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)
530927000572	371	Chinook Elementary School	Public	K-5	1900 NW Bliss Rd	Vancouver	98685	Clark County	Vancouver School District	No	No	No	No	(360) 313-1600	546	31	17.5	35.0%	394 (72.2%)	16 (2.9%)	75 (13.7%)	9 (1.6%)	9 (1.6%)	3 (0.5%)	40 (7.3%)	$18,047			$2,116			$15,931	65.8	65.6	365	6
530576000853	372	Hilder Pearson Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	15650 Central Valley Rd NW	Poulsbo	98370	Kitsap County	North Kitsap School District	No	No	No	No	(360) 396-3750	286	20	14.4	32.9%	182 (63.6%)	5 (1.7%)	51 (17.8%)	9 (3.1%)	4 (1.4%)	4 (1.4%)	30 (10.5%)	$19,449			$1,652			$17,796	65.8	72	305	67
530396001610	373	Sawyer Woods Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	31135 228th Ave SE	Black Diamond	98010	King County	Kent School District	No	No	No	No	(253) 373-7750	414	24	17.2	30.0%	238 (57.5%)	23 (5.6%)	56 (13.5%)	46 (11.1%)	2 (0.5%)	2 (0.5%)	47 (11.4%)	$17,757			$750			$17,006	65.8	75.3	272	101
530111000194	374	Greenacres Elementary	Public	K-5	17915 E 4th Ave	Spokane Valley	99016	Spokane County	Central Valley School District	No	No	No	Yes	(509) 558-4200	606	42	14.3	51.3%	453 (74.8%)	12 (2.0%)	65 (10.7%)	11 (1.8%)	6 (1.0%)	10 (1.7%)	48 (7.9%)	$16,551			$2,641			$13,910	65.7	48.5	570	196
530042000110	375	Parkview Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	3030 Cornwall Ave	Bellingham	98225	Whatcom County	Bellingham School District	No	No	No	No	(360) 676-6433	399	25	16	34.1%	299 (74.9%)	4 (1.0%)	51 (12.8%)	17 (4.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (6.5%)	$18,959			$1,114			$17,845	65.7	73.6	289	86
530825003912	376	Spokane Public Language Immersion	Public	K-8	2900 E 1st Ave	Spokane	99202	Spokane County	Spokane School District	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(509) 354-7500	0				0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								65.7			(n/a)
530075000153	377	Brinnon Elementary	Public	K-8	46 Schoolhouse Rd	Brinnon	98320	Jefferson County	Brinnon School District	No	No	No	Yes	(360) 796-4646	74	6	12.9	89.2%	56 (75.7%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (10.8%)	2 (2.7%)	1 (1.4%)	1 (1.4%)	6 (8.1%)	$22,289			$3,627			$18,662	65.5			(n/a)
530495002487	378	Hallett Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	524 N. Hallett St.	Medical Lake	99022	Spokane County	Medical Lake School District	No	No	No	Yes	(509) 565-3400	494	31	15.9	51.8%	402 (81.4%)	7 (1.4%)	50 (10.1%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.6%)	29 (5.9%)	$15,086			$1,611			$13,476	65.4	61.8	410	32
530333000510	379	Griffin School	Public	PK, KG-8	6530 33rd Ave NW	Olympia	98502	Thurston County	Griffin School District	No	No	No	Yes	(360) 866-2515	577	34	17.1	22.9%	445 (77.1%)	9 (1.6%)	59 (10.2%)	6 (1.0%)	10 (1.7%)	2 (0.3%)	45 (7.8%)	$17,667			$1,088			$16,579	65.3	64	386	7
530774001274	380	Clear Lake Elementary School	Public	K-6	23631 Lake Street	Clearlake	98235	Skagit County	Sedro-Woolley School District	No	No	No	No	(360) 855-3530	298	16	18.6	43.6%	232 (77.9%)	0 (0.0%)	42 (14.1%)	2 (0.7%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (6.0%)	$17,732			$1,083			$16,649	65.3	61	424	44

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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.