Ellensburg Choice Schools
Ellensburg · WA · Ellensburg School District · Public · K-12 combined
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Kittitas High School → ESD 105 Open Doors → Stanton Academy → Open Doors Re-Engagement → Desert Oasis High School → Entiat Middle and High School → Almira Coulee Hartline High School → Snoqualmie Parent Partnership Program →📋 At a glance
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 6% of US high schools
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Ellensburg Choice Schools compares for families
What families should know about Ellensburg Choice Schools.
- ▸ LocallyWA sits right at the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math — local school quality will set your kid apart.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Kittitas High School, ESD 105 Open Doors, Stanton Academy and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
👩🏫 Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
📊 State assessment · WA Smarter Balanced · grade 10
SBAC grade 10 — met or exceeded standard
School year 2024-25. Levels 3 + 4 combined ("at or above grade level"). Cells suppressed by the state when sample is small.
Source: WA state DOE Smarter Balanced results. Levels 1–2 = below standard, 3 = met, 4 = exceeded. Headline = level 3 + level 4 combined.
🏛️ Federal Title I context
Title I Schoolwide eligible
≥40% FRPL — qualifies for Title I Schoolwide program
40-74% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. The district can use Title I funds across the whole school under federal Schoolwide Program rules.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
🏛️ Your state's public flagship
University of Washington-Seattle Campus
The in-state tuition gap is the flagship's biggest draw — most in-state families pay far less than the out-of-state sticker. Average net price after aid runs about $14,091/yr. Admission odds depend on your student's GPA and test scores, not which high school they attend.
Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +20.5%/year, projecting from 2024's 148 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Most similar nearby high schools
The schools most like this one — same type, blended on distance and size — and where their enrollment is heading. These are the schools families here weigh against each other.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kittitas High School Kittitas |
Public | 4.7 | 179 | -13.1% |
| ESD 105 Open Doors Yakima |
Public | 27.3 | 120 | — |
| Stanton Academy Yakima |
Public | 26.1 | 183 | -29.3% |
| Open Doors Re-Engagement Wenatchee |
Public | 31.5 | 91 | +54.2% |
| Desert Oasis High School Othello |
Public | 65.5 | 117 | +1.7% |
| Entiat Middle and High School ENTIAT |
Public | 48.4 | 106 | +32.5% |
| Almira Coulee Hartline High School Coulee City |
Public | 71.9 | 102 | +6.2% |
| Snoqualmie Parent Partnership Program Snoqualmie |
Public | 70.4 | 95 | — |