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Rainier Beach High School

๐Ÿ“ 8815 Seward Park Av S, Seattle, King County, 98118

818
Pupils
17.9
Pupil:teacher ratio

About this school

Rainier Beach High School is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Seattle, King County. The school has 818 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Seattle School District No. 1 school district. It serves grades 9โ€“12 in an urban setting. The school employs 45.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 17.9:1. The school offers dual enrollment. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.

School details

School district
Seattle School District No. 1
Gender
Coeducational

Enrollment & staffing

Rainier Beach High School enrolls 818 students across grades 9โ€“12. The student body is 51% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 45.8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 17.9:1.

Male students
419 (51%)
Female students
396 (48%)
Teachers (FTE)
45.8
Student-teacher ratio
17.9:1
Grade span
9โ€“12

Student demographics

By race and ethnicity, the student body is 42% Black or African American, 24% Asian and 18% Hispanic or Latino.

Race / ethnicityStudentsShare
Black or African American34542%
Asian19724%
Hispanic or Latino14818%
Two or more races678.2%
White394.8%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander141.7%
American Indian or Alaska Native5<1%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data.

Free & reduced-price lunch

658 of the school's 818 students (80%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 575 qualify for free lunch and 83 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.

School setting & status

City, LargeGrades 9โ€“12Supplemental VirtualTitle I

Rainier Beach High School is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Large). Virtual instruction: Supplemental Virtual. The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district WA At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 37, state house district 37.

School district: Seattle School District No. 1

Rainier Beach High School is one of 109 schools in Seattle School District No. 1, based in SEATTLE, Washington. The district serves 50,773 students district-wide and employs 3,165 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 818 students, Rainier Beach High School is larger than the district average of about 466 students per school.

50,773
District students
109
Schools
3,165
Teachers (FTE)

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International affiliations

IB World School
IB DP (Ages 16โ€“19) IB CP (Ages 16โ€“19)
IBO code
049197
IB since
26 March 2013
IB region
Americas
Country
United States

Academic Performance

16%
Poverty rate

Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.

Technology & Programs

๐Ÿ“ถ Fiber internet ๐Ÿ“ก Campus Wi-Fi ๐Ÿ’ป Provides devices ๐Ÿ›๏ธ Dual enrollment

Setting: City - Large

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