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)
530732003273	361	Three Rivers Home Link	Public, Alternative	K-12	1710 Van Giesen	Richland	99354	Benton County	Richland School District	No	No	No	No	(509) 967-6450	714	22	32.6	22.1%	612 (85.7%)	4 (0.6%)	64 (9.0%)	9 (1.3%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (3.2%)	$11,216			$310			$10,906	66.6	54.6	493	132
531014001204	362	Mill Pond Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	909 Mill Rd. SE	Yelm	98597	Thurston County	Yelm School District	No	No	No	Yes	(360) 458-3400	397	25	15.8	54.7%	245 (61.7%)	12 (3.0%)	70 (17.6%)	10 (2.5%)	1 (0.3%)	6 (1.5%)	53 (13.4%)	$19,309			$1,850			$17,459	66.5	73.1	295	67
530066002652	363	Bremerton Homelink Program	Public	K-8	1500 Rocky Point Rd	Bremerton	98312	Kitsap County	Bremerton School District	No	No	No	No	(360) 473-4200	56	2	28	33.9%	37 (66.1%)	2 (3.6%)	9 (16.1%)	4 (7.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (7.1%)	$9,105			$463			$8,642	66.2			(n/a)
530585002064	364	Meadows Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	836 Deerbrush Dr SE	Lacey	98513	Thurston County	North Thurston Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(360) 412-4690	735	41	17.9	38.8%	312 (42.4%)	35 (4.8%)	152 (20.7%)	80 (10.9%)	7 (1.0%)	17 (2.3%)	132 (18.0%)	$15,848			$954			$14,893	66.2	63.8	389	25
530978001894	365	Wilkeson Elementary School	Public	K-5	640 Railroad Avenue	Wilkeson	98396	Pierce County	White River School District	No	No	No	No	(360) 829-3357	271	17	15.9	31.4%	217 (80.1%)	4 (1.5%)	36 (13.3%)	1 (0.4%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (4.1%)	$15,115			$322			$14,793	66.2	80.7	212	153
530495003157	366	Michael Anderson Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	400 W. Fairchild Highway	Fairchild AFB	99011	Spokane County	Medical Lake School District	No	No	No	No	(509) 565-3600	498	31	15.9	33.9%	280 (56.2%)	27 (5.4%)	116 (23.3%)	9 (1.8%)	4 (0.8%)	1 (0.2%)	61 (12.2%)	$17,372			$1,465			$15,907	66.1	73.3	292	74
530105000175	367	Centerville Elementary	Public	K-8	2315 Centerville Hwy	Centerville	98613	Klickitat County	Centerville School District	No	No	No	Yes	(509) 773-4893	89	5	17.8	34.8%	73 (82.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (10.1%)	1 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (6.7%)	$18,038			$1,345			$16,693	66.1	81.1	209	158
530910001541	368	Littlerock Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	12710 Littlerock Rd SW	Olympia	98512	Thurston County	Tumwater School District	No	No	No	Yes	(360) 709-7250	344	22	15.9	37.8%	250 (72.7%)	1 (0.3%)	54 (15.7%)	4 (1.2%)	3 (0.9%)	1 (0.3%)	31 (9.0%)	$15,756			$1,233			$14,523	66.1	65.2	372	4
530240000363	369	Westgate Elementary	Public	K-6	9601 220th St SW	Edmonds	98020	Snohomish County	Edmonds School District	No	No	No	No	(425) 431-7470	491	31	15.9	40.5%	266 (54.2%)	28 (5.7%)	122 (24.8%)	24 (4.9%)	1 (0.2%)	5 (1.0%)	44 (9.0%)	$18,035			$911			$17,124	65.9	64.3	383	14
530141003472	370	Rainier Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	2410 Stryker Avenue	Joint Base Lewis McChord	98433	Pierce County	Clover Park School District	No	No	No	No	(253) 583-5220	620	38	16.2	66.6%	234 (37.7%)	96 (15.5%)	171 (27.6%)	32 (5.2%)	3 (0.5%)	19 (3.1%)	65 (10.5%)	$16,979			$1,602			$15,377	65.8	69.4	333	37

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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.