Summary:
Rooted School Washington is the only high school in the Rooted School Washington district, serving grades 9–12 in Vancouver, Washington, with 58 students. Its small size may allow for more individualized attention, reflected in a reported student–teacher ratio of 9.6 to 1. The school also reports $70,764 in spending per student, although spending figures can reflect staffing, facilities, and other factors and do not by themselves indicate academic performance. More than half of students—58.62%—qualified for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024–25.
Rooted School Washington has shown notable recent improvement. Its reported ranking rose from 360th of 438 schools, at the 18th percentile with one star in 2024–25, to 173rd of 396 schools, at the 56th percentile with three stars in 2025–26. The number of schools included changed, so these rankings are not perfectly comparable, but the overall direction is encouraging. Math proficiency increased from 15.38% to 36.36%, a gain of nearly 21 percentage points. In 2025–26, 10th-grade math proficiency was 36.36%, slightly above the statewide rate of 35.42%.
Parents should also note that several results remain below state averages. All-grade math proficiency was 36.36%, compared with 43.11% statewide, while science proficiency was 43.48%, compared with 50.95% statewide. The 2024–25 all-grade English Language Arts result was 46.15%, below the state rate of 53.10%, but 2025–26 ELA results were suppressed and cannot be evaluated. Because the school is very small, results may shift substantially from year to year based on a limited number of students. Overall, the school appears to be improving, particularly in math, while continuing to work toward stronger performance across all subjects.
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