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)
530915002382	601	Union Gap School	Public	PK, KG-8	3201 4th Street	Union Gap	98903	Yakima County	Union Gap School District	No	No	No	Yes	(509) 248-3966	577	37	15.5	93.2%	71 (12.3%)	1 (0.2%)	493 (85.4%)	2 (0.3%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.2%)	$15,615			$1,482			$14,133	46.7	46.7	597	4
530870001482	602	Mann Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1002 S 52nd St	Tacoma	98408	Pierce County	Tacoma School District	No	No	No	Yes	(253) 571-6300	341	20	17	60.1%	98 (28.7%)	40 (11.7%)	93 (27.3%)	28 (8.2%)	3 (0.9%)	15 (4.4%)	64 (18.8%)	$20,179			$2,450			$17,729	46.6	48.4	572	30
530723003910	603	Hilltop Heritage Elementary School	Public	K-5	1075 Duvall Ave NE	Renton	98059	King County	Renton School District	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(425) 204-3000	0				0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								46.5			(n/a)
530000202871	604	Inchelium Elementary School	Public	K-5	2 Hornet Avenue	Inchelium	99138	Ferry County	Inchelium School District	No	No	No	Yes	(509) 722-6181	90	7	12.5	88.9%	6 (6.7%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (21.1%)	0 (0.0%)	54 (60.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (12.2%)	$22,478			$2,403			$20,075	46.5			(n/a)
530270002429	605	Harmony Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	17404A NE 18th Street	Vancouver	98684	Clark County	Evergreen School District (Clark)	No	No	No	Yes	(360) 604-6600	469	31	15	44.3%	261 (55.7%)	21 (4.5%)	101 (21.5%)	28 (6.0%)	3 (0.6%)	9 (1.9%)	46 (9.8%)	$18,744			$1,933			$16,812	46.4	41.1	672	67
530870001465	606	Fern Hill Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	8442 S Park Ave	Tacoma	98444	Pierce County	Tacoma School District	No	No	No	Yes	(253) 571-3888	297	18	16.9	67.0%	69 (23.2%)	37 (12.5%)	101 (34.0%)	27 (9.1%)	1 (0.3%)	18 (6.1%)	44 (14.8%)	$20,732			$2,533			$18,199	46.2	47.6	587	19
530034803749	607	Impact \| Salish Sea Elementary	Public, Charter	K-5	3438 S. 148th Street	Tukwila	98168	King County	Impact \| Salish Sea Elementary	Yes	No	No	Yes	(206) 712-7640	342	28	12.2	63.5%	29 (8.5%)	191 (55.8%)	45 (13.2%)	37 (10.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (10.5%)	$15,821			$2,257			$13,565	46.2			(n/a)
530933001593	608	Julius A Wendt Elementary/John C Thomas Middle School	Public	K-8	265 South Third St	Cathlamet	98612	Wahkiakum County	Wahkiakum School District	No	No	No	Yes	(360) 795-3261	271	17	16.2	64.9%	216 (79.7%)	1 (0.4%)	31 (11.4%)	2 (0.7%)	1 (0.4%)	2 (0.7%)	18 (6.6%)	$17,839			$1,014			$16,825	46	48.9	561	47
531014001916	609	Yelm Prairie Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	16535 110th Ave. SE	Yelm	98597	Thurston County	Yelm School District	No	No	No	Yes	(360) 458-6261	440	25	17.2	53.4%	308 (70.0%)	2 (0.5%)	83 (18.9%)	7 (1.6%)	7 (1.6%)	2 (0.5%)	31 (7.0%)	$16,802			$1,720			$15,082	46	54.4	495	114
530870001479	610	Lyon Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	101 E 46th St	Tacoma	98404	Pierce County	Tacoma School District	No	No	No	Yes	(253) 571-4800	333	24	13.8	63.7%	106 (31.8%)	33 (9.9%)	81 (24.3%)	37 (11.1%)	2 (0.6%)	19 (5.7%)	55 (16.5%)	$22,167			$1,682			$20,486	45.9	27.5	865	255

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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.