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North Beach Senior High School is a public high school in Ocean Shores, Washington, serving 177 students in grades 9-12. The school is part of the North Beach School District No. 64, which is ranked 213 out of 249 districts in the state and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.
While North Beach Senior High School has a relatively diverse student population, with 63.28% White, 8.47% Hispanic, 7.91% Native American, and 15.82% two or more races, the school has struggled academically compared to the state and nearby schools like Harbor Junior/Senior High School and Hoquiam High School. In the 2022-2023 school year, only 47.5% of students were proficient or better in English Language Arts, and just 12.2% were proficient or better in Math, significantly lower than the state averages. However, the school performed better in Science, with 63.04% of students proficient or better, higher than the state average.
North Beach Senior High School has also seen a decline in its four-year graduation rate, from 87.5% in 2019-2020 to 71.1% in 2022-2023, while the dropout rate has increased from 10% to 20% during the same period, much higher than the nearby schools. The school's performance for specific student groups, such as White students and low socioeconomic status students, has been relatively low, ranking in the bottom quartile of Washington high schools in recent years. Despite these challenges, the school's per-student spending has increased significantly, from $12,351 in 2019-2020 to $19,948 in 2021-2022, raising questions about the effectiveness of the school's resource allocation.
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