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)
530825001416	91	Wilson Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	911 W 25Th Ave	Spokane	99203	Spokane County	Spokane School District	No	No	No	No	(509) 354-4500	360	26	13.8	25.3%	304 (84.4%)	2 (0.6%)	31 (8.6%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (6.1%)	$16,741			$1,083			$15,658	91.2	95.4	46	45
530591000890	92	Moorlands Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	15115 84 Av NE	Kenmore	98028	King County	Northshore School District	No	No	No	No	(425) 408-5100	624	36	17.2	7.1%	374 (59.9%)	13 (2.1%)	54 (8.7%)	127 (20.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	54 (8.7%)	$16,724			$393			$16,332	91.1	93.7	66	26
530804001329	93	Fall City Elementary	Public	K-5	33314 SE 42	Fall City	98024	King County	Snoqualmie Valley School District	No	No	No	No	(425) 831-4000	461	30	15.3	13.2%	347 (75.3%)	3 (0.7%)	39 (8.5%)	26 (5.6%)	3 (0.7%)	2 (0.4%)	41 (8.9%)	$16,803			$730			$16,072	91	89.9	115	22
530771001129	94	Alki Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	3010 59 Av SW	Seattle	98116	King County	Seattle School District No. 1	No	No	No	No	(206) 252-9050	296	19	15.7	11.8%	207 (69.9%)	9 (3.0%)	21 (7.1%)	14 (4.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	43 (14.5%)	$19,341			$1,748			$17,594	90.9	93.1	76	18
530792001304	95	Highland Terrace Elementary	Public	K-5	100 N. 160th Street	Shoreline	98133	King County	Shoreline School District	No	No	No	No	(206) 393-4341	350	22	16	17.7%	210 (60.0%)	9 (2.6%)	32 (9.1%)	40 (11.4%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	57 (16.3%)	$21,288			$963			$20,325	90.9	89.1	120	25
530771001214	96	McGilvra Elementary School	Public	K-5	1617 38 Av E	Seattle	98112	King County	Seattle School District No. 1	No	No	No	No	(206) 252-3160	222	15	15.3	11.7%	135 (60.8%)	11 (5.0%)	18 (8.1%)	25 (11.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (14.9%)	$21,996			$1,303			$20,693	90.9	91.9	95	1
530423000684	97	Henry David Thoreau Elementary	Public	K-5	8224 NE 138th	Kirkland	98034	King County	Lake Washington School District	No	No	No	No	(425) 936-2720	409	27	14.9	13.2%	224 (54.8%)	8 (2.0%)	44 (10.8%)	85 (20.8%)	3 (0.7%)	2 (0.5%)	43 (10.5%)	$20,247			$1,883			$18,364	90.8	92.7	81	16
530033000047	98	Ordway Elementary	Public	K-4	8555 Madison Ave NE	Bainbridge Island	98110	Kitsap County	Bainbridge Island School District	No	No	No	Yes	(206) 780-1470	364	24	15.2	12.4%	247 (67.9%)	3 (0.8%)	44 (12.1%)	18 (4.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	51 (14.0%)	$16,915			$1,138			$15,778	90.8	92.5	87	11
530918001553	99	University Place Primary	Public	PK, KG-4	2708 W Grandview Dr	University Place	98466	Pierce County	University Place School District	No	No	No	Yes	(253) 566-5620	501	34	14.7	42.5%	246 (49.1%)	59 (11.8%)	84 (16.8%)	32 (6.4%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.0%)	75 (15.0%)	$18,460			$2,075			$16,385	90.7	84.8	165	66
530423000675	100	Lakeview Elementary	Public	K-5	10400 NE 68th	Kirkland	98033	King County	Lake Washington School District	No	No	No	No	(425) 936-2600	438	29	14.9	18.7%	225 (51.4%)	16 (3.7%)	40 (9.1%)	97 (22.1%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.7%)	56 (12.8%)	$19,735			$557			$19,178	90.6	93.5	70	30

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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.