Summary:
Quillayute Valley School District serves the Forks area of Washington with six schools covering kindergarten through grade 12, including elementary, middle, traditional high school, home-school, online-style, and alternative programs. The schools serve very different student populations and program needs, so district averages do not tell the whole story. Overall, the district ranks relatively low statewide, but several traditional schools show meaningful strengths and recent improvement.
Forks High School is the strongest traditional school overall. It has an 84.5% graduation rate, above both the district and state, and its 59.38% ELA proficiency is the highest in the district and above the state average. However, science is a serious concern, with only 17.07% proficiency. Forks Elementary School has the district’s strongest math results at 42.64%, nearly matching the state average, and improved notably from the previous year. Forks Middle School has the lowest student-teacher ratio, but its math proficiency is only 13.33%, suggesting that the transition from elementary to middle school deserves attention.
Insight School of Washington is by far the largest program, with 2,841 reported students, but it also has the lowest reported academic and graduation outcomes: 6.93% math proficiency, a 46.6% graduation rate, and a 27.7% dropout rate. Its alternative structure and large enrollment make it different from the traditional schools and heavily influence districtwide results. District Run Home School performs above the district average in math and science, although its ELA results are lower. The very small Insight School of WA Open Doors Program has limited publicly reported data. For families comparing options, the key priorities are math improvement, high school science, and understanding the differences between traditional and alternative programs.
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