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)
530423000657	41	John J. Audubon Elementary	Public	K-5	3045 180th NE	Redmond	98052	King County	Lake Washington School District	No	No	No	No	(425) 936-2500	456	28	16.5	6.8%	190 (41.7%)	4 (0.9%)	31 (6.8%)	204 (44.7%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (5.5%)	$18,207			$508			$17,698	95.5	95.9	39	2
530771001219	42	Montlake Elementary School	Public	K-5	2409 22 Av E	Seattle	98112	King County	Seattle School District No. 1	No	No	No	No	(206) 252-3300	167	13	13.3	9.0%	101 (60.5%)	7 (4.2%)	11 (6.6%)	18 (10.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (17.4%)	$23,816			$2,169			$21,648	95.5	93.3	71	29
530771002017	43	Catharine Blaine K-8 School	Public	K-8	2550 34 Av W	Seattle	98199	King County	Seattle School District No. 1	No	No	No	No	(206) 252-1920	436	24	17.9	8.0%	299 (68.6%)	7 (1.6%)	32 (7.3%)	44 (10.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	51 (11.7%)	$18,840			$1,347			$17,493	95.5	92	94	51
530771001261	44	Wedgwood Elementary School	Public	K-5	2720 NE 85 St	Seattle	98115	King County	Seattle School District No. 1	No	No	No	No	(206) 252-5670	355	17	20.5	10.7%	201 (56.6%)	7 (2.0%)	31 (8.7%)	43 (12.1%)	3 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	68 (19.2%)	$18,484			$1,184			$17,300	95.4	96.3	33	11
530591001612	45	Kokanee Elementary	Public	K-5	23710 57 Av SE	Woodinville	98072	King County	Northshore School District	No	No	No	No	(425) 408-4900	665	41	16.1	5.4%	130 (19.5%)	14 (2.1%)	25 (3.8%)	448 (67.4%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	43 (6.5%)	$17,418			$964			$16,454	95.4	93.9	61	16
530423002649	46	Elizabeth Blackwell Elementary	Public	K-5	3225 - 205th PL NE	Sammamish	98074	King County	Lake Washington School District	No	No	No	No	(425) 936-2520	508	28	18.4	4.5%	181 (35.6%)	3 (0.6%)	28 (5.5%)	270 (53.1%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (4.9%)	$18,743			$550			$18,193	95.4	95.7	42	4
530591000878	47	Canyon Creek Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	21400 35 Av SE	Bothell	98021	Snohomish County	Northshore School District	No	No	No	No	(425) 408-5700	920	57	16.1	15.1%	295 (32.1%)	16 (1.7%)	75 (8.2%)	444 (48.3%)	4 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	86 (9.3%)	$16,194			$431			$15,763	95.4	95.4	48	1
530423000658	48	Benjamin Franklin Elementary	Public	K-5	12434 NE 60th	Kirkland	98033	King County	Lake Washington School District	No	No	No	No	(425) 936-2550	464	29	15.9	9.3%	125 (26.9%)	6 (1.3%)	36 (7.8%)	257 (55.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	40 (8.6%)	$19,696			$583			$19,113	95.1	91.7	98	50
530375000482	49	Cougar Ridge Elementary	Public	K-5	4630 167th Ave SE	Bellevue	98006	King County	Issaquah School District	No	No	No	No	(425) 837-7300	476	29	16.4	10.5%	168 (35.3%)	11 (2.3%)	40 (8.4%)	205 (43.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	52 (10.9%)	$17,192			$1,332			$15,859	95	96.2	35	14
530861003643	50	Tehaleh Heights Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	17520 Berkeley Parkway East	Bonney Lake	98391	Pierce County	Sumner-Bonney Lake School District	No	No	No	No	(253) 891-6530	497	31	15.9	17.1%	280 (56.3%)	16 (3.2%)	92 (18.5%)	34 (6.8%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	73 (14.7%)	$16,206			$962			$15,244	95	95.5	45	5

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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.