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Challenger High School
18117 A Street South, Spanaway, WA 98387
Grades
7–12
High
Students
318
Enrolled 2024–25
Students per teacher
15.9 : 1
Full-time teachers
District
Bethel School District
Pierce County
Not graded
Alternative schools serve students whose needs a regular school could not meet, and states hold them to separate accountability rules, so we don't rank them against regular schools. How we grade
About Challenger High School
Challenger High School is an alternative high school in Spanaway, Washington, serving grades 7–12. It is part of Bethel School District. The school is located in a large suburb in Pierce County.
In the 2024–25 school year, 318 students were enrolled, with about 15.9 students for every full-time teacher. That ratio is smaller than the typical Washington high school (19.2 students per teacher).
Grades & enrollment
Students per grade, 2024–25Grades 7–12
Location & nearby schools
School details
- Type
- Alternative School · What this means
- Level
- High
- Grades offered
- 7–12
- Enrollment (2024–25)
- 318 students
- Students per teacher
- 15.9 to 1
- AP courses offered
- 1
- Charter school
- No
- Magnet school
- No
- Virtual learning
- Offers virtual courses
- Locale
- Suburb — Large
- School district
- Bethel School District
- County
- Pierce County
- NCES school ID
- 530048002200
Schools near Challenger High School
All 17 schools in Spanaway →
Acceleration Academy
Alternative · Grades 9–12 · 450 students
Spanaway Lake High School
Public · Grades 9–12 · 1,787 students
Bethel High School
Public · Grades 9–12 · 1,688 students
Pierce County Skills Center
CTE · Grades 8–12 · 355 students
Washington High School
Public · Grades 9–12 · 989 students
School data comes from the U.S. Department of Education: the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDGE school locations (2024–25) and Private School Survey (2023–24), the Civil Rights Data Collection (2023–24), and EDFacts (test results 2021–22; graduation and chronic absenteeism 2022–23), plus other public sources. Please contact the school to confirm enrollment, programs, and other details. How we source data.