Summary:
The Toledo School District has two high schools serving 288 students: Toledo High School for grades 9–12 and Cowlitz Prairie Academy for grades 7–12. The district is small, with most high-school students attending Toledo High School, while Cowlitz provides a much smaller alternative program.
Toledo High School has the strongest and most complete performance profile. Its 2024–25 graduation rate was 92%, equal to the district rate and well above Washington’s 82.6%. In 2025–26, 66.67% of students met standards in English language arts, exceeding both the district and state. Math and science were more challenging: proficiency was 30.51% in math and 31.25% in science, both below the state, with science showing the largest gap. Parents should also note that Toledo’s ELA and science results declined from the previous year, and its school ranking fell from the 65th to the 47th percentile over the three years reported. Overall, Toledo appears strongest in graduation and reading, but math and science deserve attention.
Cowlitz Prairie Academy is much smaller, enrolling 38 students, and reports a higher free- or reduced-price lunch rate and a higher student–teacher ratio than Toledo. Its school-level assessment results are suppressed, so parents should not interpret the missing values as zero or as evidence of poor performance. Historical figures show a 79% graduation rate in 2022–23 and an 8% dropout rate in 2021–22, but the small enrollment means yearly percentages can change significantly with only a few students. Families comparing the schools should view Toledo as the larger traditional high school with stronger documented completion and ELA results, while Cowlitz offers a smaller setting with less current public performance data.
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