranks better than 86.7% of high schools in Washington. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 83.98. (See more...)

The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at Mead Senior 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 Mead Senior High School has the largest high school student body size in the Mead School District. Racial makeup is: White (80.4%), two or more races (8.6%), Hispanic (6.6%). (See more...)

Compare Details 27.7% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Mead Senior High School is 20.1. 1 high schools in the Mead School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)

Compare Mead Senior High School employs 89.8 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Mead Senior High School is $14,155. 1 high schools in the Mead School District spend more per student.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Mead Senior High School:

SchoolDigger ranks Mead Senior High School 58^th of 437 Washington public high schools. (See Mead Senior High School in the ranking list.)

High School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:

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Special Education students:

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Military Connected students:

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White students:

Mead School District:

SchoolDigger ranks Mead School District 42^nd of 247 Washington school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Mead Senior High School

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Rank History for all students at Mead Senior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	WA State Percentile
2004	78.10	74^th	390	81.0%
2005	85.94	32^nd	394	91.9%
2006	85.97	28^th	395	92.9%
2007	84.28	37^th	399	90.7%
2008	87.04	23^rd	396	94.2%
2009	86.93	25^th	402	93.8%
2010	84.09	40^th	423	90.5%
2011	63.41	117^th	440	73.4%
2012	75.71	41^st	450	90.9%
2013	74.13	56^th	454	87.7%
2015	82.64	37^th	341	89.1%
2016	74.00	62^nd	306	79.7%
2017	88.34	12^th	301	96.0%
2018	81.02	47^th	315	85.1%
2019	78.86	69^th	417	83.5%
2021	71.75	98^th	455	78.5%
2022	81.39	62^nd	434	85.7%
2023	77.51	74^th	442	83.3%
2024	83.98	58^th	437	86.7%

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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Mead Senior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	61.55	33^rd	91	63.7%
2019	72.58	34^th	163	79.1%
2021	42.24	108^th	195	44.6%
2022	46.76	95^th	179	46.9%
2023	41.87	86^th	166	48.2%
2024	74.60	36^th	161	77.6%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Mead Senior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	WA State Percentile
2019	58.68	36^th	128	71.9%
2021	15.56	204^th	212	3.8%
2022	43.55	66^th	130	49.2%
2023	35.08	67^th	110	39.1%
2024	38.54	60^th	110	45.5%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Mead Senior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	72.46	43^rd	227	81.1%
2019	75.26	53^rd	344	84.6%
2021	68.90	79^th	392	79.8%
2022	75.03	67^th	370	81.9%
2023	70.42	69^th	362	80.9%
2024	75.67	58^th	356	83.7%

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Rank History for Homeless students at Mead Senior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	WA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2021	84.55	3^rd	45	93.3%
2023	67.32	3^rd	19	84.2%

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Rank History for Female students at Mead Senior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	79.46	39^th	243	84.0%
2019	74.51	79^th	358	77.9%
2021	68.31	96^th	390	75.4%
2022	81.88	50^th	368	86.4%
2023	76.51	71^st	357	80.1%
2024	81.29	54^th	347	84.4%

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Rank History for Military Connected students at Mead Senior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	WA State Percentile
2019	53.10	11^th	31	64.5%
2021	75.91	8^th	47	83.0%
2022	83.83	4^th	38	89.5%
2023	93.43	1^st	31	96.8%
2024	90.73	2^nd	34	94.1%

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Rank History for Male students at Mead Senior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	77.98	45^th	254	82.3%
2019	81.61	48^th	355	86.5%
2021	73.56	82^nd	395	79.2%
2022	77.59	68^th	363	81.3%
2023	74.86	68^th	358	81.0%
2024	81.73	59^th	362	83.7%

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Rank History for African American students at Mead Senior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	WA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2021	22.27	94^th	111	15.3%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Mead Senior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	66.40	41^st	156	73.7%
2019	76.50	40^th	241	83.4%
2021	69.25	57^th	278	79.5%
2022	64.54	70^th	261	73.2%
2023	87.81	19^th	249	92.4%
2024	88.71	20^th	248	91.9%

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Rank History for White students at Mead Senior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	73.62	53^rd	222	76.1%
2019	71.52	95^th	382	75.1%
2021	64.80	117^th	413	71.7%
2022	76.61	74^th	390	81.0%
2023	70.33	93^rd	379	75.5%
2024	77.45	64^th	374	82.9%

