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)
530723001078	161	Maplewood Heights Elementary School	Public	K-5	130 Jericho Ave SE	Renton	98059	King County	Renton School District	No	No	No	No	(425) 204-4750	610	36	17	26.9%	182 (29.8%)	20 (3.3%)	122 (20.0%)	214 (35.1%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.3%)	69 (11.3%)	$17,594			$1,011			$16,583	85.2	80.7	214	53
530375002307	162	Sunset Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	4229 W Lake Samm Pkwy SE	Bellevue	98008	King County	Issaquah School District	No	No	No	Yes	(425) 837-5601	536	36	15	17.5%	222 (41.4%)	24 (4.5%)	61 (11.4%)	149 (27.8%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	79 (14.7%)	$17,405			$1,447			$15,958	85	86.2	150	12
530420000520	163	Glenwood Elementary	Public	K-5	2221 103 Ave SE	Lake Stevens	98258	Snohomish County	Lake Stevens School District	No	No	No	No	(425) 335-1510	644	38	17	23.6%	408 (63.4%)	10 (1.6%)	89 (13.8%)	68 (10.6%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.3%)	66 (10.2%)	$14,921			$221			$14,699	84.9	80.1	220	57
530735001107	164	Union Ridge Elementary	Public	K-4	330 N Fifth Ave	Ridgefield	98642	Clark County	Ridgefield School District	No	No	No	No	(360) 750-7600	713	48	14.8	23.7%	521 (73.1%)	5 (0.7%)	87 (12.2%)	15 (2.1%)	3 (0.4%)	3 (0.4%)	79 (11.1%)	$14,334			$644			$13,690	84.8	86.7	145	19
530771001137	165	Daniel Bagley Elementary School	Public	K-5	7821 Stone Av N	Seattle	98103	King County	Seattle School District No. 1	No	No	No	No	(206) 252-5110	322	21	15.1	18.6%	185 (57.5%)	23 (7.1%)	38 (11.8%)	28 (8.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	45 (14.0%)	$22,220			$2,090			$20,130	84.7	92.5	86	79
530771001195	166	Lafayette Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	2645 California Av SW	Seattle	98116	King County	Seattle School District No. 1	No	No	No	No	(206) 252-9500	476	29	16.4	16.2%	277 (58.2%)	24 (5.0%)	63 (13.2%)	24 (5.0%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.6%)	83 (17.4%)	$20,137			$1,327			$18,810	84.7	79.4	225	59
530876001516	167	Lake Wilderness Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	24216 Witte Road SE	Maple Valley	98038	King County	Tahoma School District	No	No	No	No	(425) 413-3500	885	49	18	21.7%	518 (58.5%)	29 (3.3%)	111 (12.5%)	128 (14.5%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.6%)	94 (10.6%)	$17,512			$577			$16,936	84.7	87.5	137	30
530669003806	168	Swift Water Elementary	Public	K-5	10811 Harbor Hill Drive	Gig Harbor	98332	Pierce County	Peninsula School District	No	No	No	No	(253) 530-4900	473	28	16.6	14.8%	338 (71.5%)	4 (0.8%)	42 (8.9%)	23 (4.9%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	63 (13.3%)	$16,914			$652			$16,262	84.5	87	144	24
530240000331	169	Brier Elementary	Public	K-6	3625 232nd St SW	Brier	98036	Snohomish County	Edmonds School District	No	No	No	No	(425) 431-7854	403	25	16.3	22.6%	274 (68.0%)	20 (5.0%)	38 (9.4%)	39 (9.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	31 (7.7%)	$17,725			$660			$17,065	84.3	86	152	17
530111000188	170	Summit School	Public	K-8	13313 E Broadway Ave	Spokane Valley	99216	Spokane County	Central Valley School District	No	No	No	No	(509) 558-3252	351	26	13.3	35.9%	288 (82.1%)	7 (2.0%)	26 (7.4%)	7 (2.0%)	1 (0.3%)	4 (1.1%)	18 (5.1%)	$16,175			$1,602			$14,573	84.3	71.3	312	142

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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.