Is Capital High School a good school?

Capital High School ranks 107 th of 437 Washington high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Capital High School?

In the 2022-23 school year, 1,326 students attended Capital High School.

What is the racial makeup of Capital High School?

Students at Capital High School are 58% White, 15% Hispanic, 11% Two or more races, 6% Asian, 5% African American, 2% Not Specified, 1% American Indian, 1% Pacific Islander.

What schools feed into Capital High School?

Capital High School is fed by the following schools: Elementary : Garfield Elementary School Elementary : Julia Butler Hansen Elementary Elementary : Leland P Brown Elementary Elementary : McLane Elementary School Middle : Jefferson Middle School Middle : Thurgood Marshall Middle School

Capital High School

Summary:

Capital High School is a public high school in Olympia, Washington, serving 1,326 students in grades 9-12. It is part of the Olympia School District, which is ranked 45 out of 247 districts in the state and has a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Capital High School is a standout institution, consistently ranking in the top 25% of Washington high schools with a 4-star rating. The school maintains a high 92.7% four-year graduation rate, outperforming the state average. Students at Capital High School also excel on standardized tests, with higher proficiency rates in English Language Arts, Math, and Science compared to the state and district averages. The school's strong performance extends across various student subgroups, including female, male, Hispanic, and low socioeconomic status students, many of which rank in the top 50% of Washington high schools.

When compared to other high schools in the Tumwater School District and the surrounding North Thurston Public Schools, Capital High School generally outperforms its peers in terms of statewide ranking, graduation rates, and test scores. While the school is a high-performing institution, there are a few areas where it could potentially improve, such as the performance of Asian and multi-racial students, as well as special education students, which have lower rankings compared to other subgroups.

Detail:

Public 9-12

2707 Conger Ave NW
Olympia, WA 98502-4590

(360) 596-8000

District: Olympia School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
107^th of 437 Washington High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $15,642

Feeder schools for Capital High School:

Elementary:	Garfield Elementary School
	Julia Butler Hansen Elementary
	Leland P Brown Elementary
	McLane Elementary School
Middle:	Jefferson Middle School
	Thurgood Marshall Middle School

Student/teacher ratio: 21.4

Number of students: 1,326

Racial breakdown:

White:

58.1%

Hispanic:

15.1%

Two or more races:

10.8%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 37.9%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Capital High School ranks better than 75.5% of high schools in Washington. It also ranks last among 3 ranked high schools in the Olympia School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 70.8. (See more...)

The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at Capital 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 (58.1%), Hispanic (15.1%), two or more races (10.8%). (See more...)

Compare Details 37.9% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. This is the highest percentage in the Olympia School District. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Capital High School is 21.4. 2 high schools in the Olympia School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)

Compare Capital High School employs 61.8 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Capital High School is $15,642, which is the 2^nd highest among 3 high schools in the Olympia School District.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Capital High School:

SchoolDigger ranks Capital High School 107^th of 437 Washington public high schools. (See Capital High School in the ranking list.)

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Olympia School District:

SchoolDigger ranks Olympia School District 45^th of 247 Washington school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Capital High School

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Rank History for all students at Capital High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	WA State Percentile
2004	86.02	35^th	390	91.0%
2005	83.72	45^th	394	88.6%
2006	79.03	65^th	395	83.5%
2007	79.85	57^th	399	85.7%
2008	81.12	46^th	396	88.4%
2009	75.21	82^nd	402	79.6%
2010	79.65	65^th	423	84.6%
2011	68.41	84^th	440	80.9%
2012	71.03	75^th	450	83.3%
2013	74.80	51^st	454	88.8%
2015	38.11	216^th	341	36.7%
2016	60.81	130^th	306	57.5%
2017	69.65	91^st	301	69.8%
2018	76.64	64^th	315	79.7%
2019	82.72	51^st	417	87.8%
2021	71.95	95^th	455	79.1%
2022	84.02	55^th	434	87.3%
2023	74.76	88^th	442	80.1%
2024	70.80	107^th	437	75.5%

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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Capital High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	64.65	27^th	91	70.3%
2019	67.93	42^nd	163	74.2%
2021	64.83	57^th	195	70.8%
2022	61.82	64^th	179	64.2%
2023	47.98	79^th	166	52.4%
2024	44.06	87^th	161	46.0%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Capital High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	WA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2019	73.77	14^th	69	79.7%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Capital High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	53.85	54^th	139	61.2%
2021	43.91	106^th	212	50.0%
2022	35.80	87^th	130	33.1%
2023	31.56	73^rd	110	33.6%

