Enrollment
312
Elementary
DISTRICT 360 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SPOKANE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530825001361
Adams Elementary
2909-E 37 Ave, Spokane, WA 99223 · (509) 354-2000 · Spokane County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL312 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 38% of Washington public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Washington public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
71%
223 students
DISTRICT 60% · STATE 51%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 13 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 59 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 46 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 44 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 51 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 47 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 52 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (59) is 13% larger than its 5th grade class (52).
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · STATE 68% · 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
Adams Elementary→Alternative Tamarack School
Based on grade levels within Spokane School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
38.4%
WA avg 58.4% . -11.6pp since 2014
Math
38.3%
WA avg 51.2% . -0.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 38 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Washington schools, those numbers are about 58 and 51. Reading and writing scores are down about 12 points since 2014, while math scores have held steady.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 38.4% | 38.3% |
| 2023-24 | 41.3% | 39.4% |
| 2022-23 | 46.5% | 46.5% |
| 2021-22 | 49.0% | 47.1% |
| 2018-19 | 60.7% | 57.6% |
| 2017-18 | 55.2% | 43.3% |
| 2016-17 | 48.2% | 52.9% |
| 2015-16 | 49.0% | 42.5% |
| 2014-15 | 50.0% | 38.7% |
% Met or Exceeded Standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Smarter Balanced + WCAS. 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
40.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.3%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% typical for Washington 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 Washington'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 Adams Elementary
Adams Elementary's state test result (40.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adams Elementary this school | 312 | 71.5% | 40.0% |
| Broadway Elementary Spokane Valley | 282 | 71.3% | 42.7% |
| Cooper Elementary Spokane | 385 | 69.6% | 44.2% |
| Madison Elementary Spokane | 250 | 76.4% | 39.3% |
| Grant Elementary Spokane | 289 | 78.5% | 34.0% |
| Garfield Elementary Spokane | 314 | 78.7% | 32.3% |
Matched among Washington 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 Adams Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Spokane County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #631 of 936 | #61 of 82 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.3% | #699 of 1,103 ▼ 56 | #58 of 83 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.4% | #788 of 1,102 ▼ 99 | #67 of 83 ▼ 10 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -9.7pp | #38 of 928 | #5 of 81 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 312 | #926 of 1,268 | #67 of 92 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.1:1 | #164 of 1,085 | #32 of 83 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.1% | #540 of 1,088 | #19 of 83 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 71.5% | #234 of 1,169 | #23 of 86 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.0% | #469 of 778 | #45 of 67 |
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
312
-59 (-16%) vs 2020
-31% since 1990-91, when it was 454
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
was 14.8:1
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 | 312 | 22.1 | 14.1:1 | 71% (223) |
| 2023-24 | 303 | 25.2 | 12.0:1 | 73% (221) |
| 2022-23 | 336 | 27.6 | 12.2:1 | 68% (229) |
| 2020-21 | 371 | 25 | 14.8:1 | 66% (244) |
| 2017-18 | 363 | 22.5 | 16.2:1 | 69% (251) |
| 2015-16 | 336 | 22 | 15.3:1 | 69% (233) |
| 2010-11 | 363 | 16 | 22.7:1 | 58% (211) |
| 2000-01 | 456 | 21 | 21.7:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 454 | 20 | 22.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Adams Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (363 to 312); teachers down 1% (22.5 to 22.1).
About Adams Elementary
The public elementary school Adams Elementary is located in Spokane, Washington. Its enrollment is 312 students, spread over pre-K through 6.
Spokane School District counts 28,853 students in its 62 schools, and Adams Elementary is one of them.
More than half of enrollment at Adams Elementary is White: 61%. Next come 13% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 8% Black, and 5% Asian. The county population is about 83% White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Adams Elementary scores 59%.
Adams Elementary has 22.1 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.1:1. The gap from the 17.3:1 average for elementary schools in Washington is 3.2 students per teacher. At Adams Elementary, 71% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. Compared with the 52% average for public schools in Spokane County, the school's rate is higher.
Adams Elementary holds a C+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 38% of Washington public elementary schools.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 32.3% for Adams Elementary. The school posts 40.0%, 7.7 points above the prediction.
The school's county is Spokane County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $78,582, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 33%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Spokane County's 187 public schools enroll about 76,588 students and include Adams Elementary.
Ferris High School, about 0.2 miles away, is the closest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Adams Elementary is 9th of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Its location is classified as City: Mid-size by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Enrollment was 312 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 371.
People who know Adams Elementary can post here about open houses, carpools, and field trips. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Spokane County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
549,056
Census ACS
Median income
$78,582
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
187
76,588 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Spokane School District
- Lewis & Clark High SchoolHigh · 1,673 students
- North Central High SchoolHigh · 1,647 students
- Ferris High SchoolHigh · 1,644 students
- Rogers High SchoolHigh · 1,498 students
- Shadle Park High SchoolHigh · 1,445 students
- Sacajawea Middle SchoolMiddle · 855 students
Other schools in Spokane
- Mead Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,827 students
- Lewis & Clark High SchoolHigh · 1,673 students
- North Central High SchoolHigh · 1,647 students
- Ferris High SchoolHigh · 1,644 students
- Rogers High SchoolHigh · 1,498 students
- Shadle Park High SchoolHigh · 1,445 students
Other Adams Elementary schools
40 other US public schools in 20 states are named Adams Elementary. Adams Elementary is the 24th largest of the 41.
- Adams Elementary SchoolYakima, WA · 643 students
- Adams ElementaryWapato, WA · 394 students
- Adams ElementarySpokane Valley, WA · 376 students
- Adams Elementary SchoolSEATTLE, WA · 285 students
- ADAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLLINCOLN, NE · 767 students
Nearby schools
- Ferris High School0.2 mi · 1,644
- Hamblen Elementary0.6 mi · 508
- Lincoln Heights Elementary0.9 mi · 435
- Chase Middle School1.3 mi · 685
- Franklin Elementary1.3 mi · 428
- Hutton Elementary1.6 mi · 492
Frequently asked questions
About Adams ElementaryHow large is Adams Elementary?
Adams Elementary enrolls approximately 312 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does Adams Elementary serve?
Adams Elementary serves grades PK-06.
How many teachers does Adams Elementary have?
Adams Elementary employs 22 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.1:1.
What is the student diversity at Adams Elementary?
Student demographics at Adams Elementary are roughly 61% White, 13% Hispanic, 8% Black, 5% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Who oversees Adams Elementary?
Adams Elementary is overseen by Spokane School District in Spokane County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.