Enrollment
351
Elementary
DISTRICT 232 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DARRINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530198000300
Darrington Elementary School
1075 FIR STREET, DARRINGTON, WA 98241 · (360) 436-1313 · Snohomish County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL351 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 5% of Washington public elementary schools
- DTest 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.
- C+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
15.3:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.9:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
62%
217 students
DISTRICT 60% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 20 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 44 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 45 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 35 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 36 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 30 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 40 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 39 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 26 | 7% |
| Grade 8 | 36 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (44) is 22% larger than its 8th grade class (36).
Student demographics
40%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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Darrington Elementary School→Darrington High School
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Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
27.4%
WA avg 58.4% . -8.7pp since 2014
Math
23.4%
WA avg 51.2% . -6.0pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 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 9 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 6 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 27.4% | 23.4% |
| 2023-24 | 31.7% | 27.3% |
| 2022-23 | 24.5% | 19.4% |
| 2021-22 | 27.6% | 23.6% |
| 2018-19 | 52.1% | 45.4% |
| 2017-18 | 51.1% | 41.8% |
| 2016-17 | 47.8% | 41.3% |
| 2015-16 | 45.4% | 33.3% |
| 2014-15 | 36.2% | 29.4% |
% 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
28.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.7%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 Darrington Elementary School
Darrington Elementary School's state test result (28.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Darrington Elementary School this school | 351 | 61.8% | 28.6% |
| Creekside Elementary School Mead | 355 | 63.7% | 40.8% |
| Evergreen Elementary Lakebay | 336 | 58.0% | 51.1% |
| Parkway Elementary Clarkston | 330 | 63.0% | N/A |
| Finch Elementary Spokane | 375 | 61.3% | 50.2% |
| Otis Orchards School OTIS ORCHARDS | 339 | 64.9% | 41.6% |
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 Darrington Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Snohomish County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.6% | #817 of 936 | #98 of 105 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.4% | #988 of 1,103 ▼ 87 | #100 of 106 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.4% | #986 of 1,102 ▼ 74 | #101 of 106 ▼ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.2pp | #369 of 928 | #30 of 105 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 351 | #796 of 1,268 | #101 of 118 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.3:1 | #421 of 1,085 | #41 of 109 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.0% | #921 of 1,088 | #107 of 110 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 61.8% | #412 of 1,169 | #23 of 114 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +18.2% | #68 of 257 | #10 of 37 |
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
351
+55 (+19%) vs 2020
-10% since 1990-91, when it was 389
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
was 19.7:1
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 | 351 | 22.9 | 15.3:1 | 62% (217) |
| 2023-24 | 364 | 22.2 | 16.4:1 | 66% (241) |
| 2022-23 | 326 | 20 | 16.3:1 | 63% (207) |
| 2020-21 | 296 | 15 | 19.7:1 | 60% (177) |
| 2017-18 | 297 | 17.3 | 17.2:1 | 51% (150) |
| 2015-16 | 294 | 17 | 17.3:1 | 63% (186) |
| 2010-11 | 245 | 13 | 18.9:1 | 67% (163) |
| 2000-01 | 322 | 20 | 16.1:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 389 | 17 | 22.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Darrington Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 18% (297 to 351); teachers up 33% (17.3 to 22.9).
About Darrington Elementary School
Darrington Elementary School is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in DARRINGTON, Washington. It reported 351 students in pre-K through 8 in 2024-25.
Darrington Elementary School falls under Darrington School District, which has 2 schools enrolling 464 students.
More than half of the students at Darrington Elementary School are White (76%). The remaining shares are 12% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 5% Native American. Census estimates put the White share of Snohomish County's population at about 64%. The diversity index for Darrington Elementary School is 40%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Staffing at Darrington Elementary School comes to 22.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 15.3:1. Elementary schools in Washington average 17.3:1, 2.0 more students per teacher than here. Darrington Elementary School counts 62% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Snohomish County average 41%.
Darrington Elementary School earns a D on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 5% of Washington public elementary schools.
Darrington Elementary School's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 28.6% is 10.1 points below the 38.7% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Looking at the county, Snohomish County, median household income comes to about $111,246, about 38% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 6%. The county's public schools total 227, with about 118,688 students.
Among nearby public schools, Darrington High School is closest at less than a tenth of a mile. Among 5 nearby schools that report test results, Darrington Elementary School ranks 5th on proficiency.
Under the NCES locale system, Darrington Elementary School is Rural: Distant.
Enrollment rose by 19% across 4 years, from 296 in 2020-21 to 351 in 2024-25. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 19.7:1 to 15.3:1.
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Snohomish County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
844,430
Census ACS
Median income
$111,246
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
227
118,688 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Darrington School District
- Darrington High SchoolHigh · 113 students
Nearby schools
- Darrington High School0.1 mi · 113
- Granite Falls Middle School19.9 mi · 448
- Crossroads High School20.0 mi · 188
- Granite Falls Open Doors20.0 mi · 47
- Mountain Way Elementary20.1 mi · 556
- Monte Cristo Elementary20.7 mi · 502
Frequently asked questions
About Darrington Elementary SchoolHow large is Darrington Elementary School?
Darrington Elementary School enrolls approximately 351 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Darrington Elementary School serve?
Darrington Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Darrington Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Darrington Elementary School is approximately 15.3:1 (23 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Darrington Elementary School?
Student demographics at Darrington Elementary School are roughly 76% White, 12% Hispanic, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Darrington Elementary School public or private?
Darrington Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Darrington School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.