Taholah School District

Taholah School District is a very small Washington district serving about 192 students in grades K–12 through two schools: Taholah Elementary & Middle School for grades K–8 and Taholah High School for grades 9–12.

The elementary/middle school enrolls 126 students, while the high school enrolls 66. Both schools have relatively small student-to-teacher ratios, about 10 to 11 students per teacher, which can support smaller instructional groups. However, academic results are well below Washington averages. In 2025–26, elementary/middle students had proficiency rates of 10.98% in English language arts and 7.06% in math, compared with 52.81% and 43.11% statewide. The high school had stronger available results, with 25% proficiency in both English language arts and science, but those figures were still below state rates of 52.81% and 50.95%. High school math results were suppressed, and many elementary and middle school grade-level results were also unavailable because the student groups were small.

For families comparing the schools, the high school is the relative academic standout, while the elementary/middle school shows the greater need for improvement, especially in foundational reading and math. The district’s overall ranking is near the bottom of Washington’s districts, and the elementary/middle school has had similarly low historical rankings. The reported high school graduation rate was 70% in 2022–23, suggesting that graduation support may be stronger than test scores alone indicate, although it was below the more recent statewide rate of 82.6%. More than three-quarters of students at both schools qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, highlighting significant economic need. Because the district is small, annual percentages and rankings can change substantially when only a few students are added or removed, so parents should consider multi-year results, attendance, student growth, course offerings, and available supports alongside test scores.