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Enrollment
535
Elementary
DISTRICT 518 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHENEY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530123000221
Betz Elementary
317 N 7TH, CHENEY, WA 99004 · (509) 559-4800 · Spokane County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL535 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.6:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
61%
327 students
DISTRICT 61% · 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 | 58 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 71 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 66 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 76 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 106 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 82 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 76 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (71) is 7% smaller than its 5th grade class (76).
Student demographics
51%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · 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
43.9%
WA avg 58.4% . -1.6pp since 2014
Math
43.6%
WA avg 51.2% . -0.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 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 2 points since 2014, while math scores have held steady.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 43.9% | 43.6% |
| 2023-24 | 48.6% | 45.5% |
| 2022-23 | 56.5% | 46.5% |
| 2021-22 | 53.9% | 52.5% |
| 2018-19 | 66.2% | 57.8% |
| 2017-18 | 55.4% | 51.9% |
| 2016-17 | 49.3% | 41.3% |
| 2015-16 | 50.8% | 42.9% |
| 2014-15 | 45.5% | 44.1% |
% 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
47.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.2%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 Betz Elementary
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Betz Elementary this school | 535 | 61.1% | 47.8% |
| Orchard Heights Elementary PORT ORCHARD | 529 | 58.0% | 50.3% |
| Lincoln Heights Elementary Spokane | 435 | 60.7% | 52.2% |
| Jason Lee Elementary School Richland | 518 | 62.2% | N/A |
| Helen Haller Elementary School Sequim | 508 | 56.7% | N/A |
| Minnehaha Elementary School VANCOUVER | 474 | 63.3% | N/A |
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 Betz Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Spokane County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.8% | #473 of 936 | #46 of 82 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.6% | #571 of 1,103 ▼ 52 | #51 of 83 ▼ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.9% | #654 of 1,102 ▼ 120 | #56 of 83 ▼ 10 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -9.5pp | #40 of 928 | #6 of 81 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 535 | #202 of 1,268 | #7 of 92 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.1:1 | #621 of 1,085 | #64 of 83 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.1% | #743 of 1,088 | #28 of 83 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 61.1% | #428 of 1,169 | #38 of 86 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +23.6% | #49 of 257 | #3 of 14 |
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
535
+125 (+30%) vs 2020
+35% since 1990-91, when it was 395
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
was 15.2:1
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 | 535 | 33.2 | 16.1:1 | 61% (327) |
| 2023-24 | 531 | 34.4 | 15.4:1 | 65% (345) |
| 2022-23 | 534 | 31.9 | 16.8:1 | 67% (356) |
| 2020-21 | 410 | 27 | 15.2:1 | 48% (195) |
| 2017-18 | 433 | 29.7 | 14.6:1 | 51% (220) |
| 2015-16 | 421 | 29 | 14.5:1 | 57% (240) |
| 2010-11 | 420 | 22 | 19.1:1 | 44% (185) |
| 2000-01 | 372 | 19 | 19.6:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 395 | 18 | 21.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Betz Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 24% (433 to 535); teachers up 12% (29.7 to 33.2).
About Betz Elementary
Betz Elementary is an elementary school located in CHENEY, Washington, in Spokane County. There are 535 students enrolled, covering pre-K through 5. That puts enrollment 41% larger than the 380-student average for elementary schools in Washington.
District-wide, Cheney School District has 12 schools and 5,662 students.
Of every 100 students at Betz Elementary, about 67 are White. It is also 14% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, and 3% Black. Spokane County's residents are about 83% White, 15 points above the school's share. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Betz Elementary scores 51%.
Teacher count: 33.2 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 16.1:1. Across elementary schools in Washington, the average ratio is 17.3:1. Roughly 61% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 52% average for public schools in Spokane County, the school's rate is higher.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Betz Elementary is 8.6 points above the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 47.8% actual, 39.2% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Washington.
In Spokane County, home to about 549,056 people, the median household earns about $78,582 a year, roughly 33% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Spokane County number 187, with about 76,588 students.
Among nearby public schools, Cheney High School is closest at about 0.2 miles. Other public schools within five miles number 7. Betz Elementary comes in 2nd of 5 nearby schools on average proficiency.
NCES describes the area around Betz Elementary as Town: Fringe, meaning in a town close to an urbanized area.
By 2024-25, enrollment had risen to 535, from 410 in 2020-21.
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Spokane County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
549,056
Census ACS
Median income
$78,582
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
187
76,588 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Cheney School District
- Cheney High SchoolHigh · 1,491 students
- Cheney Middle SchoolMiddle · 637 students
- Sunset ElementaryElementary · 634 students
- Westwood Middle SchoolMiddle · 624 students
- Windsor ElementaryElementary · 549 students
- Phil Snowdon ElementaryElementary · 525 students
Other schools in CHENEY
- Cheney High SchoolHigh · 1,491 students
- Cheney Middle SchoolMiddle · 637 students
- Phil Snowdon ElementaryElementary · 525 students
- Salnave ElementaryElementary · 347 students
- HomeWorksCombined · 145 students
- Three Springs High SchoolHigh · 103 students
Other Betz Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Betz Elementary. Betz Elementary is the largest of the 2.
- BETZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOLBELLEVUE, NE · 241 students
Nearby schools
- Cheney High School0.2 mi · 1,491
- Cheney Open Doors0.2 mi · 10
- WIN Academy0.2 mi · 62
- Cheney Middle School0.8 mi · 637
- Salnave Elementary1.3 mi · 347
- Three Springs High School3.6 mi · 103
Frequently asked questions
About Betz ElementaryHow many students attend Betz Elementary?
Betz Elementary enrolls approximately 535 students in grades PK-05.
Is Betz Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Betz Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Betz Elementary have?
Betz Elementary employs 33 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.1:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Betz Elementary?
At Betz Elementary, the student body is approximately 67% White, 14% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Asian, 12% Two or more.
What district is Betz Elementary in?
Betz Elementary is part of Cheney School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.