Best Elementary Schools in Washington for Special Education Students

Check out our new feature available only on SchoolDigger: rankings for different groups of students in Washington!

Every year, the Washington Office of Superindentent of Public Instruction shares test results for various student groups in each school. We use these results to find out which schools do best for each group and list them from the best to the worst.

Additionally, we also compare the performance of the subgroup to the performance of the school as a whole. This makes it easy to see if, for example, Special Education students are overperforming or underperforming their peers in each school.

Year after year, SchoolDigger is always the first to publish Washington test scores and rankings. Other sites use stale test score data that are several years old! Be in the know with the very latest performance metrics.

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 (Special Education vs All Students - 2024)
ID	Rank (of 339)	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	Statewide Rank Percentile (Special Education)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Special Education)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
530771001253	1	Thornton Creek Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	7712 40th Ave NE	Seattle	98115	King County	Seattle School District No. 1	No	No	No	No	(206) 252-5300	456	34	13.5	11.0%	279 (61.2%)	23 (5.0%)	29 (6.4%)	49 (10.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	73 (16.0%)	$22,420			$2,162			$20,258	99.7%	93.0%	6.73%
530693001017	2	Franklin Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	850 SE Klemgard	Pullman	99163	Whitman County	Pullman School District	No	No	No	No	(509) 334-5641	262	20	13	27.5%	181 (69.1%)	5 (1.9%)	35 (13.4%)	13 (5.0%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	26 (9.9%)	$16,605			$1,758			$14,847	99.4%	93.7%	5.75%
530771001129	3	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	99.1%	92.0%	7.16%
530240000359	4	Seaview Elementary	Public	K-6	8426 188th St SW	Edmonds	98026	Snohomish County	Edmonds School District	No	No	No	No	(425) 431-7383	412	25	16.4	20.1%	282 (68.4%)	13 (3.2%)	50 (12.1%)	31 (7.5%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (8.0%)	$18,253			$667			$17,586	98.8%	89.3%	9.52%
530771001263	5	West Woodland Elementary School	Public	K-5	5601 4 Av NW	Seattle	98107	King County	Seattle School District No. 1	No	No	No	No	(206) 252-1600	395	23	16.9	8.6%	284 (71.9%)	5 (1.3%)	19 (4.8%)	21 (5.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	63 (15.9%)	$21,006			$1,740			$19,266	98.5%	96.6%	1.95%
530669003806	6	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	98.2%	85.6%	12.61%
530771002716	7	Salmon Bay K-8 School	Public	K-8	1810 NW 65 St	Seattle	98117	King County	Seattle School District No. 1	No	No	No	No	(206) 252-1720	657	38	17.1	10.4%	468 (71.2%)	8 (1.2%)	38 (5.8%)	24 (3.7%)	4 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	97 (14.8%)	$19,743			$1,214			$18,529	97.9%	90.2%	7.70%
530771001214	8	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	97.6%	91.8%	5.86%
530771003497	9	Fairmount Park Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	3800 SW Findlay St	Seattle	98126	King County	Seattle School District No. 1	No	No	No	No	(206) 252-9290	428	26	16.3	20.8%	229 (53.5%)	40 (9.3%)	44 (10.3%)	35 (8.2%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	76 (17.8%)	$20,611			$2,293			$18,317	97.3%	92.6%	4.71%
530033000047	10	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	97.1%	91.6%	5.44%

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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.

Educational resources:

State-Administered Standardized Tests: A Comprehensive Guide

Per-Pupil Spending: Understanding the Breakdown of Federal, State, and Local Funds

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.