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The public elementary schools with the biggest test-score declines in Thurston County, Washington

This ranking covers the public elementary schools with the biggest test-score declines in Thurston County, Washington, drawn from 39 qualifying public elementary schools. Garfield Elementary School leads the list at -8.0pp, against a median of +1.4pp across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Thurston County, Washington

Best 3-yr change

-8.0pp

Median 3-yr change

+1.4pp

BIGGEST DECLINES · THURSTON COUNTY, WASHINGTON

#	School	City	District	Students	3 yrs ago	Latest	Change
1	Garfield Elementary School	OLYMPIA, WA	Olympia School District	314	42.4%	34.4%	-8.0pp
2	Peter G Schmidt Elementary	Tumwater, WA	Tumwater School District	606	52.1%	44.7%	-7.4pp
3	Pioneer Elementary School	OLYMPIA, WA	Olympia School District	384	70.4%	63.5%	-6.9pp
4	Meadows Elementary	Lacey, WA	North Thurston Public Schools	765	59.7%	52.9%	-6.8pp
5	Black Lake Elementary	Olympia, WA	Tumwater School District	382	62.7%	56.4%	-6.3pp
6	Mill Pond Elementary School	Yelm, WA	Yelm School District	374	52.8%	46.6%	-6.2pp
7	Mountain View Elementary	Lacey, WA	North Thurston Public Schools	776	41.5%	35.8%	-5.7pp
8	Southworth Elementary	Yelm, WA	Yelm School District	671	45.0%	40.1%	-4.9pp
9	McKenny Elementary	OLYMPIA, WA	Olympia School District	322	62.3%	57.5%	-4.8pp
10	Centennial Elementary	OLYMPIA, WA	Olympia School District	434	69.0%	65.4%	-3.5pp
11	East Olympia Elementary	Olympia, WA	Tumwater School District	579	57.9%	54.9%	-3.0pp
12	Horizons Elementary	Lacey, WA	North Thurston Public Schools	580	58.0%	55.1%	-2.9pp
13	Evergreen Forest Elementary	Lacey, WA	North Thurston Public Schools	442	52.3%	50.4%	-1.9pp
14	South Bay Elementary	Lacey, WA	North Thurston Public Schools	595	55.3%	53.5%	-1.8pp
15	Chambers Prairie Elementary School	Lacey, WA	North Thurston Public Schools	490	42.9%	41.9%	-1.1pp
16	Tenino Elementary School	Tenino, WA	Tenino School District	293	40.7%	39.7%	-1.0pp
17	Julia Butler Hansen Elementary	OLYMPIA, WA	Olympia School District	412	43.1%	42.4%	-0.7pp
18	Michael T Simmons Elementary	Tumwater, WA	Tumwater School District	457	55.4%	56.2%	+0.8pp
19	Boston Harbor Elementary	OLYMPIA, WA	Olympia School District	178	64.4%	65.6%	+1.2pp
20	McLane Elementary School	OLYMPIA, WA	Olympia School District	407	41.8%	43.1%	+1.4pp
21	Lackamas Elementary	Yelm, WA	Yelm School District	290	39.6%	41.3%	+1.7pp
22	Lakes Elementary School	Lacey, WA	North Thurston Public Schools	495	52.8%	54.7%	+1.9pp
23	Leland P Brown Elementary	OLYMPIA, WA	Olympia School District	328	39.1%	41.1%	+2.0pp
24	Rainier Elementary School	Rainier, WA	Rainier School District	493	49.3%	51.5%	+2.2pp
25	Lacey Elementary	Lacey, WA	North Thurston Public Schools	368	37.0%	39.5%	+2.5pp
26	Madison Elementary School	OLYMPIA, WA	Olympia School District	203	47.7%	50.5%	+2.8pp
27	Woodland Elementary	Lacey, WA	North Thurston Public Schools	458	46.9%	49.8%	+2.9pp
28	Yelm Prairie Elementary	Yelm, WA	Yelm School District	427	45.7%	49.1%	+3.3pp
29	Pleasant Glade Elementary	Lacey, WA	North Thurston Public Schools	559	43.7%	47.2%	+3.4pp
30	Lydia Hawk Elementary	Lacey, WA	North Thurston Public Schools	496	30.5%	34.9%	+4.5pp
31	Grand Mound Elementary	Rochester, WA	Rochester School District	507	40.2%	45.2%	+5.0pp
32	Seven Oaks Elementary	Lacey, WA	North Thurston Public Schools	428	39.9%	45.3%	+5.5pp
33	Lincoln Elementary School	OLYMPIA, WA	Olympia School District	300	39.3%	45.0%	+5.7pp
34	Littlerock Elementary School	Olympia, WA	Tumwater School District	343	51.1%	58.0%	+6.9pp
35	Tumwater Hill Elementary	Tumwater, WA	Tumwater School District	400	44.0%	51.2%	+7.2pp
36	Olympic View Elementary	Lacey, WA	North Thurston Public Schools	552	48.4%	57.2%	+8.8pp
37	Griffin School	Olympia, WA	Griffin School District	585	47.2%	59.4%	+12.2pp
38	Fort Stevens Elementary	Yelm, WA	Yelm School District	462	44.7%	59.4%	+14.7pp
39	Roosevelt Elementary School	OLYMPIA, WA	Olympia School District	340	40.9%	57.5%	+16.6pp

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