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)
530585000866	951	Lydia Hawk Elementary	Public	K-5	7600 5th Ave SE	Lacey	98503	Thurston County	North Thurston Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(360) 412-4610	500	36	13.8	73.8%	147 (29.4%)	31 (6.2%)	205 (41.0%)	19 (3.8%)	6 (1.2%)	25 (5.0%)	66 (13.2%)	$18,621			$2,450			$16,171	21.2	20.9	963	12
530825001415	952	Willard Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	500 W Longfellow Ave	Spokane	99205	Spokane County	Spokane School District	No	No	No	Yes	(509) 354-4444	403	36	11.2	80.4%	252 (62.5%)	12 (3.0%)	38 (9.4%)	8 (2.0%)	9 (2.2%)	14 (3.5%)	69 (17.1%)	$17,633			$2,593			$15,040	21.1	20.2	973	21
530945001602	953	Green Park Elementary School	Public	K-5	1105 E Isaacs Ave	Walla Walla	99362	Walla Walla County	Walla Walla Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(509) 527-3077	482	34	14	83.0%	178 (36.9%)	5 (1.0%)	282 (58.5%)	4 (0.8%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (2.3%)	$20,077			$3,493			$16,585	21.1	18.7	991	38
530870001475	954	Larchmont Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	8601 E B St	Tacoma	98445	Pierce County	Tacoma School District	No	No	No	Yes	(253) 571-6200	304	21	14.4	67.8%	61 (20.1%)	30 (9.9%)	106 (34.9%)	31 (10.2%)	2 (0.7%)	26 (8.6%)	48 (15.8%)	$23,949			$3,120			$20,829	21.1	43.9	632	322
530042000098	955	Alderwood Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	3400 Hollywood Ave	Bellingham	98225	Whatcom County	Bellingham School District	No	No	No	Yes	(360) 676-6404	291	24	12.2	73.9%	149 (51.2%)	2 (0.7%)	94 (32.3%)	7 (2.4%)	8 (2.7%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (10.3%)	$23,746			$3,291			$20,454	21	25.1	914	41
530066000135	956	Armin Jahr Elementary	Public	K-5	800 Dibb Street	Bremerton	98310	Kitsap County	Bremerton School District	No	No	No	Yes	(360) 473-4100	380	28	13.5	82.9%	129 (33.9%)	23 (6.1%)	174 (45.8%)	12 (3.2%)	1 (0.3%)	5 (1.3%)	36 (9.5%)	$20,553			$1,667			$18,885	21	21.2	959	3
530396000628	957	Panther Lake Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	10200 SE 216th St	Kent	98031	King County	Kent School District	No	No	No	Yes	(253) 373-7470	529	35	14.9	73.0%	86 (16.3%)	88 (16.6%)	102 (19.3%)	170 (32.1%)	3 (0.6%)	17 (3.2%)	63 (11.9%)	$19,833			$1,243			$18,591	20.8	20.2	974	17
530282000455	958	Wildwood Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	2405 S 300th St	Federal Way	98003	King County	Federal Way School District	No	No	No	Yes	(253) 945-4400	564	33	17.2	82.3%	68 (12.1%)	66 (11.7%)	279 (49.5%)	76 (13.5%)	2 (0.4%)	30 (5.3%)	43 (7.6%)	$21,447			$2,844			$18,603	20.8	9.6	1108	150
530255000375	959	Paul Rumburg Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	2650 Entiat Way	Entiat	98822	Chelan County	Entiat School District	No	No	No	Yes	(509) 784-1800	196	13	15.1	73.5%	87 (44.4%)	0 (0.0%)	101 (51.5%)	2 (1.0%)	3 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.5%)	$20,629			$2,953			$17,676	20.8	29.1	841	118
530396000631	960	Scenic Hill Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	26025 Woodland Way S	Kent	98030	King County	Kent School District	No	No	No	Yes	(253) 373-7479	559	45	12.3	78.2%	95 (17.0%)	75 (13.4%)	220 (39.4%)	86 (15.4%)	3 (0.5%)	36 (6.4%)	44 (7.9%)	$18,851			$1,212			$17,638	20.7	18.7	992	32

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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.