Columbia Elementary

Columbia Elementary operates as an average-sized elementary campus in BURBANK, Washington, part of Columbia (Walla Walla) School District. Current enrollment sits at 367 students spanning grades K through 5.

Columbia (Walla Walla) School District runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 776 students. Columbia Elementary is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Columbia Elementary lists that White students make up the majority at 59%; the rest consists of 36% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Walla Walla County as a whole is about 73% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Columbia Elementary records 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.3:1, putting Columbia Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. About 53% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Walla Walla County (around 63%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Columbia Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 44.5%, the actual is 35.1%, a residual of -9.5 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Walla Walla County indicate median household income runs about $74,202, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Walla Walla County runs 33 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,516 students), of which Columbia Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Columbia Middle School, around 0.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Columbia Elementary ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 21.7%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Columbia Elementary has held roughly steady, going from 365 students in 2018 to 367 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 16.4:1 in 2018 to 14.7:1 in 2025.

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