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Selah High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

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School Overview

Address
801 North First Street
Selah, WA 98942
Phone
(509) 698-8500
District
SELAH SCHOOL DISTRICT
County
YAKIMA COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
1081
Classroom Teachers
58

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Washington

3

(10 is best)

Better than 29.9% of all WA schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

3

(10 is best)

Selah High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 10

70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
80 60 40 20 0
31%
47%
41%
62%
21%
31%
31%
47%
41%
62%
21%
31%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

25 20 15 10 5 0
19
17
18
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 281 26.0%
Grade 10 255 23.6%
Grade 11 265 24.5%
Grade 12 280 25.9%
Total 1081 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 61.7% 61.0% 55.0%
Black 0.6% 0.4% 5.3%
Hispanic 36.7% 37.8% 27.4%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.6% 0.3% 9.5%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.5% 0.4% 2.9%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 51.4% 56.1% 42.5%
Free lunch eligible 38.9% 44.9% 35.3%
Reduced lunch eligible 12.5% 11.2% 7.2%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 19,899 7,785,786
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 57.5 115
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 7.5% 5.7%
5-19 YEARS OLD 19.7% 18.3%
20-44 YEARS OLD 32.0% 35.4%
45-64 YEARS OLD 25.6% 24.6%
65 OR OLDER 15.3% 16.0%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 7,656 2,979,272
Single Parent Households With Children 7.7% 7.4%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 86.4% 92.1%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 27.0% 38.0%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 12.8% 26.2%
$100,000 - $149,999 16.7% 19.0%
$75,000 - $99,999 17.9% 13.0%
$50,000 - $74,999 20.2% 15.2%
$30,000 - $49,999 17.7% 11.9%
$15,000 - $29,999 9.7% 8.1%
$15,000 or less 5.0% 6.5%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,766 $30,365,060 43.2%
Support Expenditures
Student $795 $3,108,450 4.4%
Staff $689 $2,693,990 3.8%
General Administration $158 $617,780 0.9%
School Administration $829 $3,241,390 4.6%
Operation $918 $3,589,380 5.1%
Transportation $356 $1,391,960 2.0%
Other $516 $2,017,560 2.9%
Total Support $4,262 $16,664,420 23.7%
Non-instructional Expenditures $5,946 $23,248,860 33.1%
Total Expenditures $17,974 $70,278,340 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,986 $9,744,631,794 46.2%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,217 $1,319,633,091 6.3%
Staff $1,134 $1,230,185,842 5.8%
General Administration $148 $160,712,680 0.8%
School Administration $902 $978,095,459 4.6%
Operation $1,153 $1,250,589,826 5.9%
Transportation $569 $616,642,523 2.9%
Other $696 $755,170,389 3.6%
Total Support $5,820 $6,311,213,282 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $4,630 $5,021,166,137 23.8%
Total Expenditures $19,436 $21,077,045,714 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%