Walla Walla Online

Walla Walla Online is a small public alternative school in Walla Walla, Washington, serving 72 students in kindergarten through 12th grade. Located in the Walla Walla area and sharing an address with another alternative program, it serves a relatively high-need student population, with 55.56% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024–25. Its small enrollment means that results can change noticeably from year to year, and many grade-level figures are suppressed.

Academically, the school’s clearest strengths are English language arts and science. In 2025–26, 51.72% of students were proficient in ELA, 7.56 percentage points above the Walla Walla Public Schools rate, while the school’s 55% science proficiency rate exceeded both the district and Washington state. Tenth-grade ELA was especially strong at 72.73%. Math is the main concern: only 23.08% of students were proficient, below both the district’s 36.60% and the state’s 43.11%. Available graduation rates were 83% in 2023–24 and 88.8% in 2021–22—better than the state rates for those years but below the local district. The reported student-teacher ratio was a favorable 12-to-1 in 2024–25.

Compared with nearby alternatives, Homelink, which shares the same address, had lower 2025–26 ELA proficiency at 37.5% but higher math proficiency at 37.5%; its reported student-teacher ratio was much higher at 47-to-1. At Touchet Elementary & High School, ELA results were nearly identical at 50.93%, while Walla Walla Online was stronger in science and weaker in math. Overall, the school appears particularly promising in literacy and science, with math improvement the most important academic priority.