Washington Elementary

Washington Elementary is an elementary campus of intimate scale in Washington, Kansas, operated by Washington Co. Schools, caters to 192 students in grades pre-K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 39% smaller than the state mean of about 313.

Across the 2 schools in Washington Co. Schools (355 students total), Washington Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Washington Elementary lists that 85% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 11% Hispanic, 4% multiracial.

On the resource side, The school lists 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.3:1. The state averages around 13.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 52% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Washington County (around 37%), the school's rate is north of typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Washington Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 37.3%, the actual is 46.9%, a residual of +9.7 points.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Washington County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $65,482 per year, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Washington Elementary is one of 8 public schools in Washington County (combined enrollment of about 1,079 students).

Nearest neighbor: Washington County High School, around 0.0 miles off. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Washington Elementary ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 40.8%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 8%: 208 students in 2018 compared to 192 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 90% to 85% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 14.6:1 in 2018 to 10.3:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, the feed for Washington Elementary typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.