High · Regular · Grades 9 to 12

Mount Rainier High School, Des Moines, WA

CEP schoolMount Rainier High School is a public high school in Des Moines, part of Highline School District. It enrolled 1,846 students in 2024-25, with 24.3 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students: 1,846
Teachers (FTE): 76.0
Students per teacher: 24.3
Grades: 9 to 12

This school's ratio is 6.4 higher than the district figure of 17.9. The Washington average across schools is 18.2. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school24.3

District17.9

Washington18.2

United States15.3

School details

Address: 22450 19th Ave S, Des Moines, WA 98198
Phone: (206)631-7000
District: Highline School District
County: King County
Level: High
Type: Regular
Status: Open
Charter: No
Virtual: No
Locale: Suburb: Large
NCES school ID: 530354000538

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School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.

Free lunch: 910
Reduced-price lunch: 176
Free or reduced-price lunch: 1,08658.8% of enrollment.
Direct certification: 803Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
Community Eligibility Provision: Yes (CEP school)

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other high schools in Highline School District

Highline High School 1,423 students
Evergreen High School 1,080 students
Tyee High School 644 students
Raisbeck Aviation High School 400 students
Highline Open Doors 1418 240 students
Big Picture School 233 students
CHOICE Academy 176 students
Innovation Heights Academy 142 students
Maritime High School 126 students
Puget Sound Skills Center 3 students
Career Link 0 students
Gateway to College 0 students

High schools elsewhere in Des Moines

Cascade Public Schools Why Not You Academy
Gateway to College Tukwila School District

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Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.