Is Columbia Elementary a good school?

Columbia Elementary ranks 292 nd of 1168 Washington elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Columbia Elementary?

In the 2023-24 school year, 593 students attended Columbia Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Columbia Elementary?

Students at Columbia Elementary are 45% White, 19% Asian, 18% Hispanic, 10% Two or more races, 7% African American.

What schools do graduates of Columbia Elementary attend?

Students who attend Columbia Elementary usually go on to attend: Middle : Harbour Pointe Middle School High : Kamiak High School

Columbia Elementary

Summary:

Columbia Elementary is a public elementary school located in Mukilteo, Washington, serving grades PK-5 with a student population of around 590. It is part of the Mukilteo School District, which is ranked 117 out of 247 school districts in Washington and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Columbia Elementary consistently outperforms the Mukilteo School District and the state of Washington in standardized test scores across all grades and subjects, particularly in science. The school's diverse student population, with a racial makeup of 47.29% White, 16.95% Hispanic, 16.95% Asian, 6.27% African American, and 11.36% two or more races, is noteworthy compared to many nearby schools that have a more homogeneous population. Additionally, Columbia Elementary has a lower percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch (41.02%) compared to some nearby schools, such as Odyssey Elementary (65.86%) and Fairmount Elementary (65.75%), suggesting a more socioeconomically diverse student body.

The relatively high per-student spending of $20,184 at Columbia Elementary, combined with its strong academic performance, suggests that the school is effectively allocating its resources to support student learning and achievement. When compared to nearby schools, Columbia Elementary consistently outperforms in academic performance, with schools like Endeavour Elementary and Mukilteo Elementary also demonstrating strong results, but generally lagging behind Columbia Elementary. Overall, Columbia Elementary stands out as a high-performing, diverse, and well-resourced elementary school within the Mukilteo School District.

Detail:

Public PK, KG-5

10520 Harbour Pointe Blvd
Mukilteo, WA 98275

(425) 366-2600

District: Mukilteo School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
292^nd of 1,168 Washington Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $20,184

Students who attend Columbia Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Harbour Pointe Middle School
High:	Kamiak High School

Student/teacher ratio: 16.5

Number of students: 593

Racial breakdown:

White:

45.0%

Asian:

18.7%

Hispanic:

18.2%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 39.3%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Columbia Elementary ranks better than 75% of elementary schools in Washington. It also ranks 3^rd among 12 ranked elementary schools in the Mukilteo School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 72.62. (See more...)

Student Body

Compare Details Student population at Columbia Elementary is diverse. Racial makeup is: White (45%), Asian (18.7%), Hispanic (18.2%). (See more...)

Compare Details 39.3% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Columbia Elementary is 16.5. 12 elementary schools in the Mukilteo School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)

Compare Columbia Elementary employs 35.8 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Columbia Elementary is $20,184. 10 elementary schools in the Mukilteo School District spend more per student.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Columbia Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Columbia Elementary 292^nd of 1168 Washington public elementary schools. (See Columbia Elementary in the ranking list.)

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Mukilteo School District:

SchoolDigger ranks Mukilteo School District 117^th of 247 Washington school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Columbia Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Columbia Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile
2004	76.41	192^nd	1026	81.3%
2005	79.47	166^th	1031	83.9%
2006	79.72	143^rd	1051	86.4%
2007	74.90	205^th	1069	80.8%
2008	73.20	242^nd	1067	77.3%
2009	69.87	282^nd	1072	73.7%
2010	77.49	189^th	1088	82.6%
2011	72.35	255^th	1092	76.6%
2012	79.64	159^th	1097	85.5%
2013	79.35	180^th	1106	83.7%
2015	59.68	411^th	1067	61.5%
2016	65.49	360^th	1053	65.8%
2017	64.09	390^th	1056	63.1%
2018	74.09	265^th	1054	74.9%
2019	61.89	421^st	1130	62.7%
2021	65.55	349^th	1107	68.5%
2022	72.60	300^th	1169	74.3%
2023	70.04	328^th	1169	71.9%
2024	72.62	292^nd	1168	75.0%

