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Spanaway Lake High School → Emerald Ridge High School → Gov John Rogers High School → Graham Kapowsin High School → Puyallup High School → Bonney Lake High School → Yelm High School 12 → Lincoln High School →At a glance
- 12 AP courses offered — Elite
- Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
- Gifted & talented program
- 5 calculus classes · 6 physics · 11 chemistry
- AP rigor: Top 3.7% of US high schools
- SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 33% by test-taker volume
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How Bethel High School compares for families
Among the nation's most academically rigorous high schools.
- ▸ StatewideAP rigor sits in the top 3.7% of US high schools with 12 AP courses.
- ▸ 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: Spanaway Lake High School, Emerald Ridge High School, Gov John Rogers High School and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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Academic rigor
AP + advanced-course offerings
Elite — exceptional AP + advanced course breadth
Top 3.7% of US high schools
Gifted/talented program
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). CRDC reports what's offered + enrolled — it doesn't collect AP exam pass rates (College Board owns that data and doesn't release it school-level).
SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Bottom 33% by test-taker volume
Source: 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.
Counselor capacity
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of -1.4%/year, projecting from 2024's 1,688 students:
≈ 115 fewer students by 2029 — a real revenue/relevance risk worth getting ahead of.
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue at risk
At $17,390 per student in district revenue, the 115 students projected to be lost by 2029 represent ≈ $1,999,850/year in funding at risk.
District total revenue ÷ enrollment, NCES F-33. Public funding largely follows enrollment, so a shrinking class is a recurring budget hit.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spanaway Lake High School Spanaway |
Public | 3.9 | 1,787 | +5.6% |
| Emerald Ridge High School Puyallup |
Public | 5.9 | 1,599 | +11.6% |
| Gov John Rogers High School Puyallup |
Public | 6.6 | 1,788 | +3.8% |
| Graham Kapowsin High School Graham |
Public | 4.3 | 2,087 | +6.3% |
| Puyallup High School Puyallup |
Public | 10.1 | 1,815 | +6.3% |
| Bonney Lake High School Bonney Lake |
Public | 12.2 | 1,643 | +3.3% |
| Yelm High School 12 Yelm |
Public | 13.7 | 1,693 | +4.7% |
| Lincoln High School Tacoma |
Public | 12.2 | 1,556 | -4.4% |
At a glance
JSON · Using this page with an AI assistantBethel High School is a public high school in Spanaway, WA, enrolling 1,688 students in grades 9-12 in 2024.
Enrollment is down 10% from 2021 to 2024.
It offers 12 AP courses, a course-rigor profile stronger than 96% of U.S. high schools, and has a dual-enrollment program (federal Civil Rights Data Collection).
33 students took the SAT or ACT in the most recent federal count, a participation level above 33% of U.S. high schools.
It has about 253 students per school counselor.
Sources: National Center for Education Statistics (enrollment), the federal Civil Rights Data Collection and EDFacts, state education agencies where named, and the school's own published documents where named.
Questions families ask
How many AP courses does Bethel High School offer? Bethel High School offers 12 AP courses, a course-rigor profile stronger than 96% of U.S. high schools, and has a dual-enrollment program (federal Civil Rights Data Collection).
How many students attend Bethel High School? Bethel High School is a public high school in Spanaway, WA, enrolling 1,688 students in grades 9-12 in 2024.
Analysis: Test Prep Gurus (High School Reach, highschoolreach.com). These figures may be quoted with attribution to Test Prep Gurus.
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