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

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	77.86	23^rd	227	89.9%
2019	80.43	41^st	344	88.1%
2021	59.40	119^th	392	69.6%
2022	87.13	30^th	370	91.9%
2023	65.02	98^th	362	72.9%
2024	55.33	143^rd	356	59.8%

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Rank History for Homeless students at Capital High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	WA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2019	86.83	3^rd	43	93.0%

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Rank History for Female students at Capital High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	75.23	51^st	243	79.0%
2019	79.14	59^th	358	83.5%
2021	66.13	105^th	390	73.1%
2022	81.27	53^rd	368	85.6%
2023	70.96	96^th	357	73.1%
2024	63.99	104^th	347	70.0%

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Rank History for Military Connected students at Capital High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	WA State Percentile
2021	72.37	9^th	47	80.9%
2022	61.59	10^th	38	73.7%
2023	62.16	9^th	31	71.0%
2024	57.18	12^th	34	64.7%

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Rank History for Male students at Capital High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	74.66	59^th	254	76.8%
2019	85.08	38^th	355	89.3%
2021	74.67	77^th	395	80.5%
2022	82.93	51^st	363	86.0%
2023	74.37	70^th	358	80.4%
2024	70.57	87^th	362	76.0%

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Rank History for Non-Binary students at Capital High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	WA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2024	18.27	3^rd	3	0.0%

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Rank History for Asian students at Capital High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	WA State Percentile
2019	68.07	34^th	121	71.9%
2021	52.53	59^th	136	56.6%
2022	70.95	32^nd	124	74.2%
2023	49.22	59^th	118	50.0%
2024	32.93	76^th	113	32.7%

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Rank History for African American students at Capital High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	WA State Percentile
2019	44.12	43^rd	86	50.0%
2021	83.07	10^th	111	91.0%
2022	39.77	53^rd	89	40.4%
2023	58.60	29^th	78	62.8%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Capital High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	WA State Percentile
2019	84.39	27^th	241	88.8%
2021	77.69	36^th	278	87.1%
2022	83.06	33^rd	261	87.4%
2023	71.46	49^th	249	80.3%
2024	72.44	49^th	248	80.2%

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Rank History for White students at Capital High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	69.48	67^th	222	69.8%
2019	79.04	60^th	382	84.3%
2021	64.86	116^th	413	71.9%
2022	84.51	41^st	390	89.5%
2023	75.15	76^th	379	79.9%
2024	75.46	74^th	374	80.2%

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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

Review counts

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Reviews:

by a parent on FaceBook
Thursday, April 16, 2015

Our son has high functioning autism and has had full support from every staff member he has encountered at this school, he is getting A's in mainstream classes and working on social goals, he is in his Junior Year and already prepared for college. The staff is very caring and communicates with parents very well. The staff really know and care about my son. It was a relief when he started attending this school they have made everything easier for us as parents and have made our son very successful both academically and socially. Close Quote

Enrollment information for Capital High School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	1113	6	108	11	16	n/a	n/a	0	1254
1989	1022	10	118	15	12	n/a	n/a	0	1177
1990	996	11	136	17	12	n/a	n/a	0	1172
1991	1027	6	132	18	11	n/a	n/a	0	1194
1992	1046	13	158	20	12	n/a	n/a	0	1249
1993	1104	29	173	27	18	n/a	n/a	0	1351
1994	1149	28	159	36	15	n/a	n/a	0	1387
1995	1228	34	124	39	18	n/a	n/a	0	1443
1996	1228	34	124	39	18	n/a	n/a	0	1443
1997	1319	33	113	46	20	n/a	n/a	0	1531
1998	1347	48	140	55	22	n/a	n/a	0	1612
1999	1356	50	155	63	14	n/a	n/a	0	1638
2000	1334	49	178	62	11	n/a	n/a	0	1634
2001	1308	42	191	76	16	n/a	n/a	0	1633
2002	1237	44	182	64	19	n/a	n/a	0	1546
2003	1237	44	182	64	19	n/a	n/a	0	1546
2004	1258	36	181	63	25	n/a	n/a	0	1563
2005	1194	36	179	61	25	n/a	n/a	4	1499
2006	1204	39	170	69	27	n/a	n/a	5	1514
2007	1168	42	176	77	23	n/a	n/a	10	1496
2008	1152	46	163	75	15	n/a	n/a	19	1470
2009	1102	41	158	83	14	n/a	n/a	22	1420
2010	1032	54	143	82	19	n/a	n/a	34	1364
2011	984	38	110	107	9	10	74	0	1332
2012	919	36	100	117	12	13	89	0	1286
2013	970	31	92	110	12	6	97	0	1318
2014	998	27	96	119	16	7	107	0	1370
2015	1010	29	107	127	8	6	115	0	1402
2016	1017	39	104	139	9	5	116	0	1429
2017	982	34	104	148	12	6	124	0	1410
2018	969	31	115	162	11	4	117	0	1409
2019	921	29	101	168	10	7	123	0	1359
2020	904	48	112	164	9	8	144	0	1389
2021	844	53	104	192	16	10	145	4	1368
2022	834	51	92	211	23	11	133	23	1378
2023	771	71	78	200	17	14	143	32	1326

