Mason County Detention Center
Shelton · WA · Shelton School District · Public · K-12 combined
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Choice Middle and High School → Shelton Open Doors → Cedar High School → Shelton High School → Garrett Heyns High School → Capital High School → Touchstone → Mary M. Knight 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 Mason County Detention Center compares for families
What families should know about Mason County Detention Center.
- ▸ 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: Choice Middle and High School, Shelton Open Doors, Cedar 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.
📊 State assessment · WA Smarter Balanced · grade 10
SBAC grade 10 — met or exceeded standard
School year 2024-25. Levels 3 + 4 combined ("at or above grade level"). Cells suppressed by the state when sample is small.
Source: WA state DOE Smarter Balanced results. Levels 1–2 = below standard, 3 = met, 4 = exceeded. Headline = level 3 + level 4 combined.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of -37.0%/year, projecting from 2024's 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Choice Middle and High School Shelton |
Public | 0.2 | 189 | +6.8% |
| Shelton Open Doors SHELTON |
Public | 0.3 | 22 | — |
| Cedar High School Shelton |
Public | 1.0 | 100 | +22.0% |
| Shelton High School Shelton |
Public | 1.7 | 1,455 | -3.6% |
| Garrett Heyns High School Shelton |
Public | 4.5 | — | — |
| Capital High School OLYMPIA |
Public | 13.9 | 1,322 | -4.1% |
| Touchstone Olympia |
Public | 14.7 | 2 | — |
| Mary M. Knight School Elma |
Public | 15.4 | 45 | — |