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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Columbia Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	59.95	85^th	212	59.9%
2019	68.90	75^th	303	75.2%
2022	65.82	86^th	252	65.9%
2023	76.31	35^th	194	82.0%
2024	65.50	51^st	188	72.9%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Columbia Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2024	61.18	97^th	320	69.7%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Columbia Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	71.77	116^th	637	81.8%
2019	48.49	239^th	566	57.8%
2024	53.27	146^th	339	56.9%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Columbia Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	78.56	94^th	835	88.7%
2019	55.43	431^st	979	56.0%
2021	68.49	177^th	854	79.3%
2022	80.95	87^th	1019	91.5%
2023	66.68	271^st	1013	73.2%
2024	70.73	229^th	1024	77.6%

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Rank History for Female students at Columbia Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	71.39	278^th	1004	72.3%
2019	59.98	436^th	1068	59.2%
2021	64.54	324^th	1008	67.9%
2022	71.33	293^rd	1100	73.4%
2023	70.13	289^th	1094	73.6%
2024	71.52	278^th	1093	74.6%

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Rank History for Male students at Columbia Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	75.62	238^th	999	76.2%
2019	62.44	392^nd	1075	63.5%
2021	64.78	330^th	1025	67.8%
2022	72.46	283^rd	1113	74.6%
2023	68.67	314^th	1099	71.4%
2024	70.70	299^th	1099	72.8%

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Rank History for Asian students at Columbia Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile
2019	54.93	95^th	201	52.7%
2021	37.36	83^rd	131	36.6%
2022	52.99	98^th	187	47.6%
2023	39.55	101^st	170	40.6%
2024	55.10	69^th	163	57.7%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Columbia Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	98.95	4^th	540	99.3%
2019	48.18	354^th	697	49.2%
2024	77.30	102^nd	651	84.3%

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Rank History for White students at Columbia Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	60.99	325^th	833	61.0%
2019	55.26	467^th	1027	54.5%
2021	51.15	445^th	943	52.8%
2022	59.86	399^th	1031	61.3%
2023	57.11	421^st	1011	58.4%
2024	60.81	385^th	1009	61.8%

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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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by a parent on FaceBook
Monday, April 25, 2016

The school does not offer all day kindergarten. It is 2.5 hours. (what can they do in 2.5 hours)?

We recently moved from CA to WA and placed our daughter in this school. She was in a private school before coming here and is much more advanced. She has been in school for a few days and I have yet to know or understand what they do. I asked my child and she cannot even explain it. I have emailed the teacher and she takes days to get back to you. I do not think the curriculum is spelled out and it is a joke. I am still trying to find out if kindergarten is mandatory in WA. I am considering pulling her out and starting her of with 1st grade. The school should really look at their test scores and make some adjustments. Close Quote

Enrollment information for Columbia Elementary

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1990	629	8	20	2	0	n/a	n/a	0	659
1991	716	8	44	7	0	n/a	n/a	0	775
1992	771	9	47	10	2	n/a	n/a	0	839
1993	665	19	57	12	2	n/a	n/a	0	755
1994	672	17	61	19	1	n/a	n/a	0	770
1995	638	19	57	8	1	n/a	n/a	0	723
1996	638	19	57	8	1	n/a	n/a	0	723
1997	570	18	62	12	4	n/a	n/a	0	666
1998	583	20	85	18	0	n/a	n/a	0	706
1999	534	24	78	15	5	n/a	n/a	0	656
2000	505	24	85	10	8	n/a	n/a	0	632
2001	490	18	88	11	7	n/a	n/a	0	614
2002	479	36	110	14	4	n/a	n/a	0	643
2003	479	36	110	14	4	n/a	n/a	0	643
2004	436	23	94	15	5	n/a	n/a	0	573
2005	409	23	110	20	9	n/a	n/a	17	588
2006	399	23	106	24	9	n/a	n/a	23	584
2007	411	22	94	26	11	n/a	n/a	39	603
2008	396	28	95	30	9	n/a	n/a	56	614
2009	382	27	112	44	8	n/a	n/a	68	641
2010	404	21	124	56	5	n/a	n/a	68	678
2011	419	31	124	66	6	3	44	0	693
2012	386	26	103	85	6	2	66	0	674
2013	332	20	101	77	5	4	59	0	598
2014	336	24	95	87	4	3	71	0	620
2015	321	18	80	99	3	6	87	0	614
2016	281	25	90	89	2	3	82	0	572
2017	337	29	79	96	1	6	78	0	626
2018	312	31	67	89	1	5	73	0	578
2019	280	32	83	89	0	4	83	0	571
2020	276	28	93	98	0	3	88	0	586
2021	234	35	79	100	1	5	77	0	531
2022	233	26	79	90	1	5	66	1	501
2023	279	37	100	100	0	6	67	1	590
2024	267	40	111	108	2	5	60	0	593

