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)
530423000673	71	Community School	Public	1-5	11133 NE 65th	Kirkland	98033	King County	Lake Washington School District	No	No	No	No	(425) 936-2395	70	4	19.7	8.6%	42 (60.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (2.9%)	20 (28.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (8.6%)	$16,057			$509			$15,549	93.3	88.4	125	54
530591000888	72	Lockwood Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	24118 Lockwood RD	Bothell	98021	Snohomish County	Northshore School District	No	No	No	No	(425) 408-5800	589	36	16.2	11.9%	293 (49.7%)	4 (0.7%)	58 (9.8%)	143 (24.3%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	88 (14.9%)	$18,250			$447			$17,803	93.2	93.1	75	3
530423003640	73	Clara Barton Elementary School	Public	K-5	12011 172nd Ave NE	Redmond	98052	King County	Lake Washington School District	No	No	No	No	(425) 936-2480	541	37	14.5	15.2%	122 (22.6%)	18 (3.3%)	72 (13.3%)	281 (51.9%)	1 (0.2%)	5 (0.9%)	42 (7.8%)	$19,971			$590			$19,381	93.2	94.4	56	17
530693001017	74	Franklin Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	850 SE Klemgard	Pullman	99163	Whitman County	Pullman School District	No	No	No	No	(509) 334-5641	262	20	13	27.5%	181 (69.1%)	5 (1.9%)	35 (13.4%)	13 (5.0%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	26 (9.9%)	$16,605			$1,758			$14,847	92.9	93.6	68	6
530771001245	75	Genesee Hill Elementary	Public	K-5	5013 SW Dakota Street	Seattle	98116	King County	Seattle School District No. 1	No	No	No	No	(206) 252-9700	519	32	16.3	8.9%	362 (69.7%)	12 (2.3%)	42 (8.1%)	19 (3.7%)	4 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	78 (15.0%)	$19,605			$1,262			$18,343	92.8	92.2	91	16
530792003116	76	Cascade K-8 Community School	Public	K-8	2800 NE 200th	Shoreline	98155	King County	Shoreline School District	No	No	No	No	(206) 393-4180	209	13	16.6	18.2%	131 (62.7%)	4 (1.9%)	26 (12.4%)	5 (2.4%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	40 (19.1%)	$20,713			$2,389			$18,324	92.7	92.1	92	16
530771001206	77	Loyal Heights Elementary School	Public	K-5	520 NE Ravenna Blvd	Seattle	98115	King County	Seattle School District No. 1	No	No	No	No	(206) 252-1500	502	32	15.8	10.6%	378 (75.3%)	4 (0.8%)	39 (7.8%)	21 (4.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	58 (11.6%)	$20,582			$1,354			$19,228	92.7	88.6	124	47
530591000894	78	Wellington Elementary	Public	K-5	16501 NE 195 St	Woodinville	98072	King County	Northshore School District	No	No	No	No	(425) 408-5900	429	28	15.2	12.1%	268 (62.5%)	13 (3.0%)	39 (9.1%)	65 (15.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	43 (10.0%)	$17,450			$435			$17,015	92.6	90.2	109	31
530804002239	79	Edwin R Opstad Elementary	Public	K-5	1345 Stilson Ave SE	North Bend	98045	King County	Snoqualmie Valley School District	No	No	No	Yes	(425) 831-8300	561	36	15.5	13.4%	434 (77.4%)	4 (0.7%)	53 (9.4%)	21 (3.7%)	1 (0.2%)	4 (0.7%)	43 (7.7%)	$16,088			$621			$15,466	92.5	89.5	118	39
530771001157	80	B F Day Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	3921 Linden Av N	Seattle	98103	King County	Seattle School District No. 1	No	No	No	No	(206) 252-6010	390	29	13.6	15.9%	246 (63.1%)	16 (4.1%)	25 (6.4%)	34 (8.7%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	65 (16.7%)	$21,769			$1,908			$19,861	92.4	89.9	114	34

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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.