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How has Chester Elementary School changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
410
Elementary
DISTRICT 388 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CENTRAL VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530111000192
Chester Elementary School
3525 S. Pines Road, Spokane Valley, WA 99206 · (509) 558-3150 · Spokane County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL410 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.0:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
30%
124 students
DISTRICT 47% · 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 | 3 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 53 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 55 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 55 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 90 | 22% |
| Grade 4 | 65 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 89 | 22% |
This year's kindergarten class (53) is 40% smaller than its 5th grade class (89).
Student demographics
39%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 39% · 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
67.4%
WA avg 58.4% . -4.2pp since 2014
Math
61.2%
WA avg 51.2% . -5.0pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 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 4 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 5 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 67.4% | 61.2% |
| 2023-24 | 64.3% | 66.8% |
| 2022-23 | 63.0% | 65.2% |
| 2021-22 | 61.1% | 58.4% |
| 2018-19 | 64.9% | 63.4% |
| 2017-18 | 68.2% | 64.9% |
| 2016-17 | 66.1% | 62.1% |
| 2015-16 | 69.0% | 64.8% |
| 2014-15 | 71.6% | 66.1% |
% 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
67.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.9%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% 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 Chester Elementary School
Chester Elementary School's state test result (67.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chester Elementary School this school | 410 | 30.2% | 67.0% |
| Prairie View Elementary Spokane | 386 | 31.9% | 62.2% |
| Liberty Creek Elementary School Liberty Lake | 453 | 30.2% | N/A |
| Geneva Elementary School Bellingham | 412 | 32.0% | 55.5% |
| Midway Elementary COLBERT | 418 | 27.5% | 70.2% |
| Utsalady Elementary CAMANO ISLAND | 391 | 32.5% | 45.9% |
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 Chester Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Spokane County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.0% | #172 of 936 | #10 of 82 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.2% | #243 of 1,103 ▼ 84 | #14 of 83 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.4% | #196 of 1,102 ▲ 38 | #13 of 83 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.5pp | #288 of 928 | #32 of 81 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 410 | #601 of 1,268 | #33 of 92 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.6:1 | #480 of 1,085 | #56 of 83 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.5% | #947 of 1,088 | #60 of 83 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 30.2% | #929 of 1,169 | #74 of 86 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.5% | #363 of 778 | #37 of 67 |
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
410
+5 (+1%) vs 2020
-1% since 1990-91, when it was 414
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 15.0:1
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 | 410 | 26.3 | 15.6:1 | 30% (124) |
| 2023-24 | 382 | 25 | 15.3:1 | 31% (120) |
| 2022-23 | 419 | 29.3 | 14.3:1 | 29% (121) |
| 2020-21 | 405 | 27 | 15.0:1 | 22% (88) |
| 2017-18 | 497 | 31.2 | 15.9:1 | 26% (127) |
| 2015-16 | 387 | 20 | 19.4:1 | 21% (82) |
| 2010-11 | 325 | 15 | 21.7:1 | 16% (53) |
| 2000-01 | 384 | 18 | 21.3:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 414 | 21 | 19.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Chester Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (497 to 410); teachers down 16% (31.2 to 26.3).
About Chester Elementary School
Federal records list Chester Elementary School as an elementary school in Spokane Valley, Washington. Its enrollment is 410 students, spread over pre-K through 5.
Central Valley School District has 15,087 students spread across 33 schools.
At Chester Elementary School, 78% of students are White. Smaller groups are 8% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 2% Asian, and 2% Black. The diversity index for Chester Elementary School is 39%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Staffing at Chester Elementary School comes to 26.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 15.6:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Washington is 17.3:1. Chester Elementary School counts 30% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Spokane County averages 52%, higher than here.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Chester Elementary School falls in the middle 80% of Washington schools: 67.0% actual against 59.9% predicted.
The school is in Spokane County, where the median household earns about $78,582 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 33% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Chester Elementary School shares Spokane County with 186 other public schools.
Among nearby public schools, Horizon Middle School is closest at about 0.2 miles. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The school's 67.0% average proficiency ranks 1st among 9 nearby schools.
Under the NCES locale system, Chester Elementary School is City: Mid-size.
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 410, close to the 405 recorded in 2020-21.
Chester Elementary School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as special education services, counseling, and support programs. You can also rate the school on this page.
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 Central Valley School District
- Ridgeline High SchoolHigh · 1,575 students
- University High SchoolHigh · 1,410 students
- Central Valley High SchoolHigh · 1,380 students
- Evergreen Middle SchoolMiddle · 668 students
- Sunrise ElementaryElementary · 644 students
- Greenacres ElementaryElementary · 637 students
Other schools in Spokane Valley
- University High SchoolHigh · 1,410 students
- Central Valley High SchoolHigh · 1,380 students
- East Valley High SchoolHigh · 912 students
- Evergreen Middle SchoolMiddle · 668 students
- Sunrise ElementaryElementary · 644 students
- Greenacres ElementaryElementary · 637 students
Other Chester Elementary schools
7 other US public schools in 8 states are named Chester Elementary. Chester Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 8.
- Chester Elementary SchoolChester, IL · 640 students
- CHESTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLCHESTER, NY · 393 students
- Chester Elementary SchoolChester, CT · 198 students
- Chester ElementaryChester, CA · 171 students
- Chester Elementary -02Chester, SD · 154 students
Nearby schools
- Horizon Middle School0.2 mi · 472
- University High School0.2 mi · 1,410
- South Pines Elementary0.8 mi · 288
- Bowdish Middle School1.1 mi · 359
- McDonald Elementary School1.4 mi · 282
- Ponderosa Elementary1.4 mi · 344
Frequently asked questions
About Chester Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Chester Elementary School?
Chester Elementary School enrolls approximately 410 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Chester Elementary School serve?
Chester Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Chester Elementary School?
Approximately 15.6:1 students per teacher at Chester Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Chester Elementary School?
At Chester Elementary School, the student body is approximately 78% White, 8% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Chester Elementary School public or private?
Chester Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Central Valley School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.