Central Valley Early Learning Center

Central Valley Early Learning Center is a public elementary school in Spokane Valley, Washington. It enrolled 325 students in pre-K for the 2024-25 school year.

Central Valley Early Learning Center is one school in a 33-school district, Central Valley School District, which enrolls 15,087 students.

White students are the majority at Central Valley Early Learning Center, with 62% of enrollment. The school is also 18% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 4% Black, and 3% Pacific Islander. The White share of the county population is higher, at 83%. The school's diversity index is 56%, meaning two students picked at random have a 56% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.

The school reports 6 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 54.2 students per teacher. That is 36.9 students per teacher above the 17.3:1 average for elementary schools in Washington. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 64% of students. Among public schools in Spokane County, the average eligibility rate is 52%.

Spokane County census figures show that the median household income is $78,582, 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of people live in poverty. There are 187 public schools in Spokane County, enrolling about 76,588 students in all.

The nearest other public school, Mica Peak High School, is less than a tenth of a mile away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles.

Federal records code the school's setting as City: Mid-size.

Enrollment dropped 15% from its 2020-21 level of 382.

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