Davis Elementary

Set in COLLEGE PLACE, Washington, Davis Elementary is a big primary school, overseen by College Place School District. It works with 698 students across grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 380 students per school, that is 84% bigger than typical.

Across the 4 schools in College Place School District (1,531 students total), Davis Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Davis Elementary lists that the largest single group is White at 51%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 43% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 73% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Davis Elementary records 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.3:1 average. Roughly 60% of students at Davis Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Davis Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 40.1%, the actual is 48.9%, a residual of +8.8 points.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Walla Walla County indicate median household earnings sit near $74,202, about 30% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Across Walla Walla County's 33 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,516 students), Davis Elementary is one campus in the mix.

College Place High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Davis Elementary ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 40.1%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Davis Elementary's enrollment has expanded 4% since 2018, when it stood at 674 (now 698). Class-load math has narrowed: from 18.3:1 in 2018 to 14.6:1 in 2025.

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