Is Thompson Elementary School a good school?

Thompson Elementary School ranks 678 th of 1168 Washington elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Thompson Elementary School?

In the 2023-24 school year, 569 students attended Thompson Elementary School.

What is the racial makeup of Thompson Elementary School?

Students at Thompson Elementary School are 92% Hispanic, 6% White, 2% African American.

What schools do graduates of Thompson Elementary School attend?

Students who attend Thompson Elementary School usually go on to attend: Middle : Grandview Middle School High : Grandview High School

Thompson Elementary School

Summary:

Thompson Elementary School is a public elementary school located in Grandview, Washington, serving grades PK-5 with a student population of 562. The school is part of the Grandview School District, which is ranked 204 out of 247 districts in Washington and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Thompson Elementary School faces several challenges, including consistently low academic performance, with proficiency rates in English Language Arts and Math below the state average and the district average. However, the school performs relatively well compared to other schools in the district, ranking in the top 25% of Washington elementary schools for Hispanic students and English Language Learners. The school's student population is predominantly Hispanic, making up 91.99% of the student body, and a high percentage of students come from low socioeconomic backgrounds, with 84.52% qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch.

Despite the school's challenges, it has a higher per-student spending compared to the state average and a relatively low student-to-teacher ratio, which suggests that it may have the resources to address the unique needs of its underperforming subgroups, such as special education students and students with low socioeconomic status. When compared to nearby schools in the Grandview School District and the Prosser School District and Sunnyside School District, Thompson Elementary School generally performs better than its immediate neighbors, such as Smith Elementary and Mcclure Elementary, but lags behind schools in the Prosser and Sunnyside districts.

Detail:

Public PK, KG-5

1105 W 2nd ST
Grandview, WA 98930

(509) 882-8550

District: Grandview School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
678^th of 1,168 Washington Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $18,365

Students who attend Thompson Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:	Grandview Middle School
High:	Grandview High School

Student/teacher ratio: 15.3

Number of students: 569

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

91.6%

White:

5.6%

African American:

1.8%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 86.1%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Thompson Elementary School ranks worse than 58% of elementary schools in Washington. It also ranks first among 3 ranked elementary schools in the Grandview School District! (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 40.1. (See more...)

Student Body

Compare Details Thompson Elementary School has the largest elementary school student body size in the Grandview School District. Racial makeup is: Hispanic (91.6%), White (5.6%), African American (1.8%). (See more...)

Compare Details 86.1% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. This is the lowest percentage in the Grandview School District. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Thompson Elementary School is 15.3. 1 elementary schools in the Grandview School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)

Compare Thompson Elementary School employs 37 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Thompson Elementary School is $18,365, which is the lowest among 3 elementary schools in the Grandview School District!

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Thompson Elementary School:

SchoolDigger ranks Thompson Elementary School 678^th of 1168 Washington public elementary schools. (See Thompson Elementary School in the ranking list.)

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Grandview School District:

SchoolDigger ranks Grandview School District 204^th of 247 Washington school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Thompson Elementary School

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Rank History for all students at Thompson Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile
2004	9.19	973^rd	1026	5.2%
2005	9.43	977^th	1031	5.2%
2006	16.57	943^rd	1051	10.3%
2007	18.46	939^th	1069	12.2%
2008	11.69	995^th	1067	6.7%
2009	21.22	907^th	1072	15.4%
2010	14.85	994^th	1088	8.6%
2011	19.88	949^th	1092	13.1%
2012	23.00	926^th	1097	15.6%
2013	21.36	951^st	1106	14.0%
2015	17.87	923^rd	1067	13.5%
2016	23.05	856^th	1053	18.7%
2017	27.20	799^th	1056	24.3%
2018	28.52	780^th	1054	26.0%
2019	35.30	758^th	1130	32.9%
2021	30.84	743^rd	1107	32.9%
2022	37.89	709^th	1169	39.3%
2023	47.05	592^nd	1169	49.4%
2024	40.10	678^th	1168	42.0%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Thompson Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	50.44	120^th	333	64.0%
2019	49.38	92^nd	248	62.9%
2022	39.63	117^th	213	45.1%
2023	47.24	110^th	254	56.7%
2024	62.31	94^th	320	70.6%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Thompson Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile
2021	28.37	128^th	158	19.0%
2022	46.99	214^th	478	55.2%
2024	21.10	295^th	339	13.0%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Thompson Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	45.03	479^th	835	42.6%
2019	56.31	421^st	979	57.0%
2021	47.38	410^th	854	52.0%
2022	53.42	425^th	1019	58.3%
2023	67.67	264^th	1013	73.9%
2024	57.54	403^rd	1024	60.6%

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Rank History for Migrant students at Thompson Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2019	89.58	1^st	64	98.4%

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Rank History for Female students at Thompson Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	22.91	805^th	1004	19.8%
2019	29.23	817^th	1068	23.5%
2021	27.40	737^th	1008	26.9%
2022	38.52	665^th	1100	39.5%
2023	48.88	536^th	1094	51.0%
2024	43.68	597^th	1093	45.4%

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Rank History for Male students at Thompson Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	37.48	642^nd	999	35.7%
2019	43.42	625^th	1075	41.9%
2021	32.77	672^nd	1025	34.4%
2022	37.70	671^st	1113	39.7%
2023	43.44	594^th	1099	46.0%
2024	34.46	728^th	1099	33.8%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Thompson Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	50.39	244^th	540	54.8%
2019	64.63	201^st	697	71.2%
2021	52.79	172^nd	501	65.7%
2022	62.70	185^th	694	73.3%
2023	74.13	102^nd	633	83.9%
2024	61.74	233^rd	651	64.2%