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 Capital High School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	1254	58.0	21.6	0
1989	1177	57.0	20.6	n/a
1990	1172	55.6	21.0	0
1991	1194	54.7	21.8	n/a
1992	1249	56.6	22.0	n/a
1993	1351	60.5	22.3	n/a
1994	1387	62.6	22.2	n/a
1995	1443	66.5	21.7	n/a
1996	1443	66.5	21.7	n/a
1997	1531	66.9	22.9	n/a
1998	1612	74.5	21.6	n/a
1999	1638	78.4	20.9	n/a
2000	1634	70.8	23.1	n/a
2001	1633	71.7	22.8	n/a
2002	1546	68.5	22.6	11
2003	1546	68.5	22.6	11
2004	1563	68.0	23.0	10.2
2005	1499	68.3	21.9	9.5
2006	1514	66.6	22.7	13.1
2007	1496	67.7	22.1	13
2008	1470	66.7	22.0	14.2
2009	1420	65.9	21.5	17.2
2010	1364	63.1	21.6	21.1
2011	1332	61.4	21.6	24.8
2012	1286	57.4	22.3	28.5
2013	1318	56.5	23.3	26.9
2014	1370	n/a	n/a	28.3
2015	1402	62.0	22.6	28.9
2016	1429	66.0	21.6	29.8
2017	1410	67.8	20.7	30.1
2018	1409	70.2	20.0	28.7
2019	1359	66.8	20.3	31.8
2020	1389	63.5	21.8	33.2
2021	1368	63.6	21.4	30
2022	1378	65.3	21.0	31.8
2023	1326	61.8	21.4	37.9

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 Capital High School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	1254	58.0	21.6	0
1989	1177	57.0	20.6	n/a
1990	1172	55.6	21.0	0
1991	1194	54.7	21.8	n/a
1992	1249	56.6	22.0	n/a
1993	1351	60.5	22.3	n/a
1994	1387	62.6	22.2	n/a
1995	1443	66.5	21.7	n/a
1996	1443	66.5	21.7	n/a
1997	1531	66.9	22.9	n/a
1998	1612	74.5	21.6	n/a
1999	1638	78.4	20.9	n/a
2000	1634	70.8	23.1	n/a
2001	1633	71.7	22.8	n/a
2002	1546	68.5	22.6	11
2003	1546	68.5	22.6	11
2004	1563	68.0	23.0	10.2
2005	1499	68.3	21.9	9.5
2006	1514	66.6	22.7	13.1
2007	1496	67.7	22.1	13
2008	1470	66.7	22.0	14.2
2009	1420	65.9	21.5	17.2
2010	1364	63.1	21.6	21.1
2011	1332	61.4	21.6	24.8
2012	1286	57.4	22.3	28.5
2013	1318	56.5	23.3	26.9
2014	1370	n/a	n/a	28.3
2015	1402	62.0	22.6	28.9
2016	1429	66.0	21.6	29.8
2017	1410	67.8	20.7	30.1
2018	1409	70.2	20.0	28.7
2019	1359	66.8	20.3	31.8
2020	1389	63.5	21.8	33.2
2021	1368	63.6	21.4	30
2022	1378	65.3	21.0	31.8
2023	1326	61.8	21.4	37.9

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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