Columbia Valley Elementary

Located at 17500 SE Sequoia Cr, in Vancouver, Washington, Columbia Valley Elementary is a mid-tier primary school that works with 360 students (grades K through 5), operated by Evergreen School District (Clark).

Evergreen School District (Clark) comprises 39 schools with combined enrollment of 21,603 students; Columbia Valley Elementary is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Columbia Valley Elementary logs that the largest single group is White at 50%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 26% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 8% Asian, 5% Black. By comparison, Clark County as a whole is about 75% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Columbia Valley Elementary has 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.3:1, putting Columbia Valley Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. About 43% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Clark County put the typical household earns roughly $97,536 per year, 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Clark County's 151 public schools (combined enrollment of about 74,406 students), Columbia Valley Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Mill Plain Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Columbia Valley Elementary has edged down 37%, going from 571 students in 2018 to 360 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share rose from 20% to 26%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 17.9:1 in 2018 to 15.4:1 today.

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