Is Fircrest Elementary School a good school?

Fircrest Elementary School ranks in the bottom 12.2% of Washington elementary schools.

How many students attend Fircrest Elementary School?

In the 2023-24 school year, 358 students attended Fircrest Elementary School.

What is the racial makeup of Fircrest Elementary School?

Students at Fircrest Elementary School are 43% White, 25% Hispanic, 13% Pacific Islander, 11% Two or more races, 4% African American, 3% Asian.

What schools do graduates of Fircrest Elementary School attend?

Students who attend Fircrest Elementary School usually go on to attend: Middle : Cascade Middle School High : Evergreen High School

Fircrest Elementary School

Summary:

Fircrest Elementary School is a public elementary school in Vancouver, Washington, serving 294 students in grades PK-5. The school is part of the Evergreen School District, which is ranked 185 out of 247 districts in the state and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Fircrest Elementary consistently underperforms compared to the Evergreen School District and the state of Washington in standardized test scores for English Language Arts, Math, and Science. For example, in the 2023-2024 school year, only 28.79% of Fircrest students were proficient or better in ELA, compared to 39.31% in the district and 52.63% statewide. The school also has a more diverse student population, with a higher percentage of Hispanic (28.57%) and Pacific Islander (5.1%) students, but their academic performance is still below their respective district and state averages. Additionally, Fircrest has a high percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, ranging from 60.87% to 74.15%, significantly higher than the surrounding Riverview, Mill Plain, Peter S Ogden, Martin Luther King, Ellsworth, Endeavour, Crestline, Marrion, Hearthwood, and Burton elementary schools.

Fircrest Elementary has consistently ranked in the bottom quarter of Washington elementary schools, with a ranking between 867 and 1,040 out of 1,107 to 1,169 schools over the past several years. This places it in the bottom 25% of elementary schools in the state. The school's academic performance has declined over the years, and the performance gaps between Fircrest's student subgroups and their respective district and state averages are significant, indicating the need for targeted support and interventions. While Fircrest struggles academically, the nearby schools in the Evergreen School District and the Vancouver School District also perform below the state average, suggesting that the districts as a whole may face challenges in improving student outcomes.

Detail:

Public PK, KG-5

12001 NE Ninth Street
Vancouver, WA 98684-4937

(360) 604-6925

District: Evergreen School District (Clark)

SchoolDigger Rank:
1026^th of 1,168 Washington Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $22,441

Students who attend Fircrest Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:	Cascade Middle School
High:	Evergreen High School

Student/teacher ratio: 13.9

Number of students: 358

Racial breakdown:

White:

43.0%

Hispanic:

24.9%

Pacific Islander:

13.4%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 76.5%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Fircrest Elementary School ranks worse than 87.8% of elementary schools in Washington. It also ranks 18^th among 22 ranked elementary schools in the Evergreen School District (Clark). (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 15.98. (See more...)

Student Body

Compare Details Student population at Fircrest Elementary School is diverse. Racial makeup is: White (43%), Hispanic (24.9%), Pacific Islander (13.4%). (See more...)

Compare Details 76.5% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. This is the highest percentage in the Evergreen School District (Clark). (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Fircrest Elementary School is 13.9, which is the 7^th best among 22 elementary schools in the Evergreen School District (Clark). (See more...)

Compare Fircrest Elementary School employs 25.6 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Fircrest Elementary School is $22,441, which is the 2^nd highest among 22 elementary schools in the Evergreen School District (Clark).

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Fircrest Elementary School:

SchoolDigger ranks Fircrest Elementary School 1026^th of 1168 Washington public elementary schools. (See Fircrest Elementary School in the ranking list.)

