Is Dishman Hills High School a good school?

Dishman Hills High School ranks in the bottom 1.4% of Washington high schools.

How many students attend Dishman Hills High School?

In the 2022-23 school year, 278 students attended Dishman Hills High School.

What is the racial makeup of Dishman Hills High School?

Students at Dishman Hills High School are 85% Not Specified, 10% White, 3% Hispanic.

Dishman Hills High School

Summary:

Dishman Hills High School is a public high school in Spokane, Washington, serving grades 8-12 with a student population of 278. The school is part of the West Valley School District, which is ranked 154 out of 247 districts in the state and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger. Over the past few years, the school's racial makeup has become more diverse, with the percentage of White students increasing from 0.85% in 2020-2021 to 10.43% in 2022-2023.

Dishman Hills High School consistently performs significantly below the district and state averages in standardized test scores across all subjects and grade levels. For example, in the 2023-2024 school year, only 28.85% of 10th-grade students were proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to 59.18% in the district and 66.2% statewide. The school has also struggled with low graduation rates, ranging from 68.8% to 82.5% over the past five years, and high dropout rates, ranging from 9.6% to 21.3%, which are significantly higher than the district and state averages. Additionally, 89.21% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a very high percentage of students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds.

Despite the school's low performance, it has relatively high per-student spending, ranging from $7,822 to $13,411 over the past four years. This suggests that the issue may not be a lack of funding, but rather how the resources are being utilized or allocated within the school. Dishman Hills High School is located in close proximity to several other high schools in the Central Valley School District and the West Valley School District, which generally perform better academically and have higher graduation rates, indicating that the challenges faced by Dishman Hills High School may be unique to the school itself.

Detail:

Public 8-12

115 S University
Spokane, WA 99206

(509) 927-1100

District: West Valley School District (Spokane)

SchoolDigger Rank:
431^st of 437 Washington High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $11,746

Student/teacher ratio: 23.7

Number of students: 278

Racial breakdown:

Not Specified:

85.3%

White:

10.4%

Hispanic:

2.5%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 89.2%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Dishman Hills High School ranks worse than 98.6% of high schools in Washington. It also ranks last among 3 ranked high schools in the West Valley School District (Spokane). (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 4.67. (See more...)

The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at Dishman Hills 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 (10.4%), Hispanic (2.5%), two or more races (0.7%). (See more...)

Compare Details 89.2% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. This is the highest percentage in the West Valley School District (Spokane). (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Dishman Hills High School is 23.7, which is the 2^nd best among 3 high schools in the West Valley School District (Spokane). (See more...)

Compare Dishman Hills High School employs 11.7 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Dishman Hills High School is $11,746, which is the 2^nd highest among 3 high schools in the West Valley School District (Spokane).

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Dishman Hills High School:

SchoolDigger ranks Dishman Hills High School 431^st of 437 Washington public high schools. (See Dishman Hills High School in the ranking list.)

High School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:

Low Socio Economic Status students:

West Valley School District (Spokane):

SchoolDigger ranks West Valley School District (Spokane) 154^th of 247 Washington school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Dishman Hills High School

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Rank History for all students at Dishman Hills High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	WA State Percentile
2004	11.95	347^th	390	11.0%
2005	2.12	388^th	394	1.5%
2006	4.11	377^th	395	4.6%
2007	9.03	357^th	399	10.5%
2008	14.28	349^th	396	11.9%
2009	14.76	352^nd	402	12.4%
2010	2.71	417^th	423	1.4%
2011	3.43	424^th	440	3.6%
2012	4.31	426^th	450	5.3%
2013	2.79	437^th	454	3.7%
2015	20.49	295^th	341	13.5%
2016	3.09	301^st	306	1.6%
2017	4.19	290^th	301	3.7%
2019	10.92	385^th	417	7.7%
2022	12.63	402^nd	434	7.4%
2023	7.35	425^th	442	3.8%
2024	4.67	431^st	437	1.4%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Dishman Hills High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	WA State Percentile
2019	18.96	308^th	344	10.5%
2022	18.12	331^st	370	10.5%
2023	13.28	340^th	362	6.1%
2024	5.96	350^th	356	1.7%

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Rank History for Non-Binary students at Dishman Hills High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	WA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	10.13	2^nd	2	0.0%

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Rank History for White students at Dishman Hills High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	WA State Percentile
2019	3.97	374^th	382	2.1%
2022	9.20	366^th	390	6.2%
2023	2.75	376^th	379	0.8%

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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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by a citizen
Saturday, November 10, 2018

