Clark County’s lowest overall school district grade from Niche is a B−. There isn’t a C, D or F among the seven districts in its county listing. That puts a different spin on “lowest-graded.”
Niche’s 2027 Clark County evaluations, its latest available edition, range from Camas School District’s A to a B− shared by two districts. The evaluations combine academic measures, teacher-related data, resources, extracurricular opportunities and feedback from families and students.
A tie expands this article from three districts to five. Two districts share the lowest grade, B−, while three share the next-lowest grade, B. Selecting just one of those B-rated districts would create a distinction their overall grades do not support.
Below, the B-rated districts appear first, followed by those receiving B− grades. Districts sharing a grade are listed alphabetically and remain tied throughout this comparison.
Evergreen Public Schools — Overall Niche Grade: B, tied
Evergreen’s report card includes an A for college preparation and an A for diversity—considerably stronger marks than its overall B might suggest.
Serving Vancouver-area communities, the district enrolled approximately 21,603 students in 2024–25, with about 17 students per teacher. Niche’s district profile also gives clubs and activities and sports A− grades, resources and facilities a B+, and academics, teachers and administration B− grades.
State assessment results show approximately 38% of students tested met English language arts standards in 2024–25, while 32% met math standards. Its four-year graduation rate for the class of 2025 was approximately 91.7%.
That contrast deserves attention: A high graduation rate and favorable college-preparation evaluation sit alongside substantial gaps in assessment proficiency. Each measures something different, giving families several specific subjects to explore with their schools.
Hockinson School District — Overall Niche Grade: B, tied
Hockinson makes the limits of a “lowest-graded” label particularly clear. Its overall B is tied with Evergreen and Vancouver, while academics receive a B+.
Serving Hockinson and nearby Brush Prairie-area communities, the district enrolled approximately 2,061 students in 2024–25, with about 20 students per teacher.
Niche’s profile awards an A− for sports, a B+ for administration, and B grades for teachers and resources and facilities. Diversity and college preparation each receive a B−.
Approximately 64% of students tested met English language arts standards in 2024–25, and 54% met math standards. Its class-of-2025 four-year graduation rate was approximately 97%.
Those are the highest proficiency percentages and graduation rate among the five districts featured here. They provide useful context, but they do not break the shared overall-grade tie.
Vancouver School District — Overall Niche Grade: B, tied
Vancouver School District, commonly known as Vancouver Public Schools, combines an A for diversity with A− grades for college preparation and sports.
The district serves Vancouver and surrounding communities and enrolled approximately 21,783 students in 2024–25, with about 19 students per teacher.
Its Niche district profile gives teachers and resources and facilities B grades, clubs and activities a B+, and academics and administration B− grades.
State assessment results show approximately 41% of students tested met English language arts standards in 2024–25, compared with 30% in math. The class-of-2025 four-year graduation rate was approximately 83%.
The favorable college-preparation and extracurricular grades are meaningful strengths. The proficiency figures also make academic support an important topic for families to investigate. Neither finding cancels the other, and a district this large encompasses many individual school experiences.
Battle Ground School District — Overall Niche Grade: B−, tied
Battle Ground shares the lowest overall Niche grade in the county listing with La Center. Their matching B− grades do not establish a lower position for either district.
Serving communities including Battle Ground, Brush Prairie, Amboy and Yacolt, the district enrolled approximately 12,754 students in 2024–25, with about 18 students per teacher.
Niche’s profile gives administration, diversity and sports B grades. Academics, teachers, college preparation, and resources and facilities each receive a B−; clubs and activities receive a C+.
Approximately 50% of students tested met English language arts standards in 2024–25, and 41% met math standards. Its four-year graduation rate for the class of 2025 was approximately 80.6%.
For families, progress toward graduation and the availability of academic intervention are useful places to begin asking questions about those results.
La Center School District — Overall Niche Grade: B−, tied
La Center’s overall B− comes with an A− for sports and a B+ for teachers. The report card has more going on than its headline grade.
Serving La Center and surrounding northern Clark County communities, the district enrolled approximately 1,823 students in 2024–25, with about 18 students per teacher.
Its Niche profile awards a B for resources and facilities, B− grades for academics and college preparation, and C+ grades for administration and diversity.
State results show approximately 55% of students tested met English language arts standards in 2024–25, while 45% met math standards. The class-of-2025 four-year graduation rate was approximately 94.8%.
That graduation figure and the favorable teacher grade are important strengths alongside the lower category evaluations. La Center remains tied with Battle Ground on the overall grade used for this article.
What the statistics describe
Enrollment and staffing figures come from National Center for Education Statistics records for 2024–25. Student-teacher ratios are rounded districtwide staffing measures, rather than the size of every classroom.
Academic percentages are rounded from OSPI’s 2024–25 assessment data, using all-student Smarter Balanced results across tested grades. “Reading” refers here to English language arts. These figures were taken directly from the state dataset and differ in some cases from Niche’s profile summaries.
Graduation figures come from OSPI’s 2024–25 graduation dataset and describe four-year adjusted cohorts. Hockinson’s published rate is rounded. These dated state figures are separate from the graduation averages displayed on Niche.
This comparison covers the seven graded districts in Niche’s Clark County listing, which does not encompass every district serving county residents.
How Niche calculates the grades
Under Niche’s published 2027 methodology, academics account for 50% of the overall evaluation and teachers account for 15%. Culture and diversity, and parent/student surveys about overall experience, each contribute 12.5%.
Resources and facilities contribute 5%, while clubs and activities and sports contribute 2.5% each. Several categories blend statistics with survey responses, so standardized test scores influence the grade without determining it entirely.
Administration appears as a separate profile grade but is not listed as a standalone weighted factor in the current overall methodology.
This article compares overall letter grades. Numerical rankings and the order of unnumbered listings do not override those grade-level ties.
Put the grades to work
Clark County’s results show why “lowest” needs a comparison attached. Here, the lowest overall grade is B−, and districts included in the article also receive A-range evaluations in several categories.
Niche represents one organization’s assessment. A comparatively low county grade does not establish poor statewide performance, explain the causes of academic challenges or describe every student’s experience. Enrollment, demographics, programs and individual school outcomes all deserve consideration.
Families can use the findings to ask about reading and math support, advanced coursework, extracurricular access and assistance for students falling behind on graduation requirements.
The letter can get your attention. The answers to those questions can help you decide what to do with it.
