Enrollment
111
Elementary
DISTRICT 221 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ABERDEEN SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530003000005
Central Park Elementary
601 School Road, Aberdeen, WA 98520 · (360) 538-2170 · Grays Harbor County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL111 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 42% of Washington public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Washington public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
9 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.5:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
59%
65 students
DISTRICT 69% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 18 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 19 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 16 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 19 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 14 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 25 | 23% |
This year's kindergarten class (18) is 28% smaller than its 5th grade class (25).
Student demographics
45%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · 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
44.1%
WA avg 58.4% . -15.5pp since 2014
Math
44.1%
WA avg 51.2% . -10.9pp 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 16 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 11 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 44.1% | 44.1% |
| 2023-24 | 45.3% | 37.5% |
| 2022-23 | 41.6% | 41.0% |
| 2021-22 | 51.5% | 38.2% |
| 2018-19 | 52.2% | 51.8% |
| 2017-18 | 59.8% | 53.0% |
| 2016-17 | 62.1% | 61.0% |
| 2015-16 | 63.3% | 58.9% |
| 2014-15 | 59.6% | 55.0% |
% 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
43.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.9%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 Park Elementary
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central Park Elementary this school | 111 | 58.6% | 43.6% |
| Lopez Elementary School Lopez Island | 91 | 57.1% | 46.3% |
| Mountain View Elementary Ferndale | 101 | 61.4% | N/A |
| Waterville Elementary Waterville | 129 | 53.5% | N/A |
| Chimacum Creek Primary School Port Hadlock | 147 | 55.8% | N/A |
| Carrolls Elementary Kelso | 107 | 52.3% | 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 Central Park Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Grays Harbor County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.6% | #547 of 936 | #3 of 15 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.1% | #560 of 1,103 ▲ 132 | #3 of 16 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.1% | #649 of 1,102 ▼ 56 | #4 of 16 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.8pp | #334 of 928 | #6 of 15 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 111 | #1,161 of 1,268 | #17 of 20 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 58.6% | #470 of 1,169 | #14 of 18 |
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
111
-13 (-10%) vs 2020
-60% since 1990-91, when it was 277
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
was 17.7:1
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 | 111 | 9.4 | 11.8:1 | 59% (65) |
| 2023-24 | 126 | 7.8 | 16.2:1 | 60% (75) |
| 2022-23 | 128 | 8.4 | 15.3:1 | 61% (78) |
| 2020-21 | 124 | 7 | 17.7:1 | 56% (69) |
| 2017-18 | 192 | 11 | 17.5:1 | 43% (83) |
| 2015-16 | 158 | 9 | 17.6:1 | 46% (72) |
| 2010-11 | 178 | 10 | 17.8:1 | 46% (81) |
| 2000-01 | 232 | 12 | 19.3:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 277 | 14 | 19.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Central Park Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 42% (192 to 111); teachers down 15% (11 to 9.4).
About Central Park Elementary
At 601 School Road in Aberdeen, Washington, Central Park Elementary operates as a small elementary school. Enrolled students number 111 students, in kindergarten through 5. Enrollment is 71% lower than the average for elementary schools in Washington, which is about 380.
Aberdeen School District is made up of 13 schools with 3,183 students in all.
White students account for 72% of enrollment at Central Park Elementary. Other groups make up 17% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 3% Native American. The chance that two students picked at random at Central Park Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 45%.
The school reported 9.4 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 11.8:1. The 17.3:1 average for elementary schools in Washington is higher than this school's figure. Eligible students account for 59% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program.
allk12 grades Central Park Elementary a C+. The grade compares the school only with Washington public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Central Park Elementary is +2.7 points: 43.6% actual, 40.9% predicted.
In the county around the school, Grays Harbor County, median household income is about $64,414, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 18% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. A total of 46 public schools operate in Grays Harbor County, serving about 10,564 students.
The closest public school, Cosmopolis Elementary School, is about 3.7 miles from Central Park Elementary. Around the school, 6 other public schools are within five miles. Central Park Elementary places 3rd of 7 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Its location is classified as Town: Distant by the National Center for Education Statistics.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 111 was 10% lower than in 2020-21, when it was 124. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 17.7:1; by 2024-25 it was 11.8:1.
The Central Park Elementary community page is open for posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 Aberdeen School District
- J M Weatherwax High SchoolHigh · 919 students
- Miller Junior HighMiddle · 656 students
- Stevens Elementary SchoolElementary · 332 students
- McDermoth ElementaryElementary · 288 students
- A J West ElementaryElementary · 281 students
- Robert Gray ElementaryElementary · 210 students
Other schools in Aberdeen
- J M Weatherwax High SchoolHigh · 919 students
- Miller Junior HighMiddle · 656 students
- Stevens Elementary SchoolElementary · 332 students
- McDermoth ElementaryElementary · 288 students
- A J West ElementaryElementary · 281 students
- Robert Gray ElementaryElementary · 210 students
Other Central Park Elementary schools
9 other US public schools in 10 states are named Central Park Elementary. Central Park Elementary is the 10th largest of the 10.
- CENTRAL PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLPLANTATION, FL · 800 students
- Central Park Elementary SchoolMIDLAND, MI · 646 students
- Central Park Elementary SchoolMidlothian, IL · 640 students
- Central Park Elementary SchoolBossier City, LA · 431 students
- Central Park ElementarySanta Clara, CA · 419 students
Nearby schools
- Cosmopolis Elementary School3.7 mi · 175
- Grays Harbor Juvenile Detention3.9 mi · 11
- Stevens Elementary School4.3 mi · 332
- Simpson Avenue Elementary4.5 mi · 402
- Miller Junior High4.5 mi · 656
- Montesano Jr-Sr High4.8 mi · 698
Frequently asked questions
About Central Park ElementaryHow many students attend Central Park Elementary?
Central Park Elementary enrolls approximately 111 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Central Park Elementary serve?
Central Park Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does Central Park Elementary have?
Central Park Elementary employs 9 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Central Park Elementary?
Student demographics at Central Park Elementary are roughly 72% White, 17% Hispanic, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Central Park Elementary in?
Central Park Elementary is part of Aberdeen School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.