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 Columbia Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1990	659	30.0	21.9	0
1991	775	34.5	22.4	n/a
1992	839	34.0	24.6	n/a
1993	755	34.0	22.2	n/a
1994	770	30.0	25.7	n/a
1995	723	31.0	23.3	n/a
1996	723	31.0	23.3	n/a
1997	666	33.2	20.1	n/a
1998	706	32.0	22.1	n/a
1999	656	33.0	19.9	n/a
2000	632	33.8	18.7	n/a
2001	614	34.3	17.9	n/a
2002	643	34.3	18.7	16.8
2003	643	34.3	18.7	16.8
2004	573	32.0	17.9	18.7
2005	588	32.0	18.4	22.1
2006	584	33.2	17.6	20
2007	603	34.8	17.3	17.7
2008	614	34.8	17.6	19.7
2009	641	34.8	18.4	25.1
2010	678	34.4	19.6	25.2
2011	693	35.6	19.4	26.4
2012	674	34.5	19.4	29.7
2013	598	33.2	17.9	28.6
2014	620	n/a	n/a	28.9
2015	614	39.0	15.7	29
2016	572	33.0	17.3	26.9
2017	626	34.4	18.1	28.9
2018	578	35.6	16.2	27
2019	571	33.8	16.8	21.4
2020	586	35.1	16.6	24.4
2021	531	36.5	14.5	28.8
2022	501	34.7	14.4	27.1
2023	590	35.6	16.5	41
2024	593	35.8	16.5	39.3

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 Columbia Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1990	659	30.0	21.9	0
1991	775	34.5	22.4	n/a
1992	839	34.0	24.6	n/a
1993	755	34.0	22.2	n/a
1994	770	30.0	25.7	n/a
1995	723	31.0	23.3	n/a
1996	723	31.0	23.3	n/a
1997	666	33.2	20.1	n/a
1998	706	32.0	22.1	n/a
1999	656	33.0	19.9	n/a
2000	632	33.8	18.7	n/a
2001	614	34.3	17.9	n/a
2002	643	34.3	18.7	16.8
2003	643	34.3	18.7	16.8
2004	573	32.0	17.9	18.7
2005	588	32.0	18.4	22.1
2006	584	33.2	17.6	20
2007	603	34.8	17.3	17.7
2008	614	34.8	17.6	19.7
2009	641	34.8	18.4	25.1
2010	678	34.4	19.6	25.2
2011	693	35.6	19.4	26.4
2012	674	34.5	19.4	29.7
2013	598	33.2	17.9	28.6
2014	620	n/a	n/a	28.9
2015	614	39.0	15.7	29
2016	572	33.0	17.3	26.9
2017	626	34.4	18.1	28.9
2018	578	35.6	16.2	27
2019	571	33.8	16.8	21.4
2020	586	35.1	16.6	24.4
2021	531	36.5	14.5	28.8
2022	501	34.7	14.4	27.1
2023	590	35.6	16.5	41
2024	593	35.8	16.5	39.3

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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