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)
530771001265	51	Whittier Elementary School	Public	K-5	1320 NW 75 St	Seattle	98117	King County	Seattle School District No. 1	No	No	No	No	(206) 252-1650	362	24	15	8.6%	266 (73.5%)	5 (1.4%)	23 (6.4%)	13 (3.6%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	54 (14.9%)	$19,629			$1,187			$18,442	95	94.7	53	2
530771001177	52	Greenwood Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	144 NW 80 St	Seattle	98117	King County	Seattle School District No. 1	No	No	No	No	(206) 252-1400	337	20	17	9.2%	243 (72.1%)	15 (4.5%)	23 (6.8%)	15 (4.5%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.6%)	35 (10.4%)	$20,398			$1,723			$18,675	94.9	94.5	55	3
530267002208	53	Silver Firs Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	5909 146th Pl. SE	Everett	98208	Snohomish County	Everett School District	No	No	No	No	(425) 385-6500	534	32	16.9	15.7%	267 (50.0%)	20 (3.7%)	64 (12.0%)	130 (24.3%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	49 (9.2%)	$18,572			$1,165			$17,407	94.7	95.5	43	10
530375002981	54	Newcastle Elementary School	Public	K-5	8400 136th Ave SE	Newcastle	98059	King County	Issaquah School District	No	No	No	Yes	(425) 837-5801	484	33	14.8	14.7%	155 (32.0%)	11 (2.3%)	58 (12.0%)	201 (41.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	58 (12.0%)	$17,084			$1,288			$15,796	94.7	93	79	25
530591002428	55	East Ridge Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	22150 NE 156 Pl	Woodinville	98077	King County	Northshore School District	No	No	No	No	(425) 408-4400	371	23	16.2	10.0%	276 (74.4%)	2 (0.5%)	33 (8.9%)	15 (4.0%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	43 (11.6%)	$16,442			$394			$16,048	94.6	93.3	72	17
530423002648	56	Albert Einstein Elementary	Public	K-5	18025 NE 116th	Redmond	98052	King County	Lake Washington School District	No	No	No	No	(425) 936-2540	520	28	18.3	17.5%	136 (26.2%)	18 (3.5%)	119 (22.9%)	229 (44.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (3.5%)	$18,768			$555			$18,214	94.5	95.3	49	7
530375003331	57	Creekside Elementary	Public	K-5	20777 SE 16th St	Sammamish	98075	King County	Issaquah School District	No	No	No	No	(425) 837-5200	634	41	15.6	2.7%	276 (43.5%)	6 (0.9%)	28 (4.4%)	257 (40.5%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	65 (10.3%)	$17,120			$1,310			$15,810	94.5	97.3	22	35
530081001823	58	Dorothy Fox	Public	K-5	2623 NW Sierra St	Camas	98607	Clark County	Camas School District	No	No	No	No	(360) 833-5700	506	32	15.9	15.4%	320 (63.2%)	4 (0.8%)	57 (11.3%)	76 (15.0%)	3 (0.6%)	2 (0.4%)	44 (8.7%)	$16,279			$778			$15,501	94.3	93.8	65	7
530792000404	59	Meridian Park Elementary School	Public, Magnet	K-5	17077 Meridian Avenue N.	Shoreline	98133	King County	Shoreline School District	No	Yes	No	Yes	(206) 393-4251	527	31	16.8	37.4%	205 (38.9%)	75 (14.2%)	73 (13.9%)	104 (19.7%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	67 (12.7%)	$18,381			$1,733			$16,648	94.2	96.3	34	25
530591001791	60	Hollywood Hill Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	17110 148 Av NE	Woodinville	98072	King County	Northshore School District	No	No	No	Yes	(425) 408-4700	318	23	14	18.9%	196 (61.6%)	9 (2.8%)	34 (10.7%)	49 (15.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	29 (9.1%)	$19,967			$758			$19,209	94.1	92.6	83	23

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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.