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, 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 | — |