Elementary School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:

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Evergreen School District (Clark):

SchoolDigger ranks Evergreen School District (Clark) 185^th of 247 Washington school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Fircrest Elementary School

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Rank History for all students at Fircrest Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile
2004	55.66	458^th	1026	55.4%
2005	57.44	446^th	1031	56.7%
2006	55.70	477^th	1051	54.6%
2007	48.98	569^th	1069	46.8%
2008	49.60	572^nd	1067	46.4%
2009	48.18	590^th	1072	45.0%
2010	48.97	578^th	1088	46.9%
2011	55.95	489^th	1092	55.2%
2012	66.77	355^th	1097	67.6%
2013	55.96	512^th	1106	53.7%
2015	55.63	454^th	1067	57.5%
2016	38.65	679^th	1053	35.5%
2017	37.79	678^th	1056	35.8%
2018	27.27	798^th	1054	24.3%
2019	27.17	866^th	1130	23.4%
2021	21.30	867^th	1107	21.7%
2022	14.33	1040^th	1169	11.0%
2023	19.63	979^th	1169	16.3%
2024	15.98	1026^th	1168	12.2%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Fircrest Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2018	44.97	162^nd	333	51.4%
2019	25.53	205^th	248	17.3%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Fircrest Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2018	30.60	463^rd	637	27.3%
2019	20.17	509^th	566	10.1%

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

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	40.61	525^th	835	37.1%
2019	41.65	607^th	979	38.0%
2021	35.69	564^th	854	34.0%
2022	25.34	843^rd	1019	17.3%
2023	26.91	815^th	1013	19.5%
2024	21.19	897^th	1024	12.4%

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Rank History for Female students at Fircrest Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	25.10	787^th	1004	21.6%
2019	35.88	734^th	1068	31.3%
2021	23.72	784^th	1008	22.2%
2022	12.13	1025^th	1100	6.8%
2023	14.90	974^th	1094	11.0%
2024	13.09	998^th	1093	8.7%

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Rank History for Male students at Fircrest Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	32.15	696^th	999	30.3%
2019	23.31	866^th	1075	19.4%
2021	19.38	852^nd	1025	16.9%
2022	19.01	942^nd	1113	15.4%
2023	24.18	866^th	1099	21.2%
2024	19.83	933^rd	1099	15.1%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Fircrest Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	31.18	393^rd	540	27.2%
2019	40.65	428^th	697	38.6%
2022	36.36	437^th	694	37.0%
2024	33.11	460^th	651	29.3%

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Rank History for White students at Fircrest Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	13.64	761^st	833	8.6%
2019	10.97	971^st	1027	5.5%
2021	11.02	887^th	943	5.9%
2022	9.60	998^th	1031	3.2%
2023	15.80	908^th	1011	10.2%
2024	13.67	940^th	1009	6.8%

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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

Review counts

All ratings (Avg rating: 3.7)

67%

33%

Reviews:

by a student
Thursday, April 25, 2019

This school was my school k-5 and they were the best years of my life Close Quote

by a parent
Friday, February 3, 2017

Rude nasty staff all the way to the top with the principal running this place like a military boot camp. I was picking up my children one afternoon and heard the principal yelling at her staff in front of children as they were returning to class from lunch. This is not a love in logic running school. This place has a very negative attitude. My 3 children have gone to Ellsworth elementary, and Burton elementary school and they always came home happy and their staff always were friendly Close Quote

by a parent
Wednesday, July 6, 2011

I have had 2 student attend this school and had the BEST experience. My kids also attended another elementary school in the District that did not have the level of attention not only from the teachers but the support staff.
Fircrest does a FANTASTIC job, I highly recommend them! Close Quote

Enrollment information for Fircrest Elementary School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	520	12	40	19	2	n/a	n/a	0	593
1989	558	12	42	17	8	n/a	n/a	0	637
1990	522	15	36	14	11	n/a	n/a	0	598
1991	528	13	31	22	21	n/a	n/a	0	615
1992	536	18	31	21	10	n/a	n/a	0	616
1993	613	11	28	8	1	n/a	n/a	0	661
1994	575	8	25	13	3	n/a	n/a	0	624
1995	515	14	27	7	3	n/a	n/a	0	566
1996	515	14	27	7	3	n/a	n/a	0	566
1997	520	11	24	7	3	n/a	n/a	0	565
1998	542	18	30	20	9	n/a	n/a	0	619
1999	511	17	36	21	15	n/a	n/a	0	600
2000	430	14	25	17	16	n/a	n/a	0	502
2001	423	21	19	30	11	n/a	n/a	0	504
2002	420	21	25	20	5	n/a	n/a	0	491
2003	420	21	25	20	5	n/a	n/a	0	491
2004	401	16	28	32	3	n/a	n/a	0	480
2005	378	18	35	35	1	n/a	n/a	2	469
2006	398	15	31	30	1	n/a	n/a	4	479
2007	353	22	42	36	3	n/a	n/a	16	472
2008	332	26	35	28	2	n/a	n/a	25	448
2009	331	16	29	22	2	n/a	n/a	33	433
2010	351	15	35	25	5	n/a	n/a	31	462
2011	316	10	29	57	2	19	27	0	460
2012	304	8	24	69	2	21	30	0	458
2013	281	9	17	70	0	15	41	0	433
2014	300	7	18	67	2	14	49	0	457
2015	297	7	18	66	2	15	49	0	454
2016	269	8	22	85	3	17	43	0	447
2017	292	8	24	115	3	23	32	0	497
2018	285	9	19	89	4	25	39	0	470
2019	267	7	16	118	3	13	51	0	475
2020	269	10	19	121	0	17	39	0	475
2021	215	8	14	107	0	19	51	0	414
2022	157	7	2	84	2	15	39	0	306
2023	140	9	7	84	3	15	36	0	294
2024	154	16	12	89	1	48	38	0	358

