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Palouse 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
600 E Alder Street
Palouse, WA 99161
Phone
(509) 878-1921
District
PALOUSE SCHOOL DISTRICT
County
WHITMAN COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
52
Classroom Teachers
8

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Washington

4

(10 is best)

Better than 34.9% of all WA schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

3

(10 is best)

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

Grade 10

70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
80 60 40 20 0
33%
47%
50%
62%
16%
31%
33%
47%
50%
62%
16%
31%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

20 15 10 5 0
7
11
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 11 21.2%
Grade 10 12 23.1%
Grade 11 15 28.8%
Grade 12 14 26.9%
Total 52 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 85.4% 87.7% 55.0%
Black 0.0% 0.0% 5.3%
Hispanic 12.5% 9.8% 27.4%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.0% 0.0% 9.5%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 2.1% 2.5% 2.9%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 36.5% 39.8% 42.5%
Free lunch eligible 25.0% 32.2% 35.3%
Reduced lunch eligible 11.5% 7.6% 7.2%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 1,329 7,785,786
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 20.1 115
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 2.5% 5.7%
5-19 YEARS OLD 18.9% 18.3%
20-44 YEARS OLD 23.8% 35.4%
45-64 YEARS OLD 36.4% 24.6%
65 OR OLDER 18.4% 16.0%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 579 2,979,272
Single Parent Households With Children 2.9% 7.4%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 99.9% 92.1%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 54.5% 38.0%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 14.3% 26.2%
$100,000 - $149,999 23.7% 19.0%
$75,000 - $99,999 20.0% 13.0%
$50,000 - $74,999 18.0% 15.2%
$30,000 - $49,999 11.9% 11.9%
$15,000 - $29,999 6.9% 8.1%
$15,000 or less 5.2% 6.5%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $9,698 $1,929,902 55.2%
Support Expenditures
Student $844 $167,956 4.8%
Staff $296 $58,904 1.7%
General Administration $749 $149,051 4.3%
School Administration $1,307 $260,093 7.4%
Operation $1,889 $375,911 10.8%
Transportation $0 $0 0.0%
Other $1,146 $228,054 6.5%
Total Support $6,231 $1,239,969 35.5%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,643 $326,957 9.4%
Total Expenditures $17,573 $3,497,027 100.0%
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%

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