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)
530972001651	301	Mountainview Elementary	Public	K-5	830 Stone Rd	Yakima	98908	Yakima County	West Valley School District (Yakima)	No	No	No	No	(509) 965-2070	239	15	15.9	56.5%	146 (61.1%)	2 (0.8%)	79 (33.1%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (4.6%)	$17,125			$1,860			$15,265	71.4	78.7	234	67
530354002304	302	North Hill Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	19835 8th Ave S	Des Moines	98148	King County	Highline School District	No	No	No	Yes	(206) 631-4600	514	30	17.2	47.5%	179 (34.8%)	49 (9.5%)	143 (27.8%)	55 (10.7%)	3 (0.6%)	3 (0.6%)	82 (16.0%)	$20,409			$2,282			$18,127	71.3	69.1	336	34
530564000837	303	Nine Mile Falls Elementary	Public	K-5	10102 W. Charles Rd	Nine Mile Falls	99026	Spokane County	Nine Mile Falls School District	No	No	No	No	(509) 340-4010	122	9	13.8	36.1%	107 (87.7%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (4.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (8.2%)	$14,653			$1,091			$13,562	71.1	70.6	320	17
530771001140	304	Beacon Hill International School	Public	K-5	2025 14 Av S	Seattle	98144	King County	Seattle School District No. 1	No	No	No	Yes	(206) 252-2700	347	26	13.6	49.3%	60 (17.3%)	15 (4.3%)	116 (33.4%)	109 (31.4%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	44 (12.7%)	$23,795			$3,307			$20,487	71	67.5	351	47
530834002367	305	Twin City Elementary	Public	K-5	26211 72nd Ave NW	Stanwood	98292	Snohomish County	Stanwood-Camano School District	No	No	No	Yes	(360) 629-1270	418	27	15.4	29.9%	316 (75.6%)	5 (1.2%)	51 (12.2%)	16 (3.8%)	4 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (6.2%)	$17,786			$1,612			$16,174	70.9	47.2	591	286
530420000527	306	Skyline Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1033 91st Ave SE	Lake Stevens	98258	Snohomish County	Lake Stevens School District	No	No	No	Yes	(425) 335-1520	552	36	15.4	37.5%	290 (52.5%)	27 (4.9%)	100 (18.1%)	76 (13.8%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	58 (10.5%)	$17,263			$1,436			$15,826	70.8	68.9	337	31
530802002029	307	Dutch Hill Elementary	Public	K-6	8231 131st Avenue SE	Snohomish	98290	Snohomish County	Snohomish School District	No	No	No	No	(360) 563-4450	685	37	18.4	21.5%	528 (77.1%)	0 (0.0%)	47 (6.9%)	62 (9.1%)	4 (0.6%)	4 (0.6%)	39 (5.7%)	$16,078			$211			$15,867	70.7	63.1	395	88
530462002605	308	Vossbeck Elementary School	Public	K-5	1301 Bridgeview Dr	Lynden	98264	Whatcom County	Lynden School District	No	No	No	Yes	(360) 354-0488	479	31	15.4	49.5%	261 (54.5%)	4 (0.8%)	145 (30.3%)	48 (10.0%)	1 (0.2%)	5 (1.0%)	15 (3.1%)	$21,196			$1,435			$19,761	70.6	49.9	545	237
530456002258	309	Stillwater Elementary	Public	K-5	11530 320th Ave NE	Carnation	98014	King County	Riverview School District	No	No	No	No	(425) 844-4680	522	29	17.8	24.3%	360 (69.0%)	6 (1.1%)	84 (16.1%)	23 (4.4%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	47 (9.0%)	$15,859			$578			$15,281	70.5	70.3	323	14
530180000289	310	Coupeville Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	6 South Main Street	Coupeville	98239	Island County	Coupeville School District	No	No	No	Yes	(360) 678-2473	476	28	17	49.8%	352 (73.9%)	3 (0.6%)	66 (13.9%)	6 (1.3%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	47 (9.9%)	$19,477			$2,001			$17,476	70.4	75.3	271	39

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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.