High Schools in Ocean Beach School District

Ocean Beach School District contains one high school, Ilwaco High School, serving about 300 students in grades 9-12 in a rural coastal area of Washington where over half the students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.

Ilwaco High School stands out for its strong and improving trajectory, having climbed from the bottom quartile to the middle third of all Washington high schools in state rankings over the past three years. The school is a particular bright spot within the broader Ocean Beach School District, consistently outperforming the district average in core subjects like English Language Arts and Science. Its greatest strength is in English, where student proficiency significantly exceeds both the district and state averages.

While the school's 91% graduation rate is excellent and well above the state average, a key area for growth is mathematics, where proficiency lags behind state and district levels. The school benefits from high per-student spending, but parents may note the student-teacher ratio is higher than the ideal for personalized instruction. Overall, the data shows a school that is successfully supporting its students to graduation and demonstrating notable improvement, with clear strengths in literacy alongside a recognized challenge in math.