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Enrollment
570
Elementary
DISTRICT 410 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PASCO SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530657003520
Barbara McClintock STEM Elementary
5706 Road 60, Pasco, WA 99301 · (509) 416-7808 · Franklin County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL570 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 16% of Washington 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.
- FBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-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
14.3:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
54%
307 students
DISTRICT 72% · STATE 51%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 2 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 88 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 89 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 87 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 109 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 93 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 102 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (88) is 14% smaller than its 5th grade class (102).
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 40% · 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
37.8%
WA avg 58.4% . -7.0pp since 2015
Math
35.1%
WA avg 51.2% . +0.7pp since 2015
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 35 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 7 points since 2015, while math scores have held steady.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 37.8% | 35.1% |
| 2023-24 | 39.3% | 26.2% |
| 2022-23 | 32.3% | 23.6% |
| 2021-22 | 31.6% | 25.6% |
| 2018-19 | 43.6% | 33.3% |
| 2017-18 | 42.7% | 32.9% |
| 2016-17 | 39.8% | 35.7% |
| 2015-16 | 44.8% | 34.4% |
% 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
34.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.1%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 Barbara McClintock STEM Elementary
Barbara McClintock STEM Elementary's state test result (34.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barbara McClintock STEM Elementary this school | 570 | 53.9% | 34.4% |
| James McGee Elementary PASCO | 499 | 56.3% | 37.7% |
| Maya Angelou Elementary Pasco | 579 | 59.9% | 38.6% |
| Columbia River Elementary Pasco | 618 | 48.4% | 33.2% |
| Marrion Elementary School Vancouver | 528 | 49.6% | N/A |
| Red Rock Elementary Royal City | 513 | 53.6% | 47.6% |
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 Barbara McClintock STEM Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Franklin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.4% | #728 of 936 | #7 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.1% | #771 of 1,103 ▲ 159 | #6 of 20 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.8% | #806 of 1,102 ▼ 57 | #6 of 20 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.9pp | #135 of 928 | #3 of 19 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 570 | #143 of 1,268 | #5 of 23 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #190 of 1,085 | #8 of 20 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.0% | #768 of 1,088 | #7 of 21 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 53.9% | #556 of 1,169 | #17 of 21 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -27.8% | #153 of 778 | #12 of 17 |
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
570
-142 (-20%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 17.8:1
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 | 570 | 39.8 | 14.3:1 | 54% (307) |
| 2023-24 | 625 | 42 | 14.9:1 | 65% (405) |
| 2022-23 | 692 | 38.9 | 17.8:1 | 67% (461) |
| 2020-21 | 712 | 40 | 17.8:1 | 50% (356) |
| 2017-18 | 790 | 44 | 17.9:1 | 46% (361) |
| 2015-16 | 680 | 32 | 21.3:1 | 47% (318) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Barbara McClintock STEM Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 28% (790 to 570); teachers down 9% (44 to 39.8).
About Barbara McClintock STEM Elementary
At 5706 Road 60 in Pasco, Washington, Barbara McClintock STEM Elementary operates as a high-enrollment elementary school. Enrollment stands at 570 students, covering pre-K through 5. That puts enrollment 50% bigger than the 380-student average for elementary schools in Washington.
Pasco School District runs 28 schools with a combined 18,913 students. Barbara McClintock STEM Elementary is one of them.
About 65% of the student body at Barbara McClintock STEM Elementary is Hispanic. The remaining students are 28% White and 4% multiracial. Among people living in Franklin County, the Hispanic share is about 55%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 50%.
A staff of 39.8 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 14.3:1. Across elementary schools in Washington, the average ratio is 17.3:1. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 54%. The gap from the 70% average for public schools in Franklin County is 16 points.
Barbara McClintock STEM Elementary holds a C- allk12 Grade, placing it above 16% of Washington public elementary schools.
Barbara McClintock STEM Elementary scores 34.4% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 44.1%.
In the surrounding county, Franklin County, median household income comes to about $86,714, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 21% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. The county has 43 public schools and about 21,403 students.
Rosalind Franklin STEM Elementary is the nearest public school to Barbara McClintock STEM Elementary, about 0.5 miles away. Barbara McClintock STEM Elementary is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 39.8%, higher than Barbara McClintock STEM Elementary's 34.4%.
Locale data from NCES put Barbara McClintock STEM Elementary in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
The school's enrollment decreased 20% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 17.8:1 to 14.3:1.
The Barbara McClintock STEM Elementary discussion page is a place for special education services, counseling, and support programs. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Franklin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
98,902
Census ACS
Median income
$86,714
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
43
21,403 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Pasco School District
- Chiawana Senior High SchoolHigh · 3,127 students
- Pasco Senior High SchoolHigh · 2,590 students
- Ray Reynolds Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,294 students
- Mcloughlin Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,171 students
- Stevens Middle SchoolMiddle · 956 students
- Ellen Ochoa Middle SchoolMiddle · 831 students
Other schools in Pasco
- Chiawana Senior High SchoolHigh · 3,127 students
- Pasco Senior High SchoolHigh · 2,590 students
- Ray Reynolds Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,294 students
- Mcloughlin Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,171 students
- Stevens Middle SchoolMiddle · 956 students
- Ellen Ochoa Middle SchoolMiddle · 831 students
Nearby schools
- Rosalind Franklin STEM Elementary0.5 mi · 543
- Maya Angelou Elementary1.4 mi · 579
- James McGee Elementary1.5 mi · 499
- Three Rivers Elementary1.8 mi · 657
- Columbia River Elementary2.0 mi · 618
- Chiawana Senior High School2.0 mi · 3,127
Frequently asked questions
About Barbara McClintock STEM ElementaryHow large is Barbara McClintock STEM Elementary?
Barbara McClintock STEM Elementary enrolls approximately 570 students in grades PK-05.
Is Barbara McClintock STEM Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Barbara McClintock STEM Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Barbara McClintock STEM Elementary?
Approximately 14.3:1 students per teacher at Barbara McClintock STEM Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Barbara McClintock STEM Elementary?
At Barbara McClintock STEM Elementary, the student body is approximately 28% White, 65% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Barbara McClintock STEM Elementary public or private?
Barbara McClintock STEM Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Pasco School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.