Summary:
Tonasket School District serves about 1,100 students in five schools, offering programs from prekindergarten through grade 12, including traditional, alternative, and choice options in the Tonasket area.
The district has a mixed but generally improving academic profile. Tonasket High School is the strongest overall performer, with 61.67% of students proficient in English language arts, an 89% graduation rate, and a ranking improvement to approximately the 41st percentile statewide. Its major weakness is mathematics, where proficiency was 18.33%. Tonasket Elementary School has shown steady ranking gains and posted the district’s strongest reported math result at 37.26%, while Tonasket Middle School has also improved in statewide ranking. Middle school science and the upward trend in middle school English language arts are encouraging, although achievement remains below state averages.
Mathematics is the clearest districtwide challenge, especially in middle and high school, making fourth grade, sixth grade, and tenth grade important points for additional support. Science results are fairly consistent across the traditional schools but remain below state levels. Tonasket Outreach School serves a substantial alternative-education population and has lower reported achievement and a historical 71% graduation rate, though its student population may have different needs than traditional schools. Tonasket Choice High School enrolls only 22 students, so its assessment results are suppressed and cannot be used for performance comparisons. Across the district, high free- and reduced-price lunch participation indicates widespread economic need, while the district’s graduation and dropout outcomes are more favorable than its test scores.
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