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Which teacher or staff member at Colbert Elementary School deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
364
Elementary
DISTRICT 423 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MEAD SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530492000744
Colbert Elementary School
4625 E GREENBLUFF RD, COLBERT, WA 99005 · (509) 465-6300 · Spokane County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL364 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
37%
134 students
DISTRICT 41% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 40 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 54 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 54 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 68 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 75 | 21% |
| Grade 5 | 73 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (40) is 45% smaller than its 5th grade class (73).
Student demographics
27%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 37% · 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
70.2%
WA avg 58.4% . -1.8pp since 2014
Math
60.8%
WA avg 51.2% . -11.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 70 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 2 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 | 70.2% | 60.8% |
| 2023-24 | 65.3% | 62.4% |
| 2022-23 | 62.7% | 59.4% |
| 2021-22 | 66.2% | 59.0% |
| 2018-19 | 72.7% | 65.2% |
| 2017-18 | 71.4% | 69.5% |
| 2016-17 | 77.7% | 77.7% |
| 2015-16 | 77.0% | 80.8% |
| 2014-15 | 72.0% | 72.1% |
% 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
65.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.5%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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 Colbert Elementary School
Colbert Elementary School's state test result (65.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colbert Elementary School this school | 364 | 36.8% | 65.8% |
| Green Mountain Elementary BREMERTON | 360 | 38.6% | 54.3% |
| Summit School Spokane Valley | 383 | 37.6% | 60.3% |
| Fidalgo Elementary Anacortes | 339 | 36.6% | 64.2% |
| Liberty Jr High & Elementary SPANGLE | 437 | 36.8% | 53.7% |
| Jefferson Elementary Spokane | 359 | 32.9% | 62.5% |
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 Colbert Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Spokane County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.8% | #181 of 936 | #11 of 82 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.8% | #248 of 1,103 ▼ 24 | #15 of 83 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 70.2% | #152 of 1,102 ▲ 67 | #8 of 83 ▲ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.9pp | #378 of 928 | #42 of 81 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 364 | #760 of 1,268 | #54 of 92 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.0:1 | #152 of 1,085 | #30 of 83 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 27.0% | #1,019 of 1,088 | #76 of 83 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 36.8% | #847 of 1,169 | #67 of 86 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -32.2% | #86 of 778 | #6 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
364
-24 (-6%) vs 2020
-52% since 1990-91, when it was 756
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
was 13.4:1
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 | 364 | 26 | 14.0:1 | 37% (134) |
| 2023-24 | 396 | 26.2 | 15.1:1 | 33% (132) |
| 2022-23 | 404 | 26.3 | 15.4:1 | 30% (121) |
| 2020-21 | 388 | 29 | 13.4:1 | 13% (50) |
| 2017-18 | 537 | 28 | 19.2:1 | 23% (124) |
| 2015-16 | 512 | 26 | 19.7:1 | 26% (131) |
| 2010-11 | 531 | 27 | 19.7:1 | 24% (128) |
| 2000-01 | 609 | 27 | 22.6:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 756 | 31 | 24.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Colbert Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 32% (537 to 364); teachers down 7% (28 to 26).
About Colbert Elementary School
Colbert Elementary School is a public elementary school run by Mead School District in COLBERT, Washington. Its enrollment is 364 students, spread over kindergarten through 5.
Colbert Elementary School is in Mead School District, a district with 10,657 students across 17 schools.
By race and ethnicity, Colbert Elementary School is 85% White. Next come 7% multiracial and 6% Hispanic. In Spokane County overall, the White share is about 83%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 27, compared with 70 nationally.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Colbert Elementary School is 14.0:1, based on 26 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, elementary schools in Washington average 17.3:1. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 37%. Public schools in Spokane County average 52%.
Colbert Elementary School's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 65.8% is 10.3 points above the 55.5% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
For Spokane County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $78,582 a year, 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Spokane County number 187, with about 76,588 students.
Colbert Elementary School's closest public school neighbor is Mountainside Middle School, about 0.4 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 55.1% on proficiency, and Colbert Elementary School is above that at 65.8%.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Enrollment fell 6% over 4 years, reaching 364 in 2024-25.
This page collects posts and questions about Colbert Elementary School, such as fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 Mead School District
- Mead Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,827 students
- Mt Spokane High SchoolHigh · 1,482 students
- Mountainside Middle SchoolMiddle · 824 students
- Northwood Middle SchoolMiddle · 796 students
- Mead Learning OptionsCombined · 790 students
- Highland Middle SchoolMiddle · 704 students
Other schools in COLBERT
- Mountainside Middle SchoolMiddle · 824 students
- Midway ElementaryElementary · 418 students
Other Colbert Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Colbert Elementary. Colbert Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 4.
- COLBERT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHOLLYWOOD, FL · 578 students
- Colbert Elementary SchoolColbert, GA · 443 students
- Colbert Elementary SchoolDAYTON, TX · 231 students
Nearby schools
- Mountainside Middle School0.4 mi · 824
- Meadow Ridge Elementary1.0 mi · 453
- Mt Spokane High School1.6 mi · 1,482
- Midway Elementary2.5 mi · 418
- Creekside Elementary School2.8 mi · 355
- Farwell Elementary School2.9 mi · 471
Frequently asked questions
About Colbert Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Colbert Elementary School?
Colbert Elementary School enrolls approximately 364 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Colbert Elementary School serve?
Colbert Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Colbert Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Colbert Elementary School is approximately 14.0:1 (26 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Colbert Elementary School?
At Colbert Elementary School, the student body is approximately 85% White, 6% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Colbert Elementary School?
Colbert Elementary School is overseen by Mead School District in Spokane County.
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