White Salmon Valley School District

White Salmon Valley School District serves about 1,078 students in five schools covering grades K–12 in the White Salmon area of Washington. The district includes one elementary school, two intermediate or middle schools, and two high schools, and ranks around the 65th percentile statewide in the supplied data. Overall performance varies by school and subject, with especially strong results in high-school English language arts, middle-grade science, and graduation at Columbia High School.

Hulan L Whitson Elementary had strong 2024–2025 results, but its latest scores declined to 49.02% in ELA and 44.67% in math. Math remained slightly above the district and state, while ELA fell below both. Wallace & Priscilla Stevenson Intermediate School improved in ELA, math, and science, with science reaching 53.85%, above district and state levels. However, math remains the school’s main challenge, particularly in sixth grade, where proficiency was 30.77%. Wayne M Henkle Middle School has the district’s strongest current science result at 54.95% and improved notably in statewide ranking, although its math proficiency of 39.18% remains below the state.

Columbia High School is the district’s strongest overall performer, with a 91% graduation rate, 64.77% ELA proficiency, and math performance slightly above the state. Its main weakness is science, at 35.71%, well below district and state results. White Salmon Academy serves only 35 students, so its results can change substantially from year to year; current test scores are suppressed and should be treated as unknown. Its reported graduation rate is 72%, but the older dropout figure should not be compared directly with newer data. Key priorities include improving high-school science, supporting math in grades 5–8, monitoring Whitson’s decline, and evaluating the Academy with several years of information.