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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 Mead Senior High School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	1779	9	23	9	14	n/a	n/a	0	1834
1989	1700	6	29	14	10	n/a	n/a	0	1759
1990	1646	11	36	16	17	n/a	n/a	0	1726
1991	1586	11	37	15	15	n/a	n/a	0	1664
1992	1557	10	37	21	12	n/a	n/a	0	1637
1993	1573	12	34	18	11	n/a	n/a	0	1648
1994	1554	12	31	23	14	n/a	n/a	0	1634
1995	1745	15	39	24	16	n/a	n/a	0	1839
1996	1745	15	39	24	16	n/a	n/a	0	1839
1997	1830	11	50	21	19	n/a	n/a	0	1931
1998	1612	15	38	24	20	n/a	n/a	0	1709
1999	1418	12	30	19	18	n/a	n/a	0	1497
2000	1334	14	28	20	14	n/a	n/a	0	1410
2001	1382	10	27	19	16	n/a	n/a	0	1454
2002	1407	14	30	32	14	n/a	n/a	0	1497
2003	1407	14	30	32	14	n/a	n/a	0	1497
2004	1457	15	41	26	12	n/a	n/a	0	1551
2005	1515	27	38	29	12	n/a	n/a	0	1621
2006	1550	34	42	36	8	n/a	n/a	7	1677
2007	1552	31	44	32	9	n/a	n/a	13	1681
2008	1548	28	56	41	12	n/a	n/a	14	1699
2009	1472	22	59	40	8	n/a	n/a	27	1628
2010	1425	24	49	51	12	n/a	n/a	24	1585
2011	1374	15	57	86	11	3	78	0	1624
2012	1351	17	0	87	0	0	142	0	1597
2013	1358	15	0	90	0	0	167	0	1630
2014	1311	17	0	87	0	0	160	0	1575
2015	1315	18	0	94	0	0	150	0	1577
2016	1327	21	2	94	3	1	169	0	1617
2017	1319	25	8	104	5	1	161	0	1623
2018	1323	23	13	104	5	2	163	0	1633
2019	1312	19	17	108	9	2	170	0	1637
2020	1377	23	24	133	12	2	178	0	1749
2021	1373	23	23	138	9	4	177	0	1747
2022	1432	29	23	106	11	9	172	4	1786
2023	1449	23	29	108	12	12	169	7	1809
2024	1452	22	25	119	10	16	155	6	1805

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 Mead Senior High School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	1834	89.0	20.6	0
1989	1759	85.0	20.6	n/a
1990	1726	81.0	21.3	0
1991	1664	82.1	20.2	n/a
1992	1637	83.6	19.5	n/a
1993	1648	80.9	20.4	n/a
1994	1634	84.4	19.4	n/a
1995	1839	91.5	20.1	n/a
1996	1839	91.5	20.1	n/a
1997	1931	91.7	21.1	n/a
1998	1709	78.3	21.8	n/a
1999	1497	71.4	21.0	n/a
2000	1410	67.5	20.9	n/a
2001	1454	66.5	21.9	n/a
2002	1497	74.2	20.2	14.9
2003	1497	74.2	20.2	14.9
2004	1551	76.0	20.4	15.5
2005	1621	76.1	21.3	17.6
2006	1677	79.7	21.0	15.8
2007	1681	80.7	20.8	19.3
2008	1699	78.6	21.6	18.9
2009	1628	78.6	20.7	20.5
2010	1585	76.6	20.6	19.7
2011	1624	71.2	22.8	22.4
2012	1597	73.9	21.5	25.2
2013	1630	74.5	21.8	25
2014	1575	n/a	n/a	19.6
2015	1577	73.0	21.6	23.2
2016	1617	76.0	21.2	23.9
2017	1623	75.6	21.4	24.3
2018	1633	77.6	21.0	23
2019	1637	81.9	19.9	23.9
2020	1749	80.3	21.7	25.4
2021	1747	81.8	21.3	17
2022	1786	87.2	20.4	22.3
2023	1809	90.4	19.9	28.3
2024	1805	89.8	20.1	27.7

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 Mead Senior High School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	1834	89.0	20.6	0
1989	1759	85.0	20.6	n/a
1990	1726	81.0	21.3	0
1991	1664	82.1	20.2	n/a
1992	1637	83.6	19.5	n/a
1993	1648	80.9	20.4	n/a
1994	1634	84.4	19.4	n/a
1995	1839	91.5	20.1	n/a
1996	1839	91.5	20.1	n/a
1997	1931	91.7	21.1	n/a
1998	1709	78.3	21.8	n/a
1999	1497	71.4	21.0	n/a
2000	1410	67.5	20.9	n/a
2001	1454	66.5	21.9	n/a
2002	1497	74.2	20.2	14.9
2003	1497	74.2	20.2	14.9
2004	1551	76.0	20.4	15.5
2005	1621	76.1	21.3	17.6
2006	1677	79.7	21.0	15.8
2007	1681	80.7	20.8	19.3
2008	1699	78.6	21.6	18.9
2009	1628	78.6	20.7	20.5
2010	1585	76.6	20.6	19.7
2011	1624	71.2	22.8	22.4
2012	1597	73.9	21.5	25.2
2013	1630	74.5	21.8	25
2014	1575	n/a	n/a	19.6
2015	1577	73.0	21.6	23.2
2016	1617	76.0	21.2	23.9
2017	1623	75.6	21.4	24.3
2018	1633	77.6	21.0	23
2019	1637	81.9	19.9	23.9
2020	1749	80.3	21.7	25.4
2021	1747	81.8	21.3	17
2022	1786	87.2	20.4	22.3
2023	1809	90.4	19.9	28.3
2024	1805	89.8	20.1	27.7

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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