Touchstone
Olympia · WA · Olympia School District · Public · K-12 combined
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Avanti High School → Olympia Regional Learning Academy → Capital High School → North Thurston High School → Envision Career Academy → Olympia High School → Northwest Christian High School → Pope John Paul Ii High School →📋 At a glance
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 6% of US high schools
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Touchstone compares for families
What families should know about Touchstone.
- ▸ LocallyWA sits right at the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math — local school quality will set your kid apart.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Avanti High School, Olympia Regional Learning Academy, Capital High School and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
👩🏫 Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of -26.3%/year, projecting from 2024's 2 students:
A small or specialty program — naive trend math doesn't capture the school's full picture. Read the trend as directional, not predictive.
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Nearby high schools — the local competition
The closest high schools families here also consider, and where their enrollment is heading.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avanti High School OLYMPIA |
Public | 1.3 | 167 | -2.9% |
| Olympia Regional Learning Academy Olympia |
Public | 2.0 | 59 | -23.4% |
| Capital High School OLYMPIA |
Public | 2.4 | 1,322 | -4.1% |
| North Thurston High School Lacey |
Public | 2.7 | 1,378 | -3.2% |
| Envision Career Academy Lacey |
Public | 3.0 | 139 | -6.7% |
| Olympia High School OLYMPIA |
Public | 3.0 | 1,901 | +3.3% |
| Northwest Christian High School Lacey |
Private | 3.2 | 98 | -19.0% |
| Pope John Paul Ii High School Lacey |
Private | 4.0 | 108 | +17.4% |