The Vice Principal is extremely negative and should be replaced. Close Quote

Enrollment information for Dishman Hills High School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1989	159	2	1	2	3	n/a	n/a	0	167
1990	251	3	4	0	22	n/a	n/a	0	280
1991	328	4	2	0	26	n/a	n/a	0	360
1992	395	3	1	2	26	n/a	n/a	0	427
1993	463	7	3	5	26	n/a	n/a	0	504
1994	441	6	8	9	30	n/a	n/a	0	494
1995	517	3	12	16	34	n/a	n/a	0	582
1996	517	3	12	16	34	n/a	n/a	0	582
1997	573	5	3	10	32	n/a	n/a	0	623
1998	659	12	8	22	30	n/a	n/a	0	731
1999	578	11	4	22	23	n/a	n/a	0	638
2000	547	10	5	13	17	n/a	n/a	0	592
2001	503	7	6	15	28	n/a	n/a	0	559
2002	406	12	4	20	20	n/a	n/a	0	462
2003	406	12	4	20	20	n/a	n/a	0	462
2004	458	18	3	22	27	n/a	n/a	0	528
2005	438	17	1	14	7	n/a	n/a	0	477
2006	428	11	4	13	14	n/a	n/a	0	470
2007	404	8	2	13	8	n/a	n/a	1	436
2008	350	9	4	12	12	n/a	n/a	1	388
2009	346	13	2	10	10	n/a	n/a	1	382
2010	309	27	2	12	11	n/a	n/a	0	361
2011	283	25	0	32	8	2	13	0	363
2012	240	6	2	33	8	4	27	0	320
2013	293	10	1	34	7	1	15	0	361
2014	251	4	1	25	5	1	11	0	298
2015	264	6	0	26	7	3	12	0	318
2016	233	9	1	29	12	2	11	0	297
2017	253	10	0	35	5	2	14	0	319
2018	257	7	1	32	2	3	16	0	318
2019	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	0
2020	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	259	262
2021	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	230	234
2022	6	0	0	2	0	1	0	235	244
2023	29	0	1	7	1	1	2	237	278

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 Dishman Hills High School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	167	0.0	0.0	n/a
1990	280	0.0	0.0	0
1991	360	0.0	0.0	n/a
1992	427	0.0	0.0	n/a
1993	504	0.0	0.0	n/a
1994	494	0.0	n/a	n/a
1995	582	9.9	58.8	n/a
1996	582	9.9	58.8	n/a
1997	623	9.9	62.9	n/a
1998	731	14.3	51.1	n/a
1999	638	12.8	49.8	n/a
2000	592	12.9	45.9	n/a
2001	559	12.1	46.2	n/a
2002	462	11.2	41.3	34
2003	462	11.2	41.3	34
2004	528	10.0	52.8	21.8
2005	477	10.2	46.8	18.4
2006	470	11.5	40.9	43.4
2007	436	12.9	33.8	48
2008	388	13.4	29.0	52.7
2009	382	13.2	28.9	51.2
2010	361	15.7	22.9	63.7
2011	363	14.2	25.5	66.7
2012	320	14.9	21.4	75
2013	361	13.8	26.1	63.4
2014	298	n/a	n/a	74.2
2015	318	12.0	26.5	75.2
2016	297	13.0	22.8	74.7
2017	319	13.0	24.5	70.8
2018	318	13.3	23.9	62.6
2019	0	13.0	0.0	n/a
2020	262	11.0	23.8	94.7
2021	234	12.0	19.4	95.7
2022	244	12.0	20.2	93
2023	278	11.7	23.7	89.2

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 Dishman Hills High School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	167	0.0	0.0	n/a
1990	280	0.0	0.0	0
1991	360	0.0	0.0	n/a
1992	427	0.0	0.0	n/a
1993	504	0.0	0.0	n/a
1994	494	0.0	n/a	n/a
1995	582	9.9	58.8	n/a
1996	582	9.9	58.8	n/a
1997	623	9.9	62.9	n/a
1998	731	14.3	51.1	n/a
1999	638	12.8	49.8	n/a
2000	592	12.9	45.9	n/a
2001	559	12.1	46.2	n/a
2002	462	11.2	41.3	34
2003	462	11.2	41.3	34
2004	528	10.0	52.8	21.8
2005	477	10.2	46.8	18.4
2006	470	11.5	40.9	43.4
2007	436	12.9	33.8	48
2008	388	13.4	29.0	52.7
2009	382	13.2	28.9	51.2
2010	361	15.7	22.9	63.7
2011	363	14.2	25.5	66.7
2012	320	14.9	21.4	75
2013	361	13.8	26.1	63.4
2014	298	n/a	n/a	74.2
2015	318	12.0	26.5	75.2
2016	297	13.0	22.8	74.7
2017	319	13.0	24.5	70.8
2018	318	13.3	23.9	62.6
2019	0	13.0	0.0	n/a
2020	262	11.0	23.8	94.7
2021	234	12.0	19.4	95.7
2022	244	12.0	20.2	93
2023	278	11.7	23.7	89.2

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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