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)
530492000545	191	Meadow Ridge Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	15601 N Freya St	Mead	99021	Spokane County	Mead School District	No	No	No	No	(509) 465-6600	420	26	16.4	31.7%	328 (78.1%)	5 (1.2%)	29 (6.9%)	10 (2.4%)	4 (1.0%)	2 (0.5%)	42 (10.0%)	$14,923			$1,297			$13,626	83	84.5	171	20
530870001461	192	Downing Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	5130 N. 26th Street	Tacoma	98406	Pierce County	Tacoma School District	No	No	No	No	(253) 571-7100	283	17	16.2	54.1%	166 (58.7%)	16 (5.7%)	35 (12.4%)	9 (3.2%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	56 (19.8%)	$21,551			$1,814			$19,737	83	83.1	188	4
530861001444	193	Maple Lawn Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	230 Wood Ave	Sumner	98390	Pierce County	Sumner-Bonney Lake School District	No	No	No	No	(253) 891-4400	603	31	19.2	35.7%	378 (62.7%)	16 (2.7%)	129 (21.4%)	15 (2.5%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.3%)	62 (10.3%)	$13,460			$464			$12,997	82.8	87.2	141	52
530816001352	194	Olalla Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	6100 SE Denny Bond Blvd	Port Orchard	98359	Kitsap County	South Kitsap School District	No	No	No	No	(360) 443-3350	279	19	14.5	39.1%	200 (71.7%)	1 (0.4%)	34 (12.2%)	4 (1.4%)	4 (1.4%)	6 (2.2%)	30 (10.8%)	$20,857			$1,508			$19,349	82.7	77.3	252	58
530825001384	195	Jefferson Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	123 E. 37th Ave	Spokane	99203	Spokane County	Spokane School District	No	No	No	No	(509) 354-3200	362	26	13.7	35.9%	279 (77.1%)	7 (1.9%)	40 (11.0%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (9.1%)	$18,122			$2,169			$15,952	82.7	77	256	61
530792001300	196	Brookside Elementary	Public	K-5	17447 37th Avenue N.E.	Lake Forest Park	98155	King County	Shoreline School District	No	No	No	No	(206) 393-4140	364	20	17.8	28.6%	213 (58.5%)	24 (6.6%)	48 (13.2%)	30 (8.2%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.6%)	43 (11.8%)	$19,483			$1,163			$18,320	82.6	77.8	247	51
530423000678	197	Redmond Elementary	Public	K-5	16800 NE 80th	Redmond	98052	King County	Lake Washington School District	No	No	No	No	(425) 936-2660	559	37	14.9	27.0%	144 (25.8%)	28 (5.0%)	89 (15.9%)	257 (46.0%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	39 (7.0%)	$19,969			$564			$19,405	82.5	92.4	88	109
530393000762	198	Ridge View Elementary School	Public	K-5	7001 West 13th Avenue	Kennewick	99338	Benton County	Kennewick School District	No	No	No	No	(509) 734-3650	317	24	12.9	32.8%	215 (67.8%)	7 (2.2%)	68 (21.5%)	3 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (7.6%)	$17,156			$2,956			$14,200	82.3	75.3	270	72
530423002448	199	Discovery Community School	Public	K-5	12801 84th NE	Kirkland	98034	King County	Lake Washington School District	No	No	No	No	(425) 936-2704	70	2	29.5	8.6%	35 (50.0%)	1 (1.4%)	4 (5.7%)	23 (32.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (10.0%)	$14,942			$516			$14,426	82.3			(n/a)
530732003171	200	White Bluffs Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1250 Kensington	Richland	99352	Benton County	Richland School District	No	No	No	No	(509) 967-6575	642	34	18.7	28.0%	445 (69.3%)	2 (0.3%)	133 (20.7%)	26 (4.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (5.6%)	$14,100			$869			$13,231	82.2	84.9	161	39

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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.