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What's the biggest difference between Berney Elementary School and what you expected?
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Enrollment
324
Elementary
DISTRICT 327 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WALLA WALLA PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 530945001599
Berney Elementary School
1718 PLEASANT ST, WALLA WALLA, WA 99362 · (509) 527-3060 · Walla Walla County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL324 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 30.1:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
66%
215 students
DISTRICT 71% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 39 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 54 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 49 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 52 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 61 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 69 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (39) is 43% smaller than its 5th grade class (69).
Student demographics
46%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · 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
39.1%
WA avg 58.4% . -16.8pp since 2014
Math
33.7%
WA avg 51.2% . -13.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 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 17 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 14 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 39.1% | 33.7% |
| 2023-24 | 34.6% | 38.1% |
| 2022-23 | 40.3% | 42.9% |
| 2021-22 | 41.8% | 40.1% |
| 2018-19 | 50.0% | 49.2% |
| 2017-18 | 56.9% | 53.3% |
| 2016-17 | 53.9% | 49.8% |
| 2015-16 | 60.1% | 50.6% |
| 2014-15 | 55.9% | 47.5% |
% 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
40.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.7%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 Berney Elementary School
Berney Elementary School's state test result (40.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Berney Elementary School this school | 324 | 66.4% | 40.0% |
| Mossyrock Elementary School MOSSYROCK | 347 | 67.4% | 37.2% |
| Goldendale Primary School GOLDENDALE | 302 | 64.6% | 31.5% |
| Central Elementary Ferndale | 315 | 65.1% | 41.8% |
| Sumas Elementary Sumas | 295 | 62.4% | 42.6% |
| McDermoth Elementary Aberdeen | 288 | 68.4% | 42.2% |
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 Berney Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Walla Walla County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #630 of 936 | #6 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.7% | #810 of 1,103 ▼ 134 | #8 of 9 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.1% | #774 of 1,102 ▲ 81 | #7 of 9 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -4.5pp | #165 of 928 | #1 of 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 324 | #885 of 1,268 | #7 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #117 of 1,085 | #2 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.0% | #841 of 1,088 | #6 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 66.4% | #329 of 1,169 | #5 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -28.9% | #141 of 778 | N/A |
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
324
-49 (-13%) vs 2020
-41% since 1990-91, when it was 547
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 14.9:1
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 | 324 | 23.8 | 13.6:1 | 66% (215) |
| 2023-24 | 371 | 24.8 | 15.0:1 | 72% (266) |
| 2022-23 | 406 | 25.8 | 15.7:1 | 69% (281) |
| 2020-21 | 373 | 25 | 14.9:1 | 42% (158) |
| 2017-18 | 456 | 24.5 | 18.6:1 | 40% (184) |
| 2015-16 | 427 | 22 | 19.4:1 | 44% (190) |
| 2010-11 | 450 | 23 | 19.6:1 | 42% (191) |
| 2000-01 | 461 | 28 | 16.5:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 547 | 28 | 19.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Berney Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 29% (456 to 324); teachers down 3% (24.5 to 23.8).
About Berney Elementary School
Berney Elementary School is an elementary school in WALLA WALLA, Washington, reachable at (509) 527-3060. Its enrollment is 324 students, spread over kindergarten through 5.
In Walla Walla Public Schools, 16 schools enroll a combined 5,410 students.
The student body at Berney Elementary School is 69% White. Other reported shares: 26% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. Among Walla Walla County residents, the White share is about 73%. A diversity index of 46% means there is a 46% chance two randomly chosen students at Berney Elementary School are from different groups.
Berney Elementary School has 23.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 13.6:1. Elementary schools in Washington have an average ratio of 17.3:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 66%.
Compared with Washington schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Berney Elementary School's results are 4.3 points above predicted: 40.0% against 35.7%.
For Walla Walla County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $74,202 a year, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of people live in poverty. Counting Berney Elementary School, Walla Walla County has 33 public schools.
Berney Elementary School's closest public school neighbor is Pioneer Middle School, about 0.5 miles away. Within five miles of Berney Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Of 6 schools in the immediate area with test results, Berney Elementary School ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
Federal data place Berney Elementary School in the City: Small locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 324, from 373 in 2020-21. Its ratio of students to teachers was 14.9:1 in 2020-21, and 13.6:1 in 2024-25.
Berney Elementary School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as special education services, counseling, and support programs. You can also rate the school on this page.
Walla Walla County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
62,161
Census ACS
Median income
$74,202
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
33
8,516 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Walla Walla Public Schools
- Walla Walla High SchoolHigh · 1,554 students
- Pioneer Middle SchoolMiddle · 601 students
- Garrison Middle SchoolMiddle · 546 students
- Green Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 526 students
- Edison Elementary SchoolElementary · 464 students
- Prospect Point ElementaryElementary · 414 students
Other schools in WALLA WALLA
- Walla Walla High SchoolHigh · 1,554 students
- Pioneer Middle SchoolMiddle · 601 students
- Garrison Middle SchoolMiddle · 546 students
- Green Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 526 students
- Edison Elementary SchoolElementary · 464 students
- Prospect Point ElementaryElementary · 414 students
Nearby schools
- Pioneer Middle School0.5 mi · 601
- Edison Elementary School0.6 mi · 464
- Walla Walla Open Doors1.0 mi · 105
- Sharpstein Elementary School1.3 mi · 340
- Green Park Elementary School1.4 mi · 526
- Walla Walla High School1.4 mi · 1,554
Frequently asked questions
About Berney Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Berney Elementary School?
Berney Elementary School enrolls approximately 324 students in grades KG-05.
Is Berney Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Berney Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Berney Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Berney Elementary School is approximately 13.6:1 (24 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Berney Elementary School?
Berney Elementary School reports a student body of 69% White, 26% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Berney Elementary School in?
Berney Elementary School is part of Walla Walla Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.