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)
530048000121	781	Chester H Thompson Elementary	Public	K-5	303 159th St E	Tacoma	98445	Pierce County	Bethel School District	No	No	No	Yes	(253) 800-5800	624	45	13.8	68.3%	137 (22.0%)	45 (7.2%)	276 (44.2%)	13 (2.1%)	6 (1.0%)	44 (7.1%)	102 (16.3%)	$20,591			$1,563			$19,028	32.8	32.5	796	15
530927001568	782	Hough Elementary School	Public	K-5	1900 Daniels St	Vancouver	98660	Clark County	Vancouver School District	No	No	No	No	(360) 313-2100	250	18	13.7	59.2%	161 (64.4%)	7 (2.8%)	48 (19.2%)	8 (3.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (10.4%)	$21,500			$1,882			$19,618	32.6	50.9	528	254
530447000700	783	Columbia Heights Elementary	Public	K-5	2820 Parkview Drive	Longview	98632	Cowlitz County	Longview School District	No	No	No	Yes	(360) 575-7461	334	24	14.2	62.3%	228 (68.3%)	0 (0.0%)	58 (17.4%)	3 (0.9%)	8 (2.4%)	2 (0.6%)	35 (10.5%)	$15,588			$1,069			$14,519	32.6	44.7	617	166
530519000783	784	Morton Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	400 W Main Ave	Morton	98356	Lewis County	Morton School District	No	No	No	Yes	(360) 496-5143	266	15	17.9	55.6%	227 (85.3%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (4.9%)	2 (0.8%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	21 (7.9%)	$16,836			$2,263			$14,573	32.6	44.9	614	170
530771001173	785	Bailey Gatzert Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1301 E Yesler Wy	Seattle	98122	King County	Seattle School District No. 1	No	No	No	Yes	(206) 252-2810	346	28	12.3	81.5%	40 (11.6%)	209 (60.4%)	40 (11.6%)	20 (5.8%)	5 (1.4%)	1 (0.3%)	29 (8.4%)	$25,762			$2,431			$23,331	32.6	27.8	858	73
530282000432	786	Camelot Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	4041 S 298th	Auburn	98001	King County	Federal Way School District	No	No	No	Yes	(253) 945-2500	325	22	15.1	69.2%	96 (29.5%)	42 (12.9%)	81 (24.9%)	55 (16.9%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (5.5%)	33 (10.2%)	$23,465			$2,918			$20,548	32.6	23.8	927	141
530552000829	787	Naselle-Grays River Valley Elementary	Public	K-5	793 Sr 4	Naselle	98638	Pacific County	Naselle-Grays River Valley School District	No	No	No	Yes	(360) 484-7121	125	10	12.8	55.2%	105 (84.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (6.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (8.0%)	$17,534			$4,263			$13,271	32.5	31.1	811	24
530825001403	788	Ridgeview Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	5610 N. Maple	Spokane	99205	Spokane County	Spokane School District	No	No	No	Yes	(509) 354-4000	304	21	14.2	72.7%	208 (68.4%)	2 (0.7%)	37 (12.2%)	7 (2.3%)	3 (1.0%)	4 (1.3%)	43 (14.1%)	$18,721			$1,930			$16,791	32.4	31.2	808	20
530954001623	789	Gause Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1100 34th St	Washougal	98671	Clark County	Washougal School District	No	No	No	Yes	(360) 954-3700	257	18	14.1	46.3%	202 (78.6%)	6 (2.3%)	29 (11.3%)	3 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (6.6%)	$19,783			$2,236			$17,546	32.4	46.8	595	194
530501000766	790	Irene Reither Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	954 E. Hemmi Road	Everson	98226	Whatcom County	Meridian School District	No	No	No	Yes	(360) 398-2111	707	46	15.3	47.9%	417 (59.0%)	9 (1.3%)	176 (24.9%)	42 (5.9%)	5 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	57 (8.1%)	$18,188			$2,257			$15,931	32.3	19.8	976	186

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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.