WashingtonSchoolsSelah High School

Selah High School

PublicRegular
Selah, Washington · Selah School District
Teachers66.0FTE
Ratio17.0:1students per teacher
Students1,124enrolled
SCHOOL SNAPSHOT
Students1,124
Grade Span9–12
Student:Teacher17.0:1
Free/Reduced Lunch58%
Title INo
SectorPublic
Student : Teacher
18.1:1
6.5%vs prior yrUS avg 15.4:1
Teacher FTE
64
3.0%vs prior yr
Enrollment
1,159
3.1%vs prior yr
Avg Experience
16
years
Counselors
ASCA max 1:250
Nurses
NASN max 1:750
Psychologists
NASP max 1:500
Social Workers
SSWAA max 1:250
Trends & 5-year history below

Pupil : Teacher Ratio — 5-Year Trend

15.1:116.1:117.1:118.0:119.0:120.0:12020202120222023202419.7:118.6:119.6:117.0:118.1:1Selah High SchoolUS public-school avg

Enrollment & Teacher FTE

1,0591,0801,1021,1231,1451,166535659616467202020212022202320241,0661,0811,1351,1241,1595458586664EnrollmentTeacher FTE

Year-by-year workforce

Metric20202021202220232024Nat Avg
Enrollment1,0661,0811,1351,1241,159
Teacher FTE5458586664
Pupil : Teacher ratio19.7:118.6:119.6:117.0:118.1:115.4:1

Teacher Experience & Qualifications (2024)

Average years of experience15.6 yrs
Novice teachers (< 3 yrs)0%
Hold advanced degree65%
Source: State Department of Education teacher workforce reports.

What These Numbers Mean

Teacher FTE

Full-Time Equivalent counts part-time teachers proportionally. One full-time teacher = 1.0 FTE; two half-time teachers also = 1.0 FTE. This is the standard federal reporting unit.

Pupil : Teacher ratio

NCES-reported ratio divides total enrollment by teacher FTE. It is NOT the same as average class size — schools with specialists, coaches, and resource teachers will show lower ratios than typical class sizes.

How to read the trend

A falling pupil:teacher ratio (line going down) means more staffing per student — generally a positive signal. A rising line can indicate budget pressure or fast enrollment growth outpacing hiring. Always compare to the US average (dashed grey).

Historical data spans 20202024 from NCES CCD.

Student Support & Wellbeing

Counselor, nurse, psychologist and social-worker staffing data will appear here once the latest CRDC (Civil Rights Data Collection) ingestion completes for this school.

Source: US Dept of Education — CRDC.