Enrollment
232
Elementary
DISTRICT 226 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HOQUIAM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530366000562
Central Elementary School
310 Simpson Avenue, Hoquiam, WA 98550 · (360) 538-8230 · Grays Harbor County
GRADES 02–05ELEMENTARY33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL232 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.3:1
13 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.1:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
78%
180 students
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 51%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 2 | 61 | 26% |
| Grade 3 | 51 | 22% |
| Grade 4 | 56 | 24% |
| Grade 5 | 64 | 28% |
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Hoquiam School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
22.4%
WA avg 58.4% . -19.3pp since 2014
Math
16.4%
WA avg 51.2% . -16.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 22 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 16 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 19 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 16 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 22.4% | 16.4% |
| 2023-24 | 29.2% | 26.0% |
| 2022-23 | 32.0% | 24.9% |
| 2021-22 | 30.9% | 30.9% |
| 2018-19 | 40.4% | 33.2% |
| 2017-18 | 37.7% | 29.4% |
| 2016-17 | 33.3% | 30.4% |
| 2015-16 | 36.6% | 34.0% |
| 2014-15 | 41.7% | 32.6% |
% 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
25.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.1%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 28% 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 Central Elementary School
Central Elementary School's state test result (25.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central Elementary School this school | 232 | 77.6% | 25.3% |
| Lincoln Elementary Hoquiam | 233 | 75.5% | 27.9% |
| Emerson Elementary Hoquiam | 212 | 74.1% | N/A |
| Progress Elementary School Spokane Valley | 280 | 77.1% | 34.0% |
| Ness Elementary SPOKANE | 243 | 75.3% | 56.0% |
| Richland School District Early Learning Center Richland | 301 | 78.1% | 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 Central Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Grays Harbor County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.3% | #866 of 936 | #13 of 15 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 16.4% | #1,070 of 1,103 ▼ 135 | #15 of 16 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 22.4% | #1,047 of 1,102 ▼ 95 | #14 of 16 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -11.5pp | #24 of 928 | #2 of 15 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 232 | #1,065 of 1,268 | #11 of 20 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.3:1 | #875 of 1,085 | #11 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.5% | #492 of 1,088 | #1 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 77.6% | #148 of 1,169 | #7 of 18 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.7% | #662 of 778 | #7 of 8 |
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
232
+15 (+7%) vs 2020
-39% since 1990-91, when it was 380
Student : Teacher
17.3:1
was 16.7:1
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 | 232 | 13.4 | 17.3:1 | 78% (180) |
| 2023-24 | 228 | 16.3 | 14.0:1 | 83% (189) |
| 2022-23 | 241 | 16.3 | 14.8:1 | 81% (196) |
| 2020-21 | 217 | 13 | 16.7:1 | 74% (160) |
| 2017-18 | 246 | 13.7 | 18.0:1 | 70% (172) |
| 2015-16 | 242 | 12 | 20.2:1 | 62% (149) |
| 2010-11 | 255 | 12 | 21.3:1 | 65% (165) |
| 2000-01 | 265 | 13 | 20.4:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 380 | 15 | 25.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Central Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (246 to 232); teachers down 2% (13.7 to 13.4).
About Central Elementary School
Central Elementary School is a low-enrollment elementary school with an address in Hoquiam, Washington. School enrollment was 232 students in 2024-25, in grades 2 through 5. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Washington) has about 380 students.
Central Elementary School falls under Hoquiam School District, which has 6 schools enrolling 1,566 students.
By race and ethnicity, Central Elementary School is 55% White. Other reported shares: 27% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 6% Native American, and 2% Black. That compares with about 79% White among all Grays Harbor County residents. Central Elementary School has a diversity index of 61%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Its 13.4 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 17.3:1. Across elementary schools in Washington, the average ratio is about 17.3:1. The school's lunch program data list 78% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The 65% average for public schools in Grays Harbor County is 13 points lower.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Central Elementary School is 28.1%, and its average proficiency rate on state tests is 25.3%.
Central Elementary School is located in Grays Harbor County, where median household income is about $64,414, about 18% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Central Elementary School is one of 46 public schools in Grays Harbor County, which together enroll about 10,564 students.
Emerson Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Local comparison: Central Elementary School ranks 4th of 6 nearby schools, at 25.3% versus a 26.0% average.
NCES lists the school's locale as Town: Remote. That means it sits in a town far from an urbanized area.
The student count in 2024-25 was 232, 7% above the 217 of 2020-21.
Posts about school safety, transportation, and start times are welcome on this page. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Grays Harbor County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
77,053
Census ACS
Median income
$64,414
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
46
10,564 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Hoquiam School District
- Hoquiam High SchoolHigh · 410 students
- Hoquiam Middle SchoolMiddle · 372 students
- Lincoln ElementaryElementary · 233 students
- Emerson ElementaryElementary · 212 students
- Hoquiam Homelink SchoolCombined · 107 students
Other schools in Hoquiam
- Hoquiam High SchoolHigh · 410 students
- Hoquiam Middle SchoolMiddle · 372 students
- Lincoln ElementaryElementary · 233 students
- Emerson ElementaryElementary · 212 students
- Hoquiam Homelink SchoolCombined · 107 students
Other Central Elementary schools
151 other US public schools in 35 states are named Central Elementary. Central Elementary School is the 134th largest of the 152.
- Central Elementary SchoolSedro-Woolley, WA · 476 students
- Central ElementaryFerndale, WA · 315 students
- Central Elementary SchoolCarrollton, GA · 991 students
- CENTRAL ELEM.ST CHARLES, MO · 865 students
- Central ElementaryBanning, CA · 782 students
Nearby schools
- Emerson Elementary0.7 mi · 212
- Lincoln Elementary0.8 mi · 233
- Hoquiam Middle School0.8 mi · 372
- Hoquiam High School1.0 mi · 410
- Hoquiam Homelink School1.1 mi · 107
- A J West Elementary2.5 mi · 281
Frequently asked questions
About Central Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Central Elementary School?
Central Elementary School enrolls approximately 232 students in grades 02-05.
Is Central Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Central Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades 02-05.
How many teachers does Central Elementary School have?
Central Elementary School employs 13 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.3:1.
What is the student diversity at Central Elementary School?
Student demographics at Central Elementary School are roughly 55% White, 27% Hispanic, 2% Black, 0% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is Central Elementary School public or private?
Central Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Hoquiam School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.