The reported proficiency rate for Math is 43%.
Original Research by School Decision on St John/endicott High
St John/Endicott High is a regular public high school serving grades nine through twelve in the town of Saint John, Washington, part of the St. John School District. The town itself sits in the rolling hills of the Palouse region of eastern Washington, a small rural settlement the 2020 census recorded as having a population that has since edged slightly lower. It is a quiet, predominantly residential community whose website describes tidy streets and a relaxed lifestyle, with a notable number of retirees drawn to the area. The town’s own mission statement speaks to maintaining its friendly small-town character rather than pursuing expansion. The high school is inside that town footprint, near the center of a built environment where distances are short and civic life and school life are woven into the same fabric. Housing values in the area have risen in recent years, and the median home value sits well below the state benchmark, which is consistent with a rural community of this kind. A parent researching St John/Endicott High will find a school that is small enough that the total enrollment across four grade levels would fit into a single hallway in many larger schools. The student body is predominantly white, with a modest share of Hispanic students and a very small number of students identifying as two or more races or Black. A substantial share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, so the school serves a population with a meaningful degree of economic need. Data on special education and English learner enrollment was not available in the source material. The school’s state test results come from the 2024-25 school year and are the only single year of trend data available, so there is no way to see whether performance is rising or falling. In math, more than four in ten students scored at or above the proficient level. In English language arts, the share was higher, with just over six in ten reaching that bar. In science, roughly half of tested students met the proficiency standard. When compared with other districts in Whitman County, St John/Endicott High’s overall proficiency across tested subjects sits below the midpoint of the cohort. A parent may want to ask the school directly how its academic programming supports students who are not yet at grade level, since the school is small and the numbers are such that a handful of students can move the proficiency rate meaningfully. The school did not post a four-year graduation rate in the available data, and chronic absenteeism information was also absent. Because this is a regular high school, the lack of a graduation rate is a gap worth noting; a parent should confirm with the district what that figure is and how the school tracks on-time completion. Course access and program offerings were not listed in the source material, so it is unclear what advanced coursework, career and technical education, or dual-credit pathways are available. The district brief turned up no recent changes of note for this small cooperative district, which runs two schools. No major developments, boundary shifts, or program launches surfaced. What a family considering St John/Endicott High gets is a clear picture of a very small, rural high school in a quiet farming-region town where the community character is strongly defined and the student body is small enough that every student is known. Academic proficiency in English language arts is the school’s stronger area by the available numbers, while math proficiency is lower and sits below the county median. The lack of a graduation rate and absence of program detail are concrete gaps a prospective family would want to fill by speaking with the district directly. For a family that values a tight-knit rural setting and a school where the scale is intimate, St John/Endicott High fits that profile. For a family seeking broad academic pathways, extensive extracurriculars, or documented strong outcomes, the data does not provide enough assurance, and additional inquiry is warranted.
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