Columbia River Elementary

Columbia River Elementary is one of the well-populated elementary schools in Pasco, Washington, part of Pasco School District, with 618 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 63% above the state mean of about 380.

Pasco School District comprises 28 schools with combined enrollment of 18,913 students; Columbia River Elementary is among them.

On the student-mix side, Columbia River Elementary reports that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 61% of enrollment. Other groups include 34% White, 2% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.3:1, putting Columbia River Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 48% of students at Columbia River Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Franklin County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Columbia River Elementary falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 47.7%; this one comes in at 33.2%, -14.5 points off the demographic line.

Around the school, Franklin County reports that median household earnings sit near $86,714, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Columbia River Elementary is one of 43 public schools in Franklin County (combined enrollment of about 21,403 students).

Nearest neighbor: Ray Reynolds Middle School, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Columbia River Elementary comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 35.1%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.