Davenport Elementary

Davenport Elementary, a reasonably sized elementary school in DAVENPORT, Washington, overseen by Davenport School District, caters to 351 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.

Within Davenport School District, which oversees 4 schools and 687 students, Davenport Elementary is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Davenport Elementary logs that 90% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 5% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Lincoln County as a whole.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.8:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.3:1 average. About 56% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Davenport Elementary ranks in the top 10% of Washington public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 42.9%; Davenport Elementary posts 56.1%, +13.1 points above that line.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Lincoln County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $71,512 per year, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Davenport Elementary is one of 19 public schools in Lincoln County (combined enrollment of about 2,233 students).

The closest other public school is Lincoln County Virtual Academy, roughly 0.2 miles away. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Davenport Elementary ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 44.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Looking at the recent track record. Davenport Elementary's enrollment has increased 26% since 2018, when it stood at 279 (now 351). The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 15.7:1 in 2018 to 19.8:1 today.

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