Summary:
The Waterville School District in Washington state has only one elementary school, Waterville Elementary, which serves students from pre-kindergarten through 5th grade. With a diverse student population and access to significant resources, Waterville Elementary has some areas of academic strength, particularly in 5th grade performance, but also faces challenges in maintaining its statewide ranking and supporting student achievement across all grade levels.
Waterville Elementary has a student enrollment of 116, with a racial makeup that is 75.86% White, 18.1% Hispanic, 2.59% Native American, 0.86% African American, and 0.86% Asian. The school has a relatively high free and reduced-price lunch rate of 54.31%, indicating a significant number of students from low-income families. Academically, the school's proficiency rates in English Language Arts and Math are slightly below the state average, but its 5th grade students perform significantly better than the state in ELA and Science.
Despite having a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 11.9 and a high spending per student of $21,558, Waterville Elementary's statewide ranking has declined over the past three years, from 398th out of 1,169 Washington elementary schools in 2021-2022 to 582nd out of 1,168 in 2023-2024. This suggests that the school may need to examine its instructional practices, curriculum, and resource allocation to better support student learning and achievement across all grade levels.
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