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)
530240000341	691	Hazelwood Elementary	Public	K-6	3300 204th St SW	Lynnwood	98036	Snohomish County	Edmonds School District	No	No	No	No	(425) 431-7884	400	29	13.9	52.0%	162 (40.5%)	51 (12.8%)	101 (25.3%)	56 (14.0%)	7 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (5.8%)	$19,778			$1,324			$18,454	39.1	36.4	736	45
530525000795	692	Mossyrock Elementary School	Public	K-6	445 Williams St	Mossyrock	98564	Lewis County	Mossyrock School District	No	No	No	Yes	(360) 983-3184	314	20	15.9	72.3%	235 (74.8%)	3 (1.0%)	68 (21.7%)	1 (0.3%)	3 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.3%)	$15,265			$1,080			$14,185	39	26.2	891	199
530771001169	693	Kimball Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	3200 23 Av S	Seattle	98144	King County	Seattle School District No. 1	No	No	No	Yes	(206) 252-7280	415	32	13	50.6%	101 (24.3%)	106 (25.5%)	76 (18.3%)	75 (18.1%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	49 (11.8%)	$24,710			$1,872			$22,838	39	46.2	604	89
530204000304	694	Dayton Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	302 E Park	Dayton	99328	Columbia County	Dayton School District	No	No	No	Yes	(206) 382-2507	180	13	14	59.4%	153 (85.0%)	1 (0.6%)	17 (9.4%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (4.4%)	$20,582			$1,459			$19,123	38.8	33.9	779	85
530114000211	695	Washington Elementary School	Public	K-6	800 Field Street	Centralia	98531	Lewis County	Centralia School District	No	No	No	Yes	(360) 330-7641	286	20	14.4	80.4%	157 (54.9%)	2 (0.7%)	107 (37.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.0%)	17 (5.9%)	$17,123			$3,015			$14,108	38.8	22.8	940	245
530870003889	696	Tacoma Online Elementary School	Public, Virtual	K-5	6501 N.23rd St.	Tacoma	98406	Pierce County	Tacoma School District	No	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(253) 571-1545	159	14	11.3	74.2%	54 (34.0%)	25 (15.7%)	30 (18.9%)	12 (7.5%)	2 (1.3%)	7 (4.4%)	29 (18.2%)								38.8	29.9	830	134
530927001581	697	Sacajawea Elementary School	Public	K-5	700 NE 112th St	Vancouver	98685	Clark County	Vancouver School District	No	No	No	No	(360) 313-2750	398	26	15.2	43.0%	239 (60.1%)	10 (2.5%)	83 (20.9%)	6 (1.5%)	3 (0.8%)	8 (2.0%)	48 (12.1%)	$19,204			$2,159			$17,045	38.7	34.3	772	75
530816002357	698	Hidden Creek Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	5455 Converse Road SE	Port Orchard	98367	Kitsap County	South Kitsap School District	No	No	No	Yes	(360) 443-3050	395	30	13.2	48.6%	245 (62.0%)	10 (2.5%)	69 (17.5%)	18 (4.6%)	3 (0.8%)	6 (1.5%)	44 (11.1%)	$20,452			$2,256			$18,196	38.6	43.2	646	52
530537000808	699	Terrace Heights Elementary	Public	K-5	101 N 41st St	Yakima	98901	Yakima County	East Valley School District (Yakima)	No	No	No	Yes	(509) 573-7800	461	30	15.3	72.0%	197 (42.7%)	3 (0.7%)	232 (50.3%)	3 (0.7%)	11 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (3.3%)	$15,519			$1,515			$14,004	38.6	37.1	727	28
530108000182	700	Esquire Hills Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	2650 NE John Carlson RD	Bremerton	98311	Kitsap County	Central Kitsap School District	No	No	No	Yes	(360) 662-8600	298	22	13.5	59.7%	131 (44.0%)	15 (5.0%)	69 (23.2%)	10 (3.4%)	2 (0.7%)	16 (5.4%)	54 (18.1%)	$19,911			$1,690			$18,220	38.5	44.2	624	76

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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.