Skykomish School District, WA

Original Research by School Decision on Skykomish School District

Skykomish School District is one of the smallest districts in King County, serving roughly a few dozen students across all grades from pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade. The district’s housing data covers a handful of small towns and unincorporated communities in the Cascade foothills, including Skykomish itself, Gold Bar, and North Bend, which gives a sense of the remote and mountainous area it encompasses. The student body is overwhelmingly White, with a very small share of students identifying as Hispanic or as two or more races. The district is small enough that it operates just two schools: one elementary building and one combined high school.

State testing results for math, English language arts, and science are all suppressed for every tested grade. This is a common situation in a district with so few students, where the counts are too low for the state to release proficiency rates without risking identification of individual students. A parent looking for standardized test data will find nothing publicly reported for this district for the year available, which makes it difficult to gauge academic performance through that lens. The same is true for the four-year graduation rate, which is not reported, almost certainly because the senior class is too small to produce a reliable figure.

What is visible is a striking chronic absenteeism rate that places the district among the highest in King County for that metric. The vast majority of students miss enough school to be considered chronically absent, a level that is well above even the highest rate among the other King County districts for which data was available. This is a significant concern and one a parent would want to understand directly from the district, particularly since attendance is closely tied to academic progress.

Per-pupil current spending is far above typical levels for King County districts, reflecting the fixed costs of running a district spread across a tiny student population. That spending figure is an outlier, which is expected when a district has very few students to spread its operational costs across.

Because the district is so small, many standard data points are simply absent. There is no reported information on free or reduced-price meal eligibility, special education identification, English learner status, or discipline. The district’s own public reporting, based on available research, turned up no recent curriculum changes, property tax measures, or other parent-facing developments to report.

Skykomish School District presents an unusual profile. It offers the kind of setting where a student would be part of a very small school community, but the chronic absenteeism figure raises questions about the learning environment and support systems. With test scores and graduation rates unavailable, a family considering this district would need to rely heavily on direct conversations with the schools and a visit to the community.

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District Context

Officially reported figures, 2024-25.

Enrollment

Grades

PK–12

Schools

Student body

Hispanic 4%

White 89%

Two+ 6%

Schools in this District

2 schools are officially reported under this district.

Skykomish Elementary School

Skykomish High School

Housing & Real Estate

Data as of April 2026 | District-weighted from constituent ZIP codes

Home Values

Typical home value$495,876

Year-over-year change+0.8%

Range across 4 ZIP codes$464K to $1.0M

vs. state typical0.82x

vs. national typical1.35x

Home value trend (12 months)

ZIP code home values (4 ZIP codes)

ZIP	City	Value	YoY	Weight
98288	Skykomish	$464K	+0.8%	84.0%
98224	Gold Bar	$498K	+2.1%	9.7%
98068	Snoqualmie Pass	$846K	-1.5%	3.5%
98045	North Bend	$1.0M	-2.0%	2.8%

Rental Market

Typical monthly rent$2,878/mo

Year-over-year change+9.9%

Rent trend (12 months)

ZIP code rents (1 ZIP codes)

ZIP	City	Rent/mo	YoY	Weight
98045	North Bend	$2,878	+9.9%	2.8%

Affordability

Est. monthly mortgage (20% down at 6.48%)$2,502/mo

Home price / national median income5.9x

Annual rent / national median income41.3%

Rent exceeds est. mortgage by$376/mo

Market Activity: King County

Median listing price$859,885

Median listing price YoY-1.7%

Median price per sq ft$541

Median price per sq ft YoY-3.4%

Median days on market34.0 days

Median days on market YoY+17.2%

Active listings6,221

Active listings YoY+17.2%

New listings3,468

New listings YoY-8.9%

Pending listings2,302

Pending listings YoY-10.8%

Hotness: median listing price$847,000

Hotness: median listing price YoY-0.3%

Supply score89.5

Supply score YoY-4.4%

Demand score0.5

Demand score YoY-55.0%

Median listing price (12 months)

Median price per sq ft (12 months)

Median days on market (12 months)

Active listings (12 months)

New listings (12 months)

Pending listings (12 months)

Hotness: median listing price (12 months)

Supply score (12 months)

Demand score (12 months)

Comparison

State typical home value$604,087 (-0.6% YoY)

National typical home value$368,198 (+0.6% YoY)

State ZHVI trend (12 months)

National ZHVI trend (12 months)

Economic Context

30-year fixed mortgage rate6.48%

National unemployment rate4.3%

National median household income$83,730

CPI: Rent of shelter (index)447.05

30-year fixed mortgage rate (12 months)

National unemployment rate (12 months)

National median household income (12 months)

CPI: Rent of shelter (index) (12 months)

Sources: Zillow Home Value Index and Zillow Observed Rent Index (Zillow Group), Realtor.com via Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (FRED)

Data Currently Unavailable

Academic Performance
Civil Rights Data (CRDC)

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