Enrollment
175
Elementary
STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COSMOPOLIS SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530171000288
Cosmopolis Elementary School
1439 Fourth Street, Cosmopolis, WA 98537 · (360) 532-7181 · Grays Harbor County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL175 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
11 FTE teachers
STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
57%
100 students
STATE 51%
Community
0
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 | 33 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 25 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 21 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 22 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 27 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 27 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 20 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (33) is 65% larger than its 6th grade class (20).
Student demographics
47%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
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
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Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
29.8%
WA avg 58.4% . -24.4pp since 2014
Math
35.1%
WA avg 51.2% . -14.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 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 24 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 14 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 29.8% | 35.1% |
| 2023-24 | 45.0% | 38.8% |
| 2022-23 | 30.0% | 42.9% |
| 2021-22 | 51.3% | 40.8% |
| 2018-19 | 62.8% | 41.9% |
| 2017-18 | 51.2% | 34.5% |
| 2016-17 | 43.0% | 31.6% |
| 2015-16 | 50.7% | 47.9% |
| 2014-15 | 54.2% | 49.3% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
40.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.9%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 Cosmopolis Elementary School
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cosmopolis Elementary School this school | 175 | 57.1% | 40.0% |
| Millwood Kindergarten Center SPOKANE | 178 | 52.8% | N/A |
| Chimacum Creek Primary School Port Hadlock | 147 | 55.8% | N/A |
| Long Beach Elementary School Long Beach | 189 | 60.3% | N/A |
| Acme Elementary ACME | 168 | 52.4% | 33.6% |
| Dayton Elementary School Dayton | 185 | 56.8% | 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 Cosmopolis Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Grays Harbor County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #629 of 936 | #6 of 15 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.1% | #772 of 1,103 ▼ 111 | #5 of 16 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.8% | #946 of 1,102 ▼ 348 | #12 of 16 ▼ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -13.6pp | #13 of 928 | #1 of 15 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 175 | #1,114 of 1,268 | #14 of 20 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 57.1% | #500 of 1,169 | #15 of 18 |
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
175
+1 (+1%) vs 2020
-25% since 1990-91, when it was 232
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
was 15.8:1
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 | 175 | 10.6 | 16.5:1 | 57% (100) |
| 2023-24 | 167 | 14.8 | 11.3:1 | 59% (98) |
| 2022-23 | 165 | 14.4 | 11.4:1 | 42% (69) |
| 2020-21 | 174 | 11 | 15.8:1 | 37% (65) |
| 2017-18 | 151 | 10.8 | 14.0:1 | 49% (74) |
| 2015-16 | 148 | 10 | 14.8:1 | 56% (83) |
| 2010-11 | 164 | 9 | 18.2:1 | 38% (63) |
| 2000-01 | 206 | 12 | 17.2:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 232 | 10 | 23.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cosmopolis Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 16% (151 to 175); teachers down 2% (10.8 to 10.6).
About Cosmopolis Elementary School
Cosmopolis Elementary School runs as a small elementary school in Cosmopolis, Washington. It reported 175 students in kindergarten through 6 in 2024-25. Elementary schools in Washington have about 380 students on average; enrollment here is 54% lower.
Cosmopolis School District is responsible for Cosmopolis Elementary School.
The largest group at Cosmopolis Elementary School is White students, at 70%. Other groups make up 16% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 3% Native American. County-wide, 79% of Grays Harbor County residents are White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 47%.
With 10.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 16.5:1. Elementary schools in Washington average 17.3:1, 0.8 more students per teacher than here. Roughly 57% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Grays Harbor County average 65%.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 41.9% for Cosmopolis Elementary School. The school posts 40.0%, 1.9 points below the prediction.
Looking at the county, Grays Harbor County, the median household earns about $64,414 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 18%, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Grays Harbor County has 46 public schools with about 10,564 students, including Cosmopolis Elementary School.
Miller Junior High is about 1.2 miles from Cosmopolis Elementary School, the shortest distance to any other public school. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Cosmopolis Elementary School comes in 2nd of 7 nearby schools on average proficiency.
NCES describes the area around Cosmopolis Elementary School as Town: Remote, meaning in a town far from an urbanized area.
Federal data show 174 students in 2020-21 and 175 in 2024-25, a difference of under 3%.
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Grays Harbor County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
77,053
Census ACS
Median income
$64,414
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
46
10,564 students
Quick facts
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- Miller Junior High1.2 mi · 656
- Stevens Elementary School1.3 mi · 332
- Grays Harbor Juvenile Detention1.8 mi · 11
- J M Weatherwax High School2.8 mi · 919
- Twin Harbors A Branch of New Market Skills Center2.9 mi · 31
- McDermoth Elementary2.9 mi · 288
Frequently asked questions
About Cosmopolis Elementary SchoolHow large is Cosmopolis Elementary School?
Cosmopolis Elementary School enrolls approximately 175 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Cosmopolis Elementary School serve?
Cosmopolis Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Cosmopolis Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Cosmopolis Elementary School is approximately 16.5:1 (11 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Cosmopolis Elementary School?
Student demographics at Cosmopolis Elementary School are roughly 70% White, 16% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Cosmopolis Elementary School public or private?
Cosmopolis Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Cosmopolis School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.