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)
530780003074	641	Selkirk Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	219 Park Avenue	Metaline Falls	99153	Pend Oreille County	Selkirk School District	No	No	No	Yes	(509) 446-4225	124	9	14.4	66.1%	105 (84.7%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (12.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (2.4%)	$19,091			$2,768			$16,323	43.6	33.7	782	141
530774001276	642	Lyman Elementary School	Public	K-6	8183 Lyman Avenue	Lyman	98263	Skagit County	Sedro-Woolley School District	No	No	No	No	(360) 855-3535	164	9	17.6	51.8%	139 (84.8%)	1 (0.6%)	11 (6.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)	12 (7.3%)	$17,761			$1,222			$16,539	43.4	66.8	360	282
530042000101	643	Carl Cozier Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1330 Lincoln St	Bellingham	98229	Whatcom County	Bellingham School District	No	No	No	Yes	(360) 676-6410	321	24	13.4	43.3%	198 (61.7%)	6 (1.9%)	65 (20.2%)	11 (3.4%)	7 (2.2%)	3 (0.9%)	31 (9.7%)	$22,512			$3,686			$18,826	43.3	40.8	675	32
530816002360	644	Sidney Glen Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	500 SW Birch Rd	Port Orchard	98366	Kitsap County	South Kitsap School District	No	No	No	Yes	(360) 443-3400	463	33	13.8	47.1%	258 (55.7%)	12 (2.6%)	87 (18.8%)	21 (4.5%)	4 (0.9%)	13 (2.8%)	68 (14.7%)	$21,642			$2,347			$19,295	43.2	42.9	652	8
531014001715	645	Southworth Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	13849 Yelm Hwy SE	Yelm	98597	Thurston County	Yelm School District	No	No	No	Yes	(360) 458-2500	628	37	16.8	45.1%	350 (55.7%)	21 (3.3%)	120 (19.1%)	26 (4.1%)	19 (3.0%)	22 (3.5%)	70 (11.1%)	$15,812			$1,542			$14,269	43	41.5	667	22
530999001679	646	Wishkah Valley Elementary/High School	Public, Alternative	K-12	4640 Wishkah Rd.	Aberdeen	98520	Grays Harbor County	Wishkah Valley School District	No	No	No	Yes	(360) 532-3128	157	14	10.9	73.9%	136 (86.6%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (3.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (10.2%)	$25,561			$1,227			$24,334	42.9	40.9	673	27
530822001360	647	Southside Elementary	Public	K-7	161 SE Collier Rd	Shelton	98584	Mason County	Southside School District	No	No	No	Yes	(360) 426-8437	195	14	14.2	52.3%	148 (75.9%)	2 (1.0%)	24 (12.3%)	1 (0.5%)	6 (3.1%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (7.2%)	$18,437			$1,233			$17,204	42.9	45.4	608	39
530048001749	648	Naches Trail Elementary	Public	K-5	15305 Waller Road East	Tacoma	98446	Pierce County	Bethel School District	No	No	No	Yes	(253) 800-8700	447	34	13.1	58.6%	185 (41.4%)	38 (8.5%)	99 (22.1%)	22 (4.9%)	4 (0.9%)	17 (3.8%)	82 (18.3%)	$21,409			$1,164			$20,245	42.8	48.7	566	82
530024001815	649	Presidents Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	505 East Third	Arlington	98223	Snohomish County	Arlington School District	No	No	No	No	(360) 618-6240	551	37	15	41.9%	401 (72.8%)	4 (0.7%)	87 (15.8%)	7 (1.3%)	5 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	46 (8.3%)	$19,801			$1,829			$17,972	42.7	46.5	601	48
530282000453	650	Twin Lakes Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	4400 SW 320th St	Federal Way	98023	King County	Federal Way School District	No	No	No	Yes	(253) 945-4200	394	22	18.3	68.0%	118 (29.9%)	62 (15.7%)	100 (25.4%)	26 (6.6%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (5.8%)	64 (16.2%)	$22,179			$3,201			$18,978	42.7	63.1	394	256

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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.
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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.