Deer Park High School
Deer Park, WA·Public·Rural, some distance out·Deer Park School District
Dual enrollment in Washington
College credit earned while still in high school. It is the single largest lever on a college bill, and what it costs your family depends almost entirely on which state you are in.
The state covers dual-enrolment tuition, so college credit earned in high school costs your family little or nothing.
Running Start
Free
No tuition: Running Start is paid from the student's Basic Education Allocation, tuition-free up to 21 college credits per term and a combined 1.40 FTE (high school + college) per year. Families DO pay mandatory college fees (course fees, placement testing, technology, student-voted fees) set by each college, plus textbooks, materials and transportation. Colleges must make fee waivers available to low-income Running Start students, but consumable supplies and textbooks are explicitly outside the definition of 'fees' and are not covered by the mandatory low-income waiver. Credits beyond 21 or beyond 1.40 FTE are charged at the college's regular per-credit rate.
Who can enroll. Students eligible to be in 11th or 12th grade under district grade-placement policies (rising 11th graders who finished 10th grade may enroll for the preceding summer term, capped at 10 credits), under age 21 (22 with special education services), who have not yet earned the credits for a high school diploma. Applies to Washington's 34 public community and technical colleges plus participating public four-year universities; students may attend any participating college without a district MOU.
Up to 21 credits per term.
Anchored on 33 public colleges in Washington · verified 2026-07-31.
Community colleges in Washington
We do not hold map coordinates for this school, so these are the largest community colleges in the state rather than the closest ones. Check the drive before you plan around any of them. Open one to see what starting there and transferring would actually save.
Scholarships only this school's students can win
Awards in our corpus that name this high school. Smaller applicant pools than anything national - often by orders of magnitude.
Results
State assessments, 2019. Reported by EDFacts as ranges rather than exact figures, to keep small cohorts from being identifiable.
| Year | Math | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 37% | 77% |
| 2018 | 37% | 72% |
Who goes here
50% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That figure is also the federal shorthand for family income, and it is what most need-based aid and fee waivers key on.
Outside of class
Activities colleges actually read on an application - and where to find them near this school. Depth in one or two beats a list of ten.
Plan from here
Directory, enrollment and staffing from the NCES Common Core of Data; proficiency and graduation from EDFacts. Dual-enrollment funding rules from state policy, verified on our last review. Figures change - confirm with the school before relying on one. NCES record