Adams Elementary

As a middle-of-the-pack K-5 school in Spokane Valley, Washington, Adams Elementary hosts 376 students from grades pre-K through 5, run under Central Valley School District.

Adams Elementary is one of 33 schools operated by Central Valley School District, a district that caters to 15,087 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Adams Elementary logs that the largest single group is White, at 69% of enrollment. Other groups include 15% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 3% Black, 2% Native American. The wider county runs roughly 83% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, Adams Elementary has 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.3:1, putting Adams Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. About 62% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than Spokane County's rate of about 52%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Adams Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 38.8%; this one delivers 48.0%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Spokane County put median household income runs about $78,582, roughly 33% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Spokane County's 187 public schools (combined enrollment of about 76,588 students), Adams Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Evergreen Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Adams Elementary comes 4th of 5 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 52.2%.

The school occupies an urban site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 12%: 427 students in 2018 compared to 376 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 74% to 69% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 14.7:1 in 2018 to 13.2:1 today.

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