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)
530039000058	911	Ardmore Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	16616 NE 32nd Street	Bellevue	98008	King County	Bellevue School District	No	No	No	Yes	(425) 456-4700	358	22	16.1	50.3%	80 (22.3%)	38 (10.6%)	98 (27.4%)	104 (29.1%)	2 (0.6%)	3 (0.8%)	33 (9.2%)	$24,741			$2,677			$22,065	24.2	50.2	541	370
530771003361	912	Rainier View Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	11650 Beacon Av S	Seattle	98178	King County	Seattle School District No. 1	No	No	No	Yes	(206) 252-6700	239	16	15.2	62.8%	24 (10.0%)	92 (38.5%)	35 (14.6%)	59 (24.7%)	1 (0.4%)	4 (1.7%)	24 (10.0%)	$22,009			$2,567			$19,442	24.2	23.1	934	22
530132000236	913	Highland Elementary	Public	K-6	1432 Highland St	Clarkston	99403	Asotin County	Clarkston School District	No	No	No	Yes	(509) 758-5531	288	18	15.7	72.6%	230 (79.9%)	1 (0.3%)	35 (12.2%)	2 (0.7%)	5 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (5.2%)	$17,288			$2,201			$15,088	24.1	15.7	1035	122
530690001011	914	Prosser Heights Elementary	Public	3-5	2008 Miller Ave.	Prosser	99350	Benton County	Prosser School District	No	No	No	Yes	(509) 786-2633	359	26	14	83.0%	88 (24.5%)	4 (1.1%)	249 (69.4%)	7 (1.9%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.5%)	$17,671			$2,371			$15,300	24	17.9	1009	95
530321002482	915	Monte Cristo Elementary	Public	3-6	1201 100th St NE	Granite Falls	98252	Snohomish County	Granite Falls School District	No	No	No	Yes	(360) 691-7718	470	31	15.2	48.7%	371 (78.9%)	3 (0.6%)	56 (11.9%)	3 (0.6%)	3 (0.6%)	3 (0.6%)	31 (6.6%)	$18,151			$1,257			$16,893	24	27.9	856	59
530270000422	916	Mill Plain Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	16200 SE 6th St	Vancouver	98684	Clark County	Evergreen School District (Clark)	No	No	No	Yes	(360) 604-6800	284	23	12.3	70.4%	119 (41.9%)	3 (1.1%)	110 (38.7%)	8 (2.8%)	1 (0.4%)	13 (4.6%)	30 (10.6%)	$22,962			$5,328			$17,634	23.9	30.7	818	98
530396002309	917	Neely O Brien Elementary School	Public	K-5	6300 S 236th ST	Kent	98032	King County	Kent School District	No	No	No	Yes	(253) 373-7434	538	37	14.5	75.7%	53 (9.9%)	112 (20.8%)	215 (40.0%)	45 (8.4%)	1 (0.2%)	69 (12.8%)	41 (7.6%)	$18,948			$1,076			$17,873	23.9	18.2	999	82
530000300587	918	Barnes Elementary	Public	K-5	401 Barnes	Kelso	98626	Cowlitz County	Kelso School District	No	No	No	Yes	(360) 501-1500	357	23	15.8	85.4%	222 (62.2%)	0 (0.0%)	94 (26.3%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.6%)	20 (5.6%)	18 (5.0%)	$19,940			$2,748			$17,192	23.8	17.4	1014	96
531005003711	919	Columbia Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	600 Bozarth Ave	Woodland	98674	Cowlitz County	Woodland School District	No	No	No	No	(360) 841-2900	428	31	13.7	53.5%	265 (61.9%)	3 (0.7%)	133 (31.1%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (6.1%)	$19,985			$1,291			$18,694	23.8	12.4	1070	151
530585000864	920	Lacey Elementary	Public	K-5	1800 Homann Dr SE	Lacey	98503	Thurston County	North Thurston Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(360) 412-4650	382	30	12.5	69.1%	169 (44.2%)	16 (4.2%)	80 (20.9%)	14 (3.7%)	7 (1.8%)	20 (5.2%)	76 (19.9%)	$19,684			$1,871			$17,813	23.7	27.8	857	63

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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.