Bemiss Elementary

Located at 2323 E Bridgeport Ave, in Spokane, Washington, Bemiss Elementary is a moderately sized elementary campus that caters to 368 students (grades pre-K through 5), overseen by Spokane School District.

Across the 62 schools in Spokane School District (28,853 students total), Bemiss Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Bemiss Elementary records that White students make up the majority at 60%. Beyond that, the school shows 14% Hispanic, 13% multiracial, 4% Black, 4% Asian. By comparison, Spokane County as a whole is about 83% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school reports having 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.3:1 average. Roughly 88% of students at Bemiss Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Spokane County runs at roughly 52%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Bemiss Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 20.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 27.9%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Spokane County indicate the typical household earns roughly $78,582 per year, 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Bemiss Elementary is one of 187 public schools in Spokane County (combined enrollment of about 76,588 students).

Nearest neighbor: Alternative Northeast Community Center Preschool, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Bemiss Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Bemiss Elementary at 2nd of 6; the average score across the group is 26.0%.

The school occupies an urban site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Bemiss Elementary has contracted 31%, going from 530 students in 2018 to 368 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share increased from 54% to 60%.

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