Enrollment
268
Elementary
DISTRICT 316 · STATE 332
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BOISE INDEPENDENT DISTRICT·NCES 160036000076
WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
1607 NORTH 15TH STREET, BOISE, ID 83702 · (208) 854-6420 · Ada County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL268 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 97% of Idaho public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ·Beats expectations Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Idaho public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.7:1 · STATE 18.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
12%
32 students
DISTRICT 51% · STATE 46%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 31 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 39 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 43 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 34 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 39 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 35 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 47 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (31) is 34% smaller than its 6th grade class (47).
Student demographics
28%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 44% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
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ISAT 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
73.4%
ID avg 53.4%
Math
80.0%
ID avg 43.5%
What this means: On the ISAT, Idaho's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 80 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Idaho schools, those numbers are about 53 and 44.
Source: ISAT. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
Schools most like WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 268 | 11.9% | N/A |
| CAMELOT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LEWISTON | 310 | 15.2% | N/A |
| HIDDEN SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HIDDEN SPRINGS | 247 | 4.9% | N/A |
| IDAHO NOVUS CLASSICAL ACADEMY BOISE | 338 | 18.6% | N/A |
| FALCON RIDGE PUBLIC CHARTER KUNA | 275 | 17.5% | N/A |
| TWIN LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL RATHDRUM | 272 | 21.0% | N/A |
Matched among Idaho elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Idaho | In Ada County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 80.0% | #5 of 323 | #2 of 79 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 73.4% | #28 of 319 | #16 of 78 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 268 | #255 of 393 | #64 of 83 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.4:1 | #97 of 295 | #31 of 77 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 28.3% | #224 of 296 | #73 of 77 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 11.9% | #321 of 328 | #69 of 76 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.5% | #114 of 208 | #44 of 58 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
268
+85 (+46%) vs 2020
-9% since 1990-91, when it was 293
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
was 15.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 268 | 16.3 | 16.4:1 | 12% (32) |
| 2023-24 | 267 | 15.4 | 17.4:1 | 6% (17) |
| 2022-23 | 260 | 15.4 | 16.9:1 | 8% (22) |
| 2020-21 | 183 | 12 | 15.3:1 | 7% (13) |
| 2017-18 | 310 | 16.4 | 19.0:1 | 12% (36) |
| 2015-16 | 311 | 17 | 18.3:1 | 13% (40) |
| 2010-11 | 303 | 18 | 16.8:1 | 16% (47) |
| 2000-01 | 213 | 10 | 21.3:1 | 16% (34) |
| 1990-91 | 293 | 15 | 19.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (310 to 268); teachers unchanged (16.4 to 16.3).
About WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school located in BOISE, Idaho, in Ada County. Its enrollment is 268 students, spread over pre-K through 6.
The district, BOISE INDEPENDENT DISTRICT, has 22,134 students enrolled across 52 schools.
By race and ethnicity, WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 84% White. Other groups include 10% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. In Ada County overall, the White share is about 83%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 28, compared with 70 nationally.
A staff of 16.3 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 16.4:1. Across elementary schools in Idaho, the average ratio is 18.1:1. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 12%. Compared with the 34% average for public schools in Ada County, the school's rate is lower.
Among Idaho public elementary schools, WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL outscored 97%, which works out to an A+ on the allk12 Grade.
The school is in Ada County, where the median household earns about $91,502 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 45% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shares Ada County with 155 other public schools.
NORTH JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest public school to WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 0.5 miles away. WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles.
For locale, NCES codes WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL as City: Mid-size.
In 2020-21, federal data counted 183 students at WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL; in 2024-25, 268. The grades served may not have been the same in both years. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (16.4:1) than in 2020-21 (15.3:1).
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Ada County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
518,935
Census ACS
Median income
$91,502
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
45%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
156
80,006 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in BOISE INDEPENDENT DISTRICT
- BOISE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,512 students
- BORAH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,308 students
- TIMBERLINE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,307 students
- CAPITAL SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,170 students
- NORTH JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 886 students
- WEST JUNIOR HIGHMiddle · 717 students
Other schools in BOISE
- CENTENNIAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,743 students
- BOISE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,512 students
- BORAH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,308 students
- TIMBERLINE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,307 students
- iSUCCEED VIRTUAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,290 students
- INSPIRE VIRTUAL CHARTER SCHOOLCombined · 1,210 students
Other Washington Elementary schools
155 other US public schools in 28 states are named Washington Elementary. WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 109th largest of the 156.
- WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLCALDWELL, ID · 481 students
- WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLSANDPOINT, ID · 329 students
- WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLPOCATELLO, ID · 242 students
- Washington ElementaryRiverside, CA · 818 students
- Washington ElementaryRedondo Beach, CA · 776 students
Nearby schools
- NORTH JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL0.5 mi · 886
- LONGFELLOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.5 mi · 248
- BOISE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL0.8 mi · 1,512
- LOWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.9 mi · 324
- WHITTIER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 490
- LINCOLN EARLY LEARNING CENTER1.3 mi · 51
Frequently asked questions
About WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 268 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-06.
How many teachers does WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 16 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.4:1.
What is the student diversity at WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 84% White, 10% Hispanic, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of BOISE INDEPENDENT DISTRICT.
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