Enrollment
385
Elementary
DISTRICT 282 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·QUINCY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530708003717
Ancient Lakes Elementary
417 C Street SE, Quincy, WA 98848 · (509) 787-8950 · Grant County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL385 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
77%
298 students
DISTRICT 78% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 66 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 62 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 49 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 71 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 69 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 68 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (66) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (68).
Student demographics
28%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 21% · 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
Test scores
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
28.6%
WA avg 58.4% . +6.3pp since 2021
Math
20.8%
WA avg 51.2% . +0.6pp since 2021
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Washington schools, those numbers are about 58 and 51. Reading and writing scores are up about 6 points since 2021, while math scores have held steady.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 28.6% | 20.8% |
| 2023-24 | 25.4% | 19.5% |
| 2022-23 | 21.4% | 15.5% |
| 2021-22 | 22.3% | 20.2% |
% 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
24.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.3%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 28% 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 Ancient Lakes Elementary
Ancient Lakes Elementary's state test result (24.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ancient Lakes Elementary this school | 385 | 77.4% | 24.2% |
| West View Elementary BURLINGTON | 353 | 75.6% | 28.4% |
| Warden Elementary WARDEN | 416 | 77.9% | 29.4% |
| Eastgate Elementary School KENNEWICK | 468 | 78.6% | N/A |
| Keene-Riverview Elementary Prosser | 407 | 75.2% | N/A |
| Robertson Elementary Yakima | 473 | 82.5% | 32.4% |
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 Ancient Lakes Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Grant County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.2% | #873 of 936 | #17 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.8% | #1,029 of 1,103 ▲ 5 | #18 of 24 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.6% | #966 of 1,102 ▲ 45 | #15 of 24 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.4pp | #351 of 928 | #9 of 23 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 385 | #692 of 1,268 | #8 of 28 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.4:1 | #448 of 1,085 | #3 of 22 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 27.7% | #1,015 of 1,088 | #17 of 22 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 77.4% | #150 of 1,169 | #10 of 24 |
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
385
+20 (+5%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
was 18.3:1
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 | 385 | 25 | 15.4:1 | 77% (298) |
| 2023-24 | 389 | 24.8 | 15.7:1 | 75% (290) |
| 2022-23 | 374 | 25.2 | 14.8:1 | 80% (298) |
| 2020-21 | 365 | 20 | 18.3:1 | 73% (267) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ancient Lakes Elementary.
About Ancient Lakes Elementary
Ancient Lakes Elementary is a public elementary school in Quincy, Washington. The school offers kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 385 students.
Quincy School District operates 9 schools. Combined enrollment is 3,162 students.
Ancient Lakes Elementary is 84% Hispanic by enrollment. Beyond that, enrollment is 14% White. In Grant County overall, about 44% of residents are Hispanic. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 28%.
Its ratio of 15.4:1 is based on 25 full-time-equivalent teachers. Elementary schools in Washington average 17.3:1, 1.9 more students per teacher than here. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 77%.
Ancient Lakes Elementary's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (24.2%) and its predicted rate (28.3%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Washington schools.
For Grant County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $73,267, about 18% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 12% of residents are in poverty. There are 61 public schools in the county, enrolling about 20,494, Ancient Lakes Elementary among them.
Quincy Middle School is the nearest public school to Ancient Lakes Elementary, about 0.2 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, 7 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, Ancient Lakes Elementary is behind the 25.9% nearby average, ranking 5th of 7.
Locale: Town: Distant. In NCES terms, the school is in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
Enrollment figures show a rise of 20 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. The school's ratio dropped from 18.3:1 to 15.4:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on athletics, class schedules, and weather closures here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Grant County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
101,799
Census ACS
Median income
$73,267
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
61
20,494 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Quincy School District
- Quincy High SchoolHigh · 860 students
- Quincy Middle SchoolMiddle · 717 students
- Pioneer ElementaryElementary · 291 students
- Monument ElementaryElementary · 289 students
- Mountain View ElementaryElementary · 280 students
- George ElementaryElementary · 163 students
Other schools in Quincy
- Quincy High SchoolHigh · 860 students
- Quincy Middle SchoolMiddle · 717 students
- Pioneer ElementaryElementary · 291 students
- Monument ElementaryElementary · 289 students
- Mountain View ElementaryElementary · 280 students
- George ElementaryElementary · 163 students
Nearby schools
- Quincy Middle School0.2 mi · 717
- Pioneer Elementary0.4 mi · 291
- Mountain View Elementary0.7 mi · 280
- Quincy High School0.9 mi · 860
- Monument Elementary1.5 mi · 289
- Quincy Innovation Academy1.6 mi · 153
Frequently asked questions
About Ancient Lakes ElementaryHow many students attend Ancient Lakes Elementary?
Ancient Lakes Elementary enrolls approximately 385 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Ancient Lakes Elementary serve?
Ancient Lakes Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Ancient Lakes Elementary?
Approximately 15.4:1 students per teacher at Ancient Lakes Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Ancient Lakes Elementary?
At Ancient Lakes Elementary, the student body is approximately 14% White, 84% Hispanic, 0% Black, 2% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Ancient Lakes Elementary public or private?
Ancient Lakes Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Quincy School District.
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