Balboa Elementary

Located at 3010 W Holyoke Ave, in Spokane, Washington, Balboa Elementary is a tight-knit primary school that serves 248 students (grades pre-K through 5), part of Spokane School District. Enrollment runs roughly 35% leaner than the state mean of about 380.

Spokane School District comprises 62 schools with combined enrollment of 28,853 students; Balboa Elementary is among them.

On the student-mix side, Balboa Elementary logs that the largest single group is White, at 72% of enrollment. Other groups include 10% multiracial, 10% Hispanic, 4% Black. By comparison, Spokane County as a whole is about 83% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Balboa Elementary records 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.2:1. The state averages around 17.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 50% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, Balboa Elementary is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 46.7%; this one delivers 61.4%, a residual of +14.8 points.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Spokane County) reports that median household earnings sit near $78,582, about 33% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Spokane County runs 187 public schools (combined enrollment of about 76,588 students), of which Balboa Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Salk Middle School, roughly 0.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Balboa Elementary comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 40.8%.

Balboa Elementary operates from a metropolitan location.

Looking at the recent track record. Balboa Elementary's enrollment has decreased 30% since 2018, when it stood at 354 (now 248). Over the same period, the White share contracted from 80% to 72%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 14.4:1 in 2018 to 12.2:1 today.

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