Best Elementary Schools in Washington

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The list is updated annually upon the release of the WCAS and SBAC test scores by the Washington Office of Superindentent of Public Instruction. The most recent update was on Tuesday, September 10, 2024.

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2022)							Ranking (2024 vs 2023)
ID	Rank (of 1168)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Average Standard Score (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Rank (2023)	Rank Change from 2023	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)
530696001795	251	Ridgecrest Elementary	Public	K-6	12616 Shaw Rd E	Puyallup	98374	Pierce County	Puyallup School District	No	No	No	Yes	(253) 841-8753	466	29	16.1	50.9%	232 (49.8%)	20 (4.3%)	107 (23.0%)	37 (7.9%)	3 (0.6%)	7 (1.5%)	58 (12.4%)	$17,964			$1,357			$16,606	77.1	79.3	228	23
530771001198	252	Laurelhurst Elementary School	Public	K-5	4530 46 Av NE	Seattle	98105	King County	Seattle School District No. 1	No	No	No	No	(206) 252-5400	275	19	14.7	34.2%	142 (51.6%)	31 (11.3%)	26 (9.5%)	31 (11.3%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	40 (14.5%)	$24,100			$1,913			$22,187	76.8	73.2	294	42
530825001364	253	Balboa Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	3010 W Holyoke Ave	Spokane	99208	Spokane County	Spokane School District	No	No	No	No	(509) 354-2220	253	21	12.3	51.4%	194 (76.7%)	3 (1.2%)	21 (8.3%)	1 (0.4%)	4 (1.6%)	1 (0.4%)	29 (11.5%)	$19,138			$1,925			$17,213	76.7	75.4	269	16
530375000575	254	Issaquah Valley Elementary	Public	K-5	555 NW Holly St	Issaquah	98027	King County	Issaquah School District	No	No	No	Yes	(425) 837-6600	620	42	14.7	26.6%	284 (45.8%)	15 (2.4%)	160 (25.8%)	100 (16.1%)	1 (0.2%)	5 (0.8%)	55 (8.9%)	$17,136			$1,304			$15,832	76.7	82.3	198	56
530039000090	255	Puesta del Sol Elementary School	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	301 151st Place NE	Bellevue	98007	King County	Bellevue School District	No	Yes	No	No	(425) 456-6100	510	26	19.9	22.4%	175 (34.3%)	10 (2.0%)	182 (35.7%)	84 (16.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	58 (11.4%)	$16,719			$225			$16,494	76.6	86.4	149	106
530678000993	256	Pomeroy Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	10th and Cloumbia	Pomeroy	99347	Garfield County	Pomeroy School District	No	No	No	Yes	(509) 843-1331	212	13	16.3	48.1%	185 (87.3%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (11.8%)	1 (0.5%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$15,388			$1,666			$13,722	76.5	76.6	260	4
530267000406	257	Monroe Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	10901 27th Ave. SE	Everett	98208	Snohomish County	Everett School District	No	No	No	No	(425) 385-7300	502	31	16.2	58.2%	200 (39.8%)	36 (7.2%)	98 (19.5%)	70 (13.9%)	5 (1.0%)	20 (4.0%)	72 (14.3%)	$20,370			$1,159			$19,212	76.4	66.9	357	100
530771001192	258	John Hay Elementary School	Public	K-5	201 Garfield St	Seattle	98109	King County	Seattle School District No. 1	No	No	No	No	(206) 252-2100	264	19	13.8	30.3%	118 (44.7%)	12 (4.5%)	58 (22.0%)	43 (16.3%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.1%)	28 (10.6%)	$24,426			$2,707			$21,719	76.4	75.1	275	17
530420000651	259	Hillcrest Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	9315 4th St SE	Lake Stevens	98258	Snohomish County	Lake Stevens School District	No	No	No	No	(425) 335-1545	778	43	18.2	29.8%	430 (55.3%)	39 (5.0%)	121 (15.6%)	101 (13.0%)	1 (0.1%)	6 (0.8%)	80 (10.3%)	$15,168			$225			$14,943	76.3	83.9	180	79
530792001299	260	Briarcrest Elementary	Public	K-5	2715 N.E. 158th Street	Shoreline	98155	King County	Shoreline School District	No	No	No	Yes	(206) 393-4170	467	29	16.2	36.0%	211 (45.2%)	50 (10.7%)	102 (21.8%)	57 (12.2%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	44 (9.4%)	$18,723			$2,030			$16,693	76.3	80.7	213	47

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on SBAC English Language Arts, SBAC Math, WCAS Science test scores released by the Washington Office of Superindentent of Public Instruction.
These rankings were last updated on September 10, 2024, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Washington Office of Superindentent of Public Instruction, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the Washington Office of Superindentent of Public Instruction.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau, the Washington State Department of Health and the Washington Office of Superindentent of Public Instruction.