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)
530042000108	291	Lowell Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	914 15th St	Bellingham	98225	Whatcom County	Bellingham School District	No	No	No	No	(360) 676-6430	308	20	15.7	36.0%	223 (72.4%)	6 (1.9%)	42 (13.6%)	5 (1.6%)	5 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (8.8%)	$19,813			$1,674			$18,139	72.7	65.4	368	77
530543002263	292	Columbia Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	10520 Harbour Pointe Blvd	Mukilteo	98275	Snohomish County	Mukilteo School District	No	No	No	No	(425) 366-2600	593	36	16.5	39.3%	267 (45.0%)	40 (6.7%)	108 (18.2%)	111 (18.7%)	2 (0.3%)	5 (0.8%)	60 (10.1%)	$20,184			$1,436			$18,749	72.6	70	328	36
530870002742	293	Crescent Heights Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	4110 Nassau Ave Ne	Tacoma	98422	Pierce County	Tacoma School District	No	No	No	No	(253) 571-5500	496	25	19.8	45.2%	185 (37.3%)	42 (8.5%)	116 (23.4%)	45 (9.1%)	4 (0.8%)	15 (3.0%)	89 (17.9%)	$17,886			$1,106			$16,781	72.6	68.3	342	49
530231000317	294	Cascade Elementary	Public	K-6	2330 N. Baker Ave.	East Wenatchee	98802	Douglas County	Eastmont School District	No	No	No	Yes	(509) 884-0523	598	38	15.9	58.9%	292 (48.8%)	1 (0.2%)	285 (47.7%)	7 (1.2%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (1.8%)	$15,774			$1,526			$14,248	72.5	71.1	314	20
530081000163	295	Lacamas Lake Elementary	Public	K-5	4825 North Shore Blvd	Camas	98607	Clark County	Camas School District	No	No	No	No	(360) 833-5740	358	24	15.1	24.0%	238 (66.5%)	4 (1.1%)	37 (10.3%)	19 (5.3%)	3 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	57 (15.9%)	$16,451			$1,314			$15,138	72.4	81.2	208	87
530918001551	296	Sunset Primary	Public	PK, KG-4	4523 97th Ave W	University Place	98466	Pierce County	University Place School District	No	No	No	No	(253) 566-5640	545	31	17.8	39.6%	249 (45.7%)	37 (6.8%)	107 (19.6%)	46 (8.4%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.6%)	103 (18.9%)	$17,310			$1,711			$15,599	72.1	75.7	266	30
530910002379	297	East Olympia Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	8700 Rich Road	Olympia	98501	Thurston County	Tumwater School District	No	No	No	No	(360) 709-7150	613	33	18.7	33.4%	409 (66.7%)	17 (2.8%)	115 (18.8%)	20 (3.3%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	50 (8.2%)	$14,986			$801			$14,185	71.8	71	315	18
530591002329	298	Frank Love Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	303 224 St SW	Bothell	98021	Snohomish County	Northshore School District	No	No	No	No	(425) 408-4600	513	38	13.5	24.2%	225 (43.9%)	19 (3.7%)	92 (17.9%)	118 (23.0%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	56 (10.9%)	$21,681			$899			$20,782	71.8	69.5	331	33
530939001596	299	Waitsburg Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	184 Academy	Waitsburg	99361	Walla Walla County	Waitsburg School District	No	No	No	Yes	(509) 337-6461	146	8	18.5	43.8%	128 (87.7%)	2 (1.4%)	8 (5.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (4.1%)	$16,761			$1,765			$14,996	71.5	63	397	98
530930001394	300	Chautauqua Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	9309 SW Cemetery Rd	Vashon	98070	King County	Vashon Island School District	No	No	No	Yes	(206) 463-2882	487	29	16.9	35.5%	333 (68.4%)	4 (0.8%)	90 (18.5%)	8 (1.6%)	4 (0.8%)	1 (0.2%)	47 (9.7%)	$18,927			$853			$18,074	71.4	72.1	304	4

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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.