Pomeroy Junior Senior High School

Pomeroy Junior Senior High School is a small public school serving grades 7–12 in the rural community of Pomeroy, Washington, with 142 students and a relatively favorable student-teacher ratio of 11.5 to 1. Its small size can make yearly results change noticeably when the performance of a few students shifts. The school is part of the highly rated Pomeroy School District, which ranks about the 77th percentile statewide.

Recent academic results are encouraging. In 2025–2026, the school exceeded Washington’s average in all three tested subjects: 53.42% of students were proficient in English language arts, 49.32% in math, and 56.25% in science. Math was about 6 percentage points above the state rate, although it remained below the district’s stronger 58.06% result. Scores improved from the previous year in every subject, with science showing the largest gain. Results vary considerably by grade: 7th-grade ELA was a major concern at 26.92%, while 8th-grade math and science were strong at 57.14% and 72.41%, respectively. Eleventh-grade science was weaker at 31.58%. The 10th-grade ELA result is suppressed, so it is not available for evaluation.

The school’s statewide ranking has recovered from the low 30th percentile in 2022–2024 to the 58th percentile in 2025–2026, though it remains below its 2018–2019 peak. Graduation has generally been solid: the 2023–2024 rate was 83.0%, nearly matching the district and slightly exceeding Washington’s rate. Results for economically disadvantaged students were especially strong, reaching the 85th percentile statewide in 2023–2024. Key areas to watch are 7th-grade ELA, 11th-grade science, the math gap with the district, and incomplete recent dropout data. No other schools are listed within 20 miles, so direct nearby-school comparisons are unavailable.