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 Fircrest Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	593	29.0	20.4	0
1989	637	32.0	19.9	n/a
1990	598	33.1	18.0	0
1991	615	31.4	19.5	n/a
1992	616	34.1	18.0	n/a
1993	661	34.4	19.2	n/a
1994	624	35.3	17.7	n/a
1995	566	30.2	18.7	n/a
1996	566	30.2	18.7	n/a
1997	565	33.1	17.1	n/a
1998	619	34.9	17.7	n/a
1999	600	32.8	18.3	n/a
2000	502	30.3	16.6	n/a
2001	504	29.9	16.9	n/a
2002	491	27.6	17.8	48.7
2003	491	27.6	17.8	48.7
2004	480	28.0	17.1	55
2005	469	27.9	16.8	43.3
2006	479	30.4	15.8	49.7
2007	472	27.0	17.5	47.4
2008	448	29.1	15.4	49.2
2009	433	30.1	14.4	44
2010	462	29.3	15.7	51.3
2011	460	31.7	14.4	51.7
2012	458	30.9	14.8	57.4
2013	433	31.0	13.9	56.1
2014	457	n/a	n/a	51.2
2015	454	33.0	13.7	57.7
2016	447	27.0	16.5	60.9
2017	497	29.7	16.6	65.8
2018	470	31.7	14.7	60.6
2019	475	34.7	13.6	62.9
2020	475	34.4	13.8	61.3
2021	414	32.7	12.6	60.9
2022	306	29.6	10.3	69.6
2023	294	23.1	12.7	74.1
2024	358	25.6	13.9	76.5

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 Fircrest Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	593	29.0	20.4	0
1989	637	32.0	19.9	n/a
1990	598	33.1	18.0	0
1991	615	31.4	19.5	n/a
1992	616	34.1	18.0	n/a
1993	661	34.4	19.2	n/a
1994	624	35.3	17.7	n/a
1995	566	30.2	18.7	n/a
1996	566	30.2	18.7	n/a
1997	565	33.1	17.1	n/a
1998	619	34.9	17.7	n/a
1999	600	32.8	18.3	n/a
2000	502	30.3	16.6	n/a
2001	504	29.9	16.9	n/a
2002	491	27.6	17.8	48.7
2003	491	27.6	17.8	48.7
2004	480	28.0	17.1	55
2005	469	27.9	16.8	43.3
2006	479	30.4	15.8	49.7
2007	472	27.0	17.5	47.4
2008	448	29.1	15.4	49.2
2009	433	30.1	14.4	44
2010	462	29.3	15.7	51.3
2011	460	31.7	14.4	51.7
2012	458	30.9	14.8	57.4
2013	433	31.0	13.9	56.1
2014	457	n/a	n/a	51.2
2015	454	33.0	13.7	57.7
2016	447	27.0	16.5	60.9
2017	497	29.7	16.6	65.8
2018	470	31.7	14.7	60.6
2019	475	34.7	13.6	62.9
2020	475	34.4	13.8	61.3
2021	414	32.7	12.6	60.9
2022	306	29.6	10.3	69.6
2023	294	23.1	12.7	74.1
2024	358	25.6	13.9	76.5

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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