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)
530039000067	181	Enatai Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	10700 SE 25th Street	Bellevue	98004	King County	Bellevue School District	No	No	No	No	(425) 456-5200	516	27	19.3	19.2%	197 (38.2%)	25 (4.8%)	64 (12.4%)	152 (29.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	77 (14.9%)	$21,403			$627			$20,776	83.7	83.8	182	1
530732003901	182	Desert Sky Elementary	Public	K-5	2100 Sunshine Avenue	West Richland	99353	Benton County	Richland School District	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(509) 967-6225	426	25	17	18.1%	340 (79.8%)	2 (0.5%)	51 (12.0%)	8 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (5.9%)								83.5	87.1	142	40
530456000715	183	Cherry Valley Elementary School	Public	K-5	26701 NE Cherry Valley Rd	Duvall	98019	King County	Riverview School District	No	No	No	No	(425) 844-4750	477	27	17.4	14.7%	327 (68.6%)	0 (0.0%)	67 (14.0%)	47 (9.9%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (6.9%)	$18,088			$438			$17,650	83.5	79.1	230	47
530861001445	184	Donald Eismann Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	13802 Canyon View Blvd East	Bonney Lake	98391	Pierce County	Sumner-Bonney Lake School District	No	No	No	No	(253) 891-4500	744	39	19.1	24.6%	435 (58.5%)	15 (2.0%)	126 (16.9%)	64 (8.6%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.7%)	99 (13.3%)	$11,928			$418			$11,510	83.3	81.4	204	20
530039003883	185	Bellevue Digital Discovery	Public, Virtual, Alternative	K-12	12011 NE 1st Street	Bellevue	98005	King County	Bellevue School District	No	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(425) 456-4045	190	4	47.5	16.3%	63 (33.2%)	19 (10.0%)	33 (17.4%)	35 (18.4%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	38 (20.0%)								83.2			(n/a)
530723003651	186	Sartori Elementary School	Public, Magnet	K-5	332 Park Ave N	Renton	98057	King County	Renton School District	No	Yes	No	No	(425) 204-4500	512	29	17.6	31.8%	124 (24.2%)	62 (12.1%)	89 (17.4%)	150 (29.3%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	84 (16.4%)	$17,885			$931			$16,954	83.2	78.3	243	57
530771001102	187	Pathfinder K-8 School	Public	K-8	1901 SW Genesee St	Seattle	98106	King County	Seattle School District No. 1	No	No	No	No	(206) 252-9710	448	30	15.1	15.8%	284 (63.4%)	21 (4.7%)	59 (13.2%)	20 (4.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	56 (12.5%)	$22,779			$1,455			$21,324	83.2	77.6	250	63
530375002107	188	Clark Elementary	Public	K-5	335 First Avenue SE	Issaquah	98027	King County	Issaquah School District	No	No	No	Yes	(425) 837-6250	601	41	14.6	31.4%	232 (38.6%)	35 (5.8%)	73 (12.1%)	187 (31.1%)	3 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	70 (11.6%)	$17,126			$1,316			$15,810	83.2	78.3	240	52
530792002646	189	Home Education Exchange	Public	K-8	2800 NE 200th	Shoreline	98155	King County	Shoreline School District	No	No	No	No	(206) 418-3388	125	0		16.0%	94 (75.2%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (4.0%)	14 (11.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (9.6%)	$12,939			$267			$12,672	83.1	85.9	153	36
530396000617	190	Grass Lake Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	28700 191st Place SE	Kent	98042	King County	Kent School District	No	No	No	No	(253) 373-7661	354	22	16.3	34.2%	191 (54.0%)	16 (4.5%)	71 (20.1%)	39 (11.0%)	2 (0.6%)	3 (0.8%)	32 (9.0%)	$18,357			$785			$17,571	83.1	82.8	193	3

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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.