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)
530870001457	121	Browns Point Elementary School	Public	K-5	1526 51st St Ne	Tacoma	98422	Pierce County	Tacoma School District	No	No	No	No	(253) 571-7600	434	25	17.4	19.1%	219 (50.5%)	10 (2.3%)	50 (11.5%)	68 (15.7%)	4 (0.9%)	3 (0.7%)	80 (18.4%)	$18,084			$1,318			$16,766	89.2	88.6	123	2
530771001199	122	Lawton Elementary School	Public	K-5	4000 27 Av W	Seattle	98199	King County	Seattle School District No. 1	No	No	No	No	(206) 252-2130	335	21	15.9	7.5%	231 (69.0%)	5 (1.5%)	23 (6.9%)	25 (7.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	50 (14.9%)	$19,648			$1,386			$18,262	89.1	93	78	44
530771001223	123	North Beach Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	9018 24 Av NW	Seattle	98117	King County	Seattle School District No. 1	No	No	No	No	(206) 252-1510	344	25	13.6	12.2%	240 (69.8%)	12 (3.5%)	22 (6.4%)	16 (4.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	52 (15.1%)	$21,594			$1,615			$19,979	89	93.6	69	54
530870001478	124	Lowell Elementary School	Public	K-5	810 Mr. Dahl DR	Tacoma	98403	Pierce County	Tacoma School District	No	No	No	No	(253) 571-7200	319	19	16.7	25.4%	209 (65.5%)	11 (3.4%)	39 (12.2%)	13 (4.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	46 (14.4%)	$18,585			$1,170			$17,415	88.9	88.1	130	6
530240000359	125	Seaview Elementary	Public	K-6	8426 188th St SW	Edmonds	98026	Snohomish County	Edmonds School District	No	No	No	No	(425) 431-7383	412	25	16.4	20.1%	282 (68.4%)	13 (3.2%)	50 (12.1%)	31 (7.5%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (8.0%)	$18,253			$667			$17,586	88.6	77.5	251	126
530669000984	126	Harbor Heights Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	4002 36th St NW	Gig Harbor	98335	Pierce County	Peninsula School District	No	No	No	No	(253) 530-1800	433	26	16.4	19.9%	295 (68.1%)	3 (0.7%)	61 (14.1%)	12 (2.8%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	60 (13.9%)	$18,512			$828			$17,685	88.4	87.3	139	13
530111001827	127	Sunrise Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	10304 E 9th Ave	Spokane Valley	99206	Spokane County	Central Valley School District	No	No	No	No	(509) 558-3600	679	44	15.4	23.6%	591 (87.0%)	5 (0.7%)	27 (4.0%)	15 (2.2%)	5 (0.7%)	3 (0.4%)	33 (4.9%)	$14,916			$1,935			$12,981	88.3	89.9	113	14
530591000893	128	Shelton View Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	23400 5 Av W	Bothell	98021	Snohomish County	Northshore School District	No	No	No	No	(425) 408-5200	459	29	15.8	19.0%	207 (45.1%)	10 (2.2%)	56 (12.2%)	138 (30.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	48 (10.5%)	$16,558			$407			$16,151	88.1	92.5	85	43
530081003460	129	Woodburn Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	2400 NE Woodburn Dr	Camas	98607	Clark County	Camas School District	No	No	No	Yes	(360) 833-5860	622	37	16.9	21.4%	412 (66.2%)	7 (1.1%)	83 (13.3%)	44 (7.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	72 (11.6%)	$14,587			$879			$13,708	88	84.3	172	43
530038002782	130	CAM Academy	Public, Alternative	3-12	715 NW Onsdorff Blvd.	Battle Ground	98604	Clark County	Battle Ground School District	No	No	No	No	(360) 885-6804	505	18	27.6	35.0%	440 (87.1%)	4 (0.8%)	31 (6.1%)	15 (3.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (3.0%)	$12,316			$660			$11,657	87.9	89.8	117	13

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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.