📍 548 China Garden Road, Kalama, Cowlitz County, 98625
Kalama High School is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Kalama, Cowlitz County. The school has 348 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Kalama School District school district. It serves grades 9–12 in a rural setting. The school employs 20.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.6:1. The school offers a gifted and talented program. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Kalama High School enrolls 348 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 20.9 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 81% White, 12% Hispanic or Latino and 2% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 282 | 81% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 42 | 12% |
| Two or more races | 7 | 2% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 7 | 2% |
| Asian | 6 | 1.7% |
| Black or African American | 3 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
131 of the school's 348 students (38%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 98 qualify for free lunch and 33 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Kalama High School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). The school receives targeted-assistance Title I funding for eligible students. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district WA-30, state senate district 20, state house district 20.
Kalama High School is one of 3 schools in Kalama School District, based in KALAMA, Washington. The district serves 1,138 students district-wide and employs 74 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 348 students, Kalama High School is close to the district average of about 379 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe