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)
530492000746	321	Farwell Elementary School	Public	K-5	13005 N Crestline	Spokane	99208	Spokane County	Mead School District	No	No	No	Yes	(509) 465-6500	527	31	16.7	42.9%	407 (77.2%)	9 (1.7%)	34 (6.5%)	16 (3.0%)	4 (0.8%)	9 (1.7%)	48 (9.1%)	$14,529			$990			$13,539	69.9	74.3	283	38
530825001404	322	Roosevelt Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	333 W 14Th Ave	Spokane	99204	Spokane County	Spokane School District	No	No	No	Yes	(509) 354-4040	431	33	13.1	55.5%	305 (70.8%)	17 (3.9%)	47 (10.9%)	10 (2.3%)	1 (0.2%)	8 (1.9%)	42 (9.7%)	$17,189			$1,904			$15,285	69.8	68.7	338	16
530513000774	323	Maltby Elementary	Public	K-5	9700 212th St. SE	Snohomish	98296	Snohomish County	Monroe School District	No	No	No	No	(360) 804-3500	316	20	15.4	25.0%	247 (78.2%)	0 (0.0%)	43 (13.6%)	6 (1.9%)	2 (0.6%)	2 (0.6%)	15 (4.7%)	$20,960			$1,591			$19,369	69.8	76.6	261	62
530910001542	324	Michael T Simmons Elementary	Public	K-5	1205 2nd Avenue SW	Tumwater	98512	Thurston County	Tumwater School District	No	No	No	Yes	(360) 709-7100	442	30	14.5	39.4%	274 (62.0%)	7 (1.6%)	82 (18.6%)	24 (5.4%)	9 (2.0%)	3 (0.7%)	42 (9.5%)	$17,261			$1,210			$16,051	69.6	67.7	349	25
530246000688	325	Valley View Elementary School	Public	K-5	1508 E 3rd	Ellensburg	98936	Yakima County	Ellensburg School District	No	No	No	Yes	(509) 925-7316	421	26	16	32.3%	311 (73.9%)	2 (0.5%)	64 (15.2%)	9 (2.1%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (7.8%)	$14,924			$612			$14,312	69.6	56.6	472	147
530393003584	326	Sage Crest Elementary	Public	K-5	6411 W 38th Ave	Kennewick	99338	Benton County	Kennewick School District	No	No	No	No	(509) 222-6500	649	37	17.7	37.4%	372 (57.3%)	9 (1.4%)	189 (29.1%)	17 (2.6%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	60 (9.2%)	$15,206			$963			$14,243	69.5	71.1	313	13
530870001470	327	Grant Elementary School	Public	K-5	2510 N 11th St	Tacoma	98406	Pierce County	Tacoma School District	No	No	No	No	(253) 571-5400	376	23	16.7	32.7%	222 (59.0%)	22 (5.9%)	55 (14.6%)	7 (1.9%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	69 (18.4%)	$19,389			$1,245			$18,144	69.4	75.6	267	60
530396000625	328	Meridian Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	25621 140th Ave SE	Kent	98042	King County	Kent School District	No	No	No	Yes	(253) 373-7664	412	28	14.6	40.8%	164 (39.8%)	34 (8.3%)	75 (18.2%)	82 (19.9%)	2 (0.5%)	4 (1.0%)	51 (12.4%)	$19,346			$1,271			$18,075	69.3	43.3	641	313
530396001779	329	Crestwood Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	25225 180th Ave SE	Covington	98042	King County	Kent School District	No	No	No	No	(253) 373-7634	393	27	14.6	37.9%	186 (47.3%)	33 (8.4%)	55 (14.0%)	60 (15.3%)	3 (0.8%)	6 (1.5%)	50 (12.7%)	$18,013			$644			$17,369	69.1	64.6	375	46
530228002600	330	Continuous Curriculum School	Public	K-8	16924 E Wellesley Ave	Spokane Valley	99216	Spokane County	East Valley School District (Spokane)	No	No	No	No	(509) 927-9501	386	21	18.6	46.4%	319 (82.6%)	1 (0.3%)	36 (9.3%)	2 (0.5%)	3 (0.8%)	3 (0.8%)	20 (5.2%)	$16,593			$896			$15,696	68.9	75.1	274	56

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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.