Original Research by School Decision on Two Rivers School
Two Rivers School is a small regular public high school in the Snoqualmie Valley School District, serving grades nine through twelve. It sits in Snoqualmie, a city in King County that blends a historic railroad downtown with the master-planned Snoqualmie Ridge community and a tourism economy built around Snoqualmie Falls. The city has seen sustained growth since the 1990s, with new residential and commercial projects continuing, including a hospital and a business park that hosts major employers like Philips Oral Healthcare and T-Mobile. Housing in the area is expensive, with home values well above national and state benchmarks and rents that consume a substantial portion of local income, consistent with the broader King County market.
The school itself is very small, a characteristic that shapes nearly every aspect of its identity. Enrollment is thinly spread across all four high school grades, and the student body is overwhelmingly white, with a modest share of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch. Data on students with disabilities and English learners was not provided.
State testing data for Two Rivers School is sparse. The most recent available results from the 2024-2025 school year show a proficiency rate for English language arts at the midpoint, with half of students meeting the state standard. Science proficiency was reported at a higher level. The data does not include a multi-year trend, so it is not possible to assess whether this performance represents an improvement or decline. For math, state testing data was suppressed, and a graduation rate was not available in the data provided. Parents looking to understand year-over-year academic trajectory or graduation outcomes will find that information missing.
The district, which operates multiple elementary, middle, and high schools in Snoqualmie and neighboring communities, made a notable curriculum shift starting in 2024. It adopted a new K-5 English Language Arts program grounded in the science of reading, a change that affects elementary literacy instruction district-wide. Voters approved an operating levy in 2022 that funds a portion of the district's budget through 2026. In 2025, the district opened a consolidated Early Learning Center, expanding preschool and early childhood special education services. How these district-level investments directly affect Two Rivers School, a high school, is less clear from the available information.
Program offerings for Two Rivers School, such as Advanced Placement courses, career and technical education pathways, or dual-credit opportunities, were not listed in the data. Neither was information on discipline, staffing, attendance, or course access. This makes it difficult to assess the depth of academic programming or the school's climate. A parent considering this school and wanting to understand what courses and supports are available would need to contact the school directly.
Given its small size, Two Rivers School offers an environment where students would be known individually by staff. The school serves a high-cost, growing suburban community within a district that has made recent investments in its elementary literacy curriculum and early learning facilities. However, the thin academic data, the missing graduation rate, and the lack of program detail leave significant questions unanswered about the academic rigor and student outcomes at this school. A family looking at Two Rivers should plan to ask specific questions about course offerings, postsecondary pathways, and how the school measures its own progress.
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