Summary:
The Longview School District in Washington operates five public high schools serving grades 9-12, including two traditional comprehensive schools, a virtual academy, and two alternative programs, collectively educating about 2,040 students in a district that ranks in the 32nd percentile statewide.
For families considering traditional high schools, both R A Long High School and Mark Morris High School stand out for their strong graduation rates, each exceeding 92%, which is well above the state average. R.A. Long leads academically with the highest test scores in English, while Mark Morris has the highest graduation rate in the district. The alternative options, Discovery High School and Discovery High School-Achieve, serve very different needs, with Discovery High School graduating 76% of its students and Discovery-Achieve having a much lower graduation rate of 13%, indicating it serves a highly at-risk population.
Across the Longview School District, a key strength is the ability of its traditional high schools to graduate students at high rates despite economic challenges, but a significant area for improvement is math proficiency, which is low in all schools. The Longview Virtual Academy offers a different model with a very high student-to-teacher ratio and lower per-student spending, yet it maintains a 68% graduation rate and shows notable strength in science instruction.
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