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)
530618001735	461	Lincoln Elementary School	Public	K-5	213 21st Ave SE	Olympia	98501	Thurston County	Olympia School District	No	No	No	No	(360) 596-6400	270	17	15.5	30.4%	189 (70.0%)	3 (1.1%)	36 (13.3%)	4 (1.5%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (9.3%)	$20,393			$868			$19,525	58.6	67.4	354	107
530396002308	462	Carriage Crest Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	18235 140th Ave SE	Renton	98058	King County	Kent School District	No	No	No	No	(253) 373-7597	409	30	13.4	31.3%	148 (36.2%)	30 (7.3%)	51 (12.5%)	119 (29.1%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.0%)	57 (13.9%)	$18,872			$733			$18,139	58.6	68.1	344	118
530927001558	463	Dwight D Eisenhower Elementary	Public	K-5	9201 NW 9th Ave	Vancouver	98665	Clark County	Vancouver School District	No	No	No	No	(360) 313-1700	475	31	15.2	48.0%	297 (62.5%)	14 (2.9%)	87 (18.3%)	14 (2.9%)	2 (0.4%)	14 (2.9%)	47 (9.9%)	$17,040			$1,936			$15,104	58.5	73.6	290	173
530147000275	464	Davis Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	31 SE Ash Street	College Place	99324	Walla Walla County	College Place School District	No	No	No	Yes	(509) 525-5110	734	48	15.3	59.4%	369 (50.3%)	14 (1.9%)	314 (42.8%)	12 (1.6%)	2 (0.3%)	6 (0.8%)	17 (2.3%)	$17,103			$3,626			$13,477	58.4	54	498	34
530910001543	465	Peter G Schmidt Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	237 Dennis Street SE	Tumwater	98501	Thurston County	Tumwater School District	No	No	No	Yes	(360) 709-7200	578	37	15.4	45.2%	341 (59.0%)	7 (1.2%)	112 (19.4%)	9 (1.6%)	4 (0.7%)	6 (1.0%)	98 (17.0%)	$15,435			$1,342			$14,092	58.3	57	469	4
530669000982	466	Evergreen Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1820 Key Peninsula Hwy KPS	Lakebay	98349	Pierce County	Peninsula School District	No	No	No	Yes	(253) 530-1300	280	18	15.8	62.5%	203 (72.5%)	0 (0.0%)	47 (16.8%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.1%)	26 (9.3%)	$21,772			$3,294			$18,478	58.3	53	507	41
530771001182	467	West Seattle Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	6760 34 Av SW	Seattle	98126	King County	Seattle School District No. 1	No	No	No	Yes	(206) 252-9450	381	33	11.7	81.9%	50 (13.1%)	257 (67.5%)	33 (8.7%)	16 (4.2%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.3%)	22 (5.8%)	$29,154			$4,418			$24,736	58.3	56.8	471	4
531005003715	468	North Fork Elementary School	Public	K-4	2250 Lewis River Road	Woodland	98674	Cowlitz County	Woodland School District	No	No	No	No	(360) 841-2750	445	31	14.5	35.7%	356 (80.0%)	2 (0.4%)	42 (9.4%)	6 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	36 (8.1%)	$20,088			$1,175			$18,914	58.1	61.6	417	51
530048000123	469	Elk Plain School of Choice	Public	K-8	22015 22nd Avenue East	Spanaway	98397	Pierce County	Bethel School District	No	No	No	No	(253) 800-7900	570	37	15.4	39.1%	315 (55.3%)	38 (6.7%)	73 (12.8%)	16 (2.8%)	7 (1.2%)	7 (1.2%)	114 (20.0%)	$18,285			$452			$17,833	58	59.4	452	17
530696001036	470	Mt View Elementary	Public	K-6	3411 119th Ave E	Edgewood	98372	Pierce County	Puyallup School District	No	No	No	Yes	(253) 841-8739	284	19	14.8	40.5%	172 (60.6%)	8 (2.8%)	56 (19.7%)	6 (2.1%)	2 (0.7%)	9 (3.2%)	31 (10.9%)	$17,561			$1,000			$16,561	58	61.8	408	62

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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.