High Schools in Okanogan School District

The Okanogan School District operates three public high schools serving grades 6-12 in a rural Washington community, with a mix of traditional and alternative education programs and a student population that faces significant economic challenges.

Okanogan High School, the district's traditional comprehensive high school, stands out as the strongest performer, particularly in English Language Arts where it far exceeds state averages, and it maintains the highest graduation rate. In contrast, the two alternative schools, Okanogan Outreach Alternative School and Okanogan Alternative High School, face substantial struggles with very low graduation and high dropout rates, especially at the smaller Alternative High School.

While the district's math scores are an area for improvement across all schools, Okanogan High School shows strength in science as well. The wide variation in per-student spending between schools does not clearly correlate with success, indicating that program effectiveness is more critical than funding alone for serving at-risk students in the alternative settings.