Washington Elementary

Located at 3322 Dolbeer St., in Eureka, California, Washington Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school that instructs 426 students (grades K through 5), one of the schools within Eureka City Schools.

Within Eureka City Schools, which oversees 8 schools and 3,462 students, Washington Elementary is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Washington Elementary shows that 52% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest consists of 24% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 9% Asian. By comparison, Humboldt County as a whole is about 72% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Washington Elementary has 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 25.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. About 62% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, Washington Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 42.9%, the actual is 32.7%, a residual of -10.1 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Humboldt County indicate median household income runs about $61,160, roughly 33% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Humboldt County's 92 public schools (combined enrollment of about 17,319 students), Washington Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Humboldt County Office of Education Juvenile Hall Court is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Washington Elementary at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 33.7%.

The campus sits in a town-based setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 16%: 507 students in 2018 compared to 426 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged up from 18% to 24%.

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