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)
530042000115	171	Silver Beach Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	4101 Academy St	Bellingham	98226	Whatcom County	Bellingham School District	No	No	No	No	(360) 676-6443	349	19	17.9	19.5%	264 (75.6%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (8.0%)	9 (2.6%)	7 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	41 (11.7%)	$18,065			$1,477			$16,588	84.2	84.1	174	3
530111000192	172	Chester Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	3525 S. Pines Road	Spokane Valley	99206	Spokane County	Central Valley School District	No	No	No	No	(509) 558-3150	419	29	14.3	28.9%	332 (79.2%)	5 (1.2%)	37 (8.8%)	10 (2.4%)	7 (1.7%)	8 (1.9%)	20 (4.8%)	$17,194			$2,158			$15,036	84.2	82.1	200	28
530825002366	173	Moran Prairie Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	4224 E 57Th Ave	Spokane	99223	Spokane County	Spokane School District	No	No	No	No	(509) 354-3700	480	33	14.6	32.3%	407 (84.8%)	7 (1.5%)	28 (5.8%)	13 (2.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	24 (5.0%)	$16,284			$1,792			$14,493	84.2	84	179	6
530771002347	174	Thurgood Marshall Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	2401 S Irving St	Seattle	98144	King County	Seattle School District No. 1	No	No	No	Yes	(206) 252-2800	473	33	14.5	44.8%	127 (26.8%)	112 (23.7%)	54 (11.4%)	78 (16.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	96 (20.3%)	$22,705			$2,079			$20,625	84.1	88.3	128	46
530396000623	175	Lake Youngs Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	19660 142nd Ave SE	Kent	98042	King County	Kent School District	No	No	No	No	(253) 373-7646	500	32	15.7	35.2%	182 (36.4%)	35 (7.0%)	71 (14.2%)	139 (27.8%)	3 (0.6%)	6 (1.2%)	64 (12.8%)	$18,615			$656			$17,959	84.1	80.8	211	36
530039000088	176	Spiritridge Elementary School	Public	K-5	16401 SE 24th Street	Bellevue	98008	King County	Bellevue School District	No	No	No	No	(425) 456-5900	582	32	18.4	13.4%	152 (26.1%)	20 (3.4%)	50 (8.6%)	298 (51.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	62 (10.7%)	$16,253			$545			$15,708	84	96.6	28	148
530771003271	177	Hazel Wolf K-8	Public	K-8	11530 12th Ave. NE	Seattle	98125	King County	Seattle School District No. 1	No	No	No	No	(206) 252-4500	720	42	17.3	22.2%	392 (54.4%)	79 (11.0%)	49 (6.8%)	83 (11.5%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.6%)	107 (14.9%)	$19,785			$1,477			$18,307	84	83	189	12
530594002264	178	Hillcrest Elementary	Public	K-4	1500 NW 2nd Ave.	Oak Harbor	98277	Island County	Oak Harbor School District	No	No	No	No	(360) 279-5200	502	31	15.9	30.5%	315 (62.7%)	17 (3.4%)	75 (14.9%)	23 (4.6%)	1 (0.2%)	4 (0.8%)	62 (12.4%)	$19,434			$1,136			$18,297	83.9	84.6	168	10
530039000065	179	Clyde Hill Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	9601 NE 24th Street	Bellevue	98004	King County	Bellevue School District	No	No	No	No	(425) 456-5000	459	21	21.4	13.7%	130 (28.3%)	15 (3.3%)	40 (8.7%)	236 (51.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	36 (7.8%)	$18,864			$353			$18,511	83.8	94.2	59	120
530918001552	180	Chambers Elementary	Public	K-4	9101 56th Ave W	University Place	98467	Pierce County	University Place School District	No	No	No	Yes	(253) 566-5650	473	30	15.7	41.0%	205 (43.3%)	62 (13.1%)	70 (14.8%)	54 (11.4%)	1 (0.2%)	8 (1.7%)	73 (15.4%)	$17,816			$1,486			$16,330	83.7	73.3	291	111

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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.