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Enrollment
618
Elementary
DISTRICT 410 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PASCO SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530657003734
Columbia River Elementary
9011 Burns Rd, Pasco, WA 99301 · (509) 543-6700 · Franklin County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL618 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 11% of Washington public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Washington public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
299 students
DISTRICT 72% · 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 | 4 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 104 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 106 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 103 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 114 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 98 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 89 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (104) is 17% larger than its 5th grade class (89).
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 40% · 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
39.3%
WA avg 58.4% . +6.7pp since 2021
Math
33.8%
WA avg 51.2% . +1.5pp since 2021
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Washington schools, those numbers are about 58 and 51. Reading and writing scores are up about 7 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 1 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 39.3% | 33.8% |
| 2023-24 | 35.5% | 28.6% |
| 2022-23 | 40.9% | 37.5% |
| 2021-22 | 32.6% | 32.3% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of WA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
33.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.7%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 48% typical for Washington schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Columbia River Elementary
Columbia River Elementary's state test result (33.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Columbia River Elementary this school | 618 | 48.4% | 33.2% |
| Rosalind Franklin STEM Elementary Pasco | 543 | 44.0% | 43.6% |
| Barbara McClintock STEM Elementary Pasco | 570 | 53.9% | 34.4% |
| Marrion Elementary School Vancouver | 528 | 49.6% | N/A |
| James McGee Elementary PASCO | 499 | 56.3% | 37.7% |
| Cascade Elementary East Wenatchee | 568 | 53.3% | N/A |
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 Columbia River Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Franklin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.2% | #753 of 936 | #10 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.8% | #806 of 1,103 ▲ 72 | #7 of 20 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.3% | #769 of 1,102 ▲ 65 | #5 of 20 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.1pp | #310 of 928 | #6 of 19 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 618 | #85 of 1,268 | #2 of 23 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.8:1 | #521 of 1,085 | #14 of 20 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.7% | #728 of 1,088 | #5 of 21 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 48.4% | #674 of 1,169 | #18 of 21 |
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
618
+263 (+74%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
was 14.8:1
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 | 618 | 39.3 | 15.8:1 | 48% (299) |
| 2023-24 | 609 | 38 | 16.0:1 | 61% (369) |
| 2022-23 | 538 | 30.8 | 17.5:1 | 58% (311) |
| 2020-21 | 355 | 24 | 14.8:1 | 48% (172) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Columbia River Elementary.
About Columbia River Elementary
Among the schools in Pasco, Washington, is Columbia River Elementary, a large elementary school. Its grade span covers pre-K through 5, with 618 students on the rolls. That compares with an average of about 380 students for elementary schools in Washington.
The district, Pasco School District, has 18,913 students enrolled across 28 schools.
About 61% of the student body at Columbia River Elementary is Hispanic. Other students are 34% White and 2% multiracial. A diversity index of 52% means there is a 52% chance two randomly chosen students at Columbia River Elementary are from different groups.
Columbia River Elementary reported 39.3 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 15.8:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Washington is 17.3:1. There are 299 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 48% of enrollment. The rate at public schools in Franklin County averages 70%, higher than here.
Among Washington public elementary schools, Columbia River Elementary outscored 11%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
A school in Washington with Columbia River Elementary's free or reduced-price lunch share would be expected to score about 47.7%. Columbia River Elementary scores 33.2%.
Census data for Franklin County show median household income comes to about $86,714, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 21%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. There are 43 public schools in the county, enrolling about 21,403, Columbia River Elementary among them.
Among nearby public schools, Ray Reynolds Middle School is closest at about 0.2 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Columbia River Elementary. By average proficiency, Columbia River Elementary is 5th among 8 schools close by.
NCES assigns Columbia River Elementary the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Columbia River Elementary reported 355 students in 2020-21 and 618 in 2024-25. Changes that large sometimes follow a school adding or dropping grades, so the two figures may not cover the same grades.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on special education services, counseling, and support programs here. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Franklin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
98,902
Census ACS
Median income
$86,714
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
43
21,403 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Pasco School District
- Chiawana Senior High SchoolHigh · 3,127 students
- Pasco Senior High SchoolHigh · 2,590 students
- Ray Reynolds Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,294 students
- Mcloughlin Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,171 students
- Stevens Middle SchoolMiddle · 956 students
- Ellen Ochoa Middle SchoolMiddle · 831 students
Other schools in Pasco
- Chiawana Senior High SchoolHigh · 3,127 students
- Pasco Senior High SchoolHigh · 2,590 students
- Ray Reynolds Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,294 students
- Mcloughlin Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,171 students
- Stevens Middle SchoolMiddle · 956 students
- Ellen Ochoa Middle SchoolMiddle · 831 students
Nearby schools
- Ray Reynolds Middle School0.2 mi · 1,294
- Maya Angelou Elementary0.6 mi · 579
- Three Rivers Elementary1.7 mi · 657
- Barbara McClintock STEM Elementary2.0 mi · 570
- Chiawana Senior High School2.1 mi · 3,127
- Internet Pasco Academy of Learning2.3 mi · 50
Frequently asked questions
About Columbia River ElementaryHow large is Columbia River Elementary?
Columbia River Elementary enrolls approximately 618 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Columbia River Elementary serve?
Columbia River Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Columbia River Elementary?
Approximately 15.8:1 students per teacher at Columbia River Elementary.
How diverse is Columbia River Elementary?
Columbia River Elementary reports a student body of 34% White, 61% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Columbia River Elementary?
Columbia River Elementary is overseen by Pasco School District in Franklin County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.