Carrolls Elementary

Located at 3902 Old Pacific Hwy S, in Kelso, Washington, Carrolls Elementary is an one-room-style elementary campus that hosts 107 students (grades K through 5), operated by Kelso School District. That puts it 72% smaller than the typical public school in Washington, which averages around 380 students.

Kelso School District runs 13 schools in total, collectively educating 4,960 students. Carrolls Elementary is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Carrolls Elementary logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (83%). The remainder consists of 15% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, Carrolls Elementary lists 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.5:1. The state averages around 17.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 52% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Cowlitz County indicate median household income runs about $76,531, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Carrolls Elementary is one of 48 public schools in Cowlitz County (combined enrollment of about 17,080 students).

Nearest neighbor: Rose Valley Elementary, around 2.7 miles off. Within five miles, there are 5 other public schools.

Carrolls Elementary operates from an outlying location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Carrolls Elementary has shrank 24%, going from 141 students in 2018 to 107 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share increased from 9% to 15%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 17.6:1 in 2018 to 15.5:1 today.

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