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Best kept secret at Washington Elementary School?
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Enrollment
420
Elementary
DISTRICT 330 · STATE 321
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PENDLETON SD 16·NCES 410951001107
Washington Elementary School
1205 SE Byers Ave, Pendleton, OR 97801 · (541) 966-5552 · Umatilla County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL420 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 38% of Oregon public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·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 Oregon public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 16.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
349 students
DISTRICT 91% · STATE 76%
Community
1
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 1 | 68 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 84 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 81 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 104 | 25% |
| Grade 5 | 83 | 20% |
This year's 1st grade class (68) is 18% smaller than its 5th grade class (83).
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · STATE 59% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Washington Elementary School→Sunridge Middle School
Based on grade levels within Pendleton SD 16. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
OSAS 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
36.7%
OR avg 43.0% . +0.5pp since 2023
Math
21.5%
OR avg 31.8% . -3.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 22 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Oregon schools, those numbers are about 43 and 32. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 36.7% | 21.5% |
| 2023-24 | 36.2% | 24.7% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: OSAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
29.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.3%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 30% typical for Oregon schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Oregon's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Washington Elementary School
Washington Elementary School's state test result (29.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Elementary School this school | 420 | 83.1% | 29.4% |
| Sherwood Heights Elementary School Pendleton | 439 | 83.8% | 21.7% |
| Kennedy Elementary School Medford | 393 | 87.0% | 27.0% |
| Abraham Lincoln Elementary Medford | 401 | 86.8% | 38.6% |
| Battle Creek Elementary School Salem | 426 | 89.2% | 23.1% |
| Grandhaven Elementary School McMinnville | 446 | 84.3% | 39.7% |
Matched among Oregon 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 Oregon | In Umatilla County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.4% | #374 of 591 | #9 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.5% | #504 of 646 ▼ 42 | #13 of 15 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.7% | #405 of 646 ▼ 9 | #9 of 15 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 420 | #170 of 710 | #5 of 16 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.5:1 | #248 of 587 | #12 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.6% | #86 of 587 | #1 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 83.1% | #236 of 645 | #12 of 16 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.1% | #462 of 493 | #10 of 11 |
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
420
+21 (+5%) vs 2020
+2% since 1990-91, when it was 412
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
was 17.4:1
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 | 420 | 25.5 | 16.5:1 | 83% (349) |
| 2023-24 | 425 | 25.3 | 16.8:1 | 64% (274) |
| 2022-23 | 434 | 26.3 | 16.5:1 | 51% (221) |
| 2020-21 | 399 | 23 | 17.4:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 438 | 22.5 | 19.5:1 | 58% (255) |
| 2015-16 | 310 | 17 | 18.2:1 | 66% (206) |
| 2010-11 | 355 | 18 | 19.7:1 | 72% (255) |
| 2000-01 | 324 | 16 | 20.3:1 | 51% (165) |
| 1990-91 | 412 | 19 | 21.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Washington Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (438 to 420); teachers up 13% (22.5 to 25.5).
About Washington Elementary School
Federal records list Washington Elementary School as an elementary school in Pendleton, Oregon. Students in kindergarten through 5 make up the school's enrollment of 420 students. Elementary schools in Oregon have about 321 students on average; enrollment here is 31% higher.
Pendleton SD 16 has a total of 8 schools and 2,901 students, Washington Elementary School among them.
White students account for 50% of enrollment at Washington Elementary School, more than any other group. Other groups include 21% Native American, 19% Hispanic, and 10% multiracial. By comparison, Umatilla County residents are about 67% White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Washington Elementary School scores 67%.
On staff are 25.5 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 16.5:1. It is about the same as the 16.5:1 average for elementary schools in Oregon. About 83% of students at Washington Elementary School are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Washington Elementary School holds a C+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 38% of Oregon public elementary schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Washington Elementary School is -0.9 points: 29.4% actual, 30.3% predicted.
In Umatilla County, the median household earns about $67,728 a year, about 18% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Across Umatilla County, 35 public schools serve about 13,143 students.
About 1.4 miles separate Washington Elementary School from the closest public school, Pendleton Early Learning Center. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Washington Elementary School ranks 2nd of 5 on average proficiency.
Locale data from NCES put Washington Elementary School in a town some distance from an urbanized area (Town: Distant).
Over 4 years, enrollment increased by 21 students, from 399 to 420.
This page is set up for the Washington Elementary School community to discuss special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Umatilla County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
79,940
Census ACS
Median income
$67,728
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
35
13,143 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Pendleton SD 16
- Pendleton High SchoolHigh · 763 students
- Sunridge Middle SchoolMiddle · 672 students
- Sherwood Heights Elementary SchoolElementary · 439 students
- McKay Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 265 students
- Pendleton Early Learning CenterElementary · 197 students
- Nixyaawii Community SchoolHigh · 89 students
Other schools in Pendleton
- Pendleton High SchoolHigh · 763 students
- Sunridge Middle SchoolMiddle · 672 students
- Sherwood Heights Elementary SchoolElementary · 439 students
- McKay Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 265 students
- Pendleton Early Learning CenterElementary · 197 students
- InterMountain Virtual Learning AcademyCombined · 107 students
Other Washington Elementary schools
155 other US public schools in 28 states are named Washington Elementary. Washington Elementary School is the 47th largest of the 156.
- Washington Elementary SchoolWoodburn, OR · 429 students
- Washington Elementary SchoolSalem, OR · 365 students
- Washington Elementary SchoolMedford, OR · 221 students
- Washington ElementaryRiverside, CA · 818 students
- Washington ElementaryRedondo Beach, CA · 776 students
Nearby schools
- Pendleton Early Learning Center1.4 mi · 197
- Pendleton High School1.6 mi · 763
- Hawthorne Alternative High School1.6 mi · 56
- Sunridge Middle School1.9 mi · 672
- InterMountain Virtual Learning Academy2.1 mi · 107
- Sherwood Heights Elementary School2.7 mi · 439
Frequently asked questions
About Washington Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Washington Elementary School?
Washington Elementary School enrolls approximately 420 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Washington Elementary School serve?
Washington Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Washington Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Washington Elementary School is approximately 16.5:1 (26 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Washington Elementary School?
Washington Elementary School reports a student body of 50% White, 19% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 10% Two or more.
What district is Washington Elementary School in?
Washington Elementary School is part of Pendleton SD 16.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.