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South Whidbey High School

Serves grades 8 - 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
5675 Maxwelton
Langley, WA 98260
Phone
(360) 221-4300
District
SOUTH WHIDBEY SCHOOL DISTRICT
County
ISLAND COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
400
Classroom Teachers
25

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Washington

8

(10 is best)

Better than 76.7% of all WA schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

8

(10 is best)

South Whidbey High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 10

80 60 40 20 0
55%
47%
68%
62%
41%
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
16
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 9 109 27.3%
Grade 10 95 23.8%
Grade 11 102 25.5%
Grade 12 94 23.5%
Total 400 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 88.4% 87.2% 55.0%
Black 0.8% 1.0% 5.3%
Hispanic 8.0% 9.4% 27.4%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 2.2% 1.5% 9.5%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.6% 0.9% 2.9%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 25.8% 28.5% 42.5%
Free lunch eligible 19.3% 23.3% 35.3%
Reduced lunch eligible 6.5% 5.2% 7.2%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 16,337 7,785,786
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 256.1 115
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 2.0% 5.7%
5-19 YEARS OLD 11.9% 18.3%
20-44 YEARS OLD 21.3% 35.4%
45-64 YEARS OLD 27.3% 24.6%
65 OR OLDER 37.5% 16.0%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 7,275 2,979,272
Single Parent Households With Children 2.2% 7.4%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 96.7% 92.1%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 47.1% 38.0%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 20.3% 26.2%
$100,000 - $149,999 21.7% 19.0%
$75,000 - $99,999 15.8% 13.0%
$50,000 - $74,999 15.3% 15.2%
$30,000 - $49,999 11.9% 11.9%
$15,000 - $29,999 6.9% 8.1%
$15,000 or less 8.1% 6.5%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,481 $11,517,198 52.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,250 $1,697,500 7.7%
Staff $373 $506,534 2.3%
General Administration $358 $486,164 2.2%
School Administration $922 $1,252,076 5.7%
Operation $1,423 $1,932,434 8.7%
Transportation $756 $1,026,648 4.6%
Other $619 $840,602 3.8%
Total Support $5,701 $7,741,958 35.0%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,103 $2,855,874 12.9%
Total Expenditures $16,285 $22,115,030 100.0%
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%