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Rank History for White students at Thompson Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2019	28.65	806^th	1027	21.5%

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Data source: test scores: Washington Office of Superindentent of Public Instruction, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: Washington State Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction

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Enrollment information for Thompson Elementary School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	179	2	4	246	2	n/a	n/a	0	433
1989	179	3	3	255	0	n/a	n/a	0	440
1990	174	3	4	256	0	n/a	n/a	0	437
1991	163	2	1	286	0	n/a	n/a	0	452
1992	154	0	1	282	1	n/a	n/a	0	438
1993	135	1	2	324	2	n/a	n/a	0	464
1994	127	1	4	331	1	n/a	n/a	0	464
1995	119	1	2	347	1	n/a	n/a	0	470
1996	119	1	2	347	1	n/a	n/a	0	470
1997	120	0	1	380	0	n/a	n/a	0	501
1998	117	1	2	359	0	n/a	n/a	0	479
1999	105	3	6	358	0	n/a	n/a	0	472
2000	106	4	6	385	1	n/a	n/a	0	502
2001	91	4	3	389	1	n/a	n/a	0	488
2002	134	3	2	407	3	n/a	n/a	0	549
2003	134	3	2	407	3	n/a	n/a	0	549
2004	121	0	0	415	3	n/a	n/a	0	539
2005	111	1	0	458	2	n/a	n/a	0	572
2006	104	1	0	467	1	n/a	n/a	0	573
2007	90	3	1	417	1	n/a	n/a	0	512
2008	86	2	4	442	2	n/a	n/a	0	536
2009	77	2	2	471	2	n/a	n/a	3	557
2010	82	1	2	489	1	n/a	n/a	1	576
2011	68	1	1	506	0	0	2	0	578
2012	70	0	1	496	0	0	1	0	568
2013	66	0	0	503	0	0	3	0	572
2014	70	0	0	526	0	0	3	0	599
2015	65	0	0	533	0	0	2	0	600
2016	69	0	0	518	0	0	1	0	588
2017	64	1	0	523	0	0	0	0	588
2018	64	1	0	526	0	0	0	0	591
2019	57	0	0	538	2	3	0	0	600
2020	49	0	0	511	4	0	1	0	565
2021	27	0	0	510	4	0	2	0	543
2022	27	0	2	509	5	0	3	0	546
2023	32	5	0	517	2	0	4	2	562
2024	32	10	0	521	1	0	5	0	569

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Thompson Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	433	19.0	22.7	0
1989	440	20.0	22.0	n/a
1990	437	21.3	20.5	0
1991	452	21.5	21.0	n/a
1992	438	21.5	20.3	n/a
1993	464	21.5	21.6	n/a
1994	464	23.0	20.2	n/a
1995	470	23.5	20.0	n/a
1996	470	23.5	20.0	n/a
1997	501	23.5	21.3	n/a
1998	479	21.5	22.3	n/a
1999	472	23.5	20.1	n/a
2000	502	28.0	17.9	n/a
2001	488	28.0	17.4	n/a
2002	549	31.0	17.7	78.9
2003	549	31.0	17.7	78.9
2004	539	28.0	19.3	84.8
2005	572	28.2	20.3	85.5
2006	573	29.5	19.4	80.1
2007	512	28.5	18.0	88.1
2008	536	29.2	18.4	88.1
2009	557	29.2	19.1	88.3
2010	576	29.6	19.4	91
2011	578	30.0	19.2	83.4
2012	568	29.0	19.5	83.6
2013	572	28.3	20.1	79.7
2014	599	n/a	n/a	82.3
2015	600	35.0	17.1	75.5
2016	588	30.0	19.6	81.6
2017	588	30.0	19.6	81.8
2018	591	34.0	17.3	85.6
2019	600	34.0	17.6	72
2020	565	34.0	16.5	82.1
2021	543	33.0	16.4	81.2
2022	546	35.0	15.5	82.8
2023	562	36.0	15.6	84.5
2024	569	37.0	15.3	86.1

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Thompson Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	433	19.0	22.7	0
1989	440	20.0	22.0	n/a
1990	437	21.3	20.5	0
1991	452	21.5	21.0	n/a
1992	438	21.5	20.3	n/a
1993	464	21.5	21.6	n/a
1994	464	23.0	20.2	n/a
1995	470	23.5	20.0	n/a
1996	470	23.5	20.0	n/a
1997	501	23.5	21.3	n/a
1998	479	21.5	22.3	n/a
1999	472	23.5	20.1	n/a
2000	502	28.0	17.9	n/a
2001	488	28.0	17.4	n/a
2002	549	31.0	17.7	78.9
2003	549	31.0	17.7	78.9
2004	539	28.0	19.3	84.8
2005	572	28.2	20.3	85.5
2006	573	29.5	19.4	80.1
2007	512	28.5	18.0	88.1
2008	536	29.2	18.4	88.1
2009	557	29.2	19.1	88.3
2010	576	29.6	19.4	91
2011	578	30.0	19.2	83.4
2012	568	29.0	19.5	83.6
2013	572	28.3	20.1	79.7
2014	599	n/a	n/a	82.3
2015	600	35.0	17.1	75.5
2016	588	30.0	19.6	81.6
2017	588	30.0	19.6	81.8
2018	591	34.0	17.3	85.6
2019	600	34.0	17.6	72
2020	565	34.0	16.5	82.1
2021	543	33.0	16.4	81.2
2022	546	35.0	15.5	82.8
2023	562	36.0	15.6	84.5
2024	569	37.0	15.3	86.1

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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