Darrington Elementary School

Darrington Elementary School is one of the middle-of-the-pack primary schools in DARRINGTON, Washington, one of the schools within Darrington School District, with 351 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 8.

Darrington School District comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 464 students; Darrington Elementary School is among them.

On demographics, Darrington Elementary School lists that the largest single group is White, at 76% of enrollment. The remainder breaks down as 12% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 5% Native American. By comparison, Snohomish County as a whole is about 64% White, so the school skews considerably more White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Darrington Elementary School records 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.3:1 average. Around 62% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Snohomish County runs at roughly 41%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Darrington Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 38.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 28.6%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Snohomish County put median household income runs about $111,246, roughly 38% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Darrington Elementary School is one of 227 public schools in Snohomish County (combined enrollment of about 118,688 students).

Darrington High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. On composite proficiency, Darrington Elementary School comes 5th of 5 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 38.9%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 18%: 297 students in 2018 compared to 351 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 17.2:1 in 2018 to 15.3:1 in 2025.

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