Enrollment
313
Elementary
DISTRICT 297 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CENTRALIA SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530114000207
Edison Elementary
607 H Street, Centralia, WA 98531 · (360) 330-7631 · Lewis County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL313 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.7:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.1:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
77%
241 students
DISTRICT 77% · 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 | 34 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 44 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 50 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 47 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 42 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 46 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 50 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (34) is 32% smaller than its 6th grade class (50).
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · 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
Edison Elementary→Centralia Middle School
Based on grade levels within Centralia School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
38.9%
WA avg 58.4% . +6.9pp since 2014
Math
33.7%
WA avg 51.2% . -13.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Washington schools, those numbers are about 58 and 51. Reading and writing scores are up about 7 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 | 38.9% | 33.7% |
| 2023-24 | 41.7% | 35.9% |
| 2022-23 | 41.6% | 38.9% |
| 2021-22 | 42.7% | 38.7% |
| 2018-19 | 52.1% | 65.3% |
| 2017-18 | 60.2% | 69.9% |
| 2016-17 | 56.0% | 65.6% |
| 2015-16 | 46.5% | 54.5% |
| 2014-15 | 32.0% | 47.4% |
% 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
38.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.5%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 29% 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 Edison Elementary
Edison Elementary's state test result (38.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edison Elementary this school | 313 | 77.0% | 38.6% |
| Oakview Elementary School Centralia | 317 | 77.6% | 28.3% |
| Washington Elementary School Centralia | 294 | 77.6% | 41.9% |
| Sharpstein Elementary School WALLA WALLA | 340 | 78.5% | 42.6% |
| Northlake Elementary School Longview | 315 | 73.7% | N/A |
| Ocosta Elementary School Westport | 321 | 81.3% | 30.4% |
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 Edison Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Lewis County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.6% | #656 of 936 | #8 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.7% | #809 of 1,103 ▼ 85 | #10 of 14 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.9% | #779 of 1,102 ▼ 100 | #9 of 14 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -4.4pp | #168 of 928 | #4 of 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 313 | #920 of 1,268 | #11 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.7:1 | #741 of 1,085 | #7 of 14 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.2% | #565 of 1,088 | #1 of 14 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 77.0% | #154 of 1,169 | #4 of 15 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.9% | #606 of 778 | N/A |
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
313
+3 (+1%) vs 2020
+11% since 1990-91, when it was 281
Student : Teacher
16.7:1
was 18.2:1
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 | 313 | 18.8 | 16.7:1 | 77% (241) |
| 2023-24 | 289 | 20.4 | 14.2:1 | 80% (230) |
| 2022-23 | 281 | 19.5 | 14.4:1 | 75% (210) |
| 2020-21 | 310 | 17 | 18.2:1 | 71% (219) |
| 2017-18 | 340 | 20.7 | 16.4:1 | 69% (236) |
| 2015-16 | 365 | 19 | 19.2:1 | 80% (291) |
| 2010-11 | 286 | 17 | 16.8:1 | 80% (228) |
| 2000-01 | 280 | 12 | 23.3:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 281 | 11 | 25.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Edison Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (340 to 313); teachers down 9% (20.7 to 18.8).
About Edison Elementary
Edison Elementary is an elementary school in Centralia, Washington, according to federal school records. It is open to students in kindergarten through 6 and enrolls 313 students.
Centralia School District, which runs Edison Elementary, has 9 schools and 3,313 students.
About 53% of the student body at Edison Elementary is White. Enrollment also includes 34% Hispanic and 10% multiracial. Among people living in Lewis County, the White share is about 82%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 58, compared with 70 nationally.
Classroom staffing at Edison Elementary totals 18.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 16.7:1. That is in line with the 17.3:1 average for elementary schools in Washington. Federal data show 77% of students (241) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 57% average for public schools in Lewis County, the school's rate is higher.
Edison Elementary posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 38.6%, compared with a predicted 28.5%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Washington schools on BeatsExpectations.
In Lewis County, home to about 85,154 people, median household income comes to about $74,796, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of people live in poverty. There are 45 public schools in the county, enrolling about 12,548, Edison Elementary among them.
Washington Elementary School is about 1.0 miles from Edison Elementary, the shortest distance to any other public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. By average proficiency, Edison Elementary is 2nd among 7 schools close by.
NCES describes the area around Edison Elementary as Town: Distant, meaning in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 313, close to the 310 recorded in 2020-21. Federal data show the ratio falling from 18.2:1 to 16.7:1.
Edison Elementary has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
Lewis County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
85,154
Census ACS
Median income
$74,796
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
45
12,548 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Centralia School District
- Centralia High SchoolHigh · 941 students
- Centralia Middle SchoolMiddle · 479 students
- Fords Prairie ElementaryElementary · 443 students
- Jefferson Lincoln ElementaryElementary · 357 students
- Oakview Elementary SchoolElementary · 317 students
- Washington Elementary SchoolElementary · 294 students
Other schools in Centralia
- Centralia High SchoolHigh · 941 students
- Centralia Middle SchoolMiddle · 479 students
- Fords Prairie ElementaryElementary · 443 students
- Jefferson Lincoln ElementaryElementary · 357 students
- Oakview Elementary SchoolElementary · 317 students
- Washington Elementary SchoolElementary · 294 students
Other Edison Elementary schools
37 other US public schools in 19 states are named Edison Elementary. Edison Elementary is the 29th largest of the 38.
- Edison Elementary SchoolWALLA WALLA, WA · 464 students
- Edison Elementary SchoolTacoma, WA · 413 students
- Edison ElementaryEDISON, WA · 390 students
- Edison Elementary SchoolKENNEWICK, WA · 378 students
- Edison ElementaryOntario, CA · 736 students
Nearby schools
- Washington Elementary School1.0 mi · 294
- Futurus High School1.0 mi · 110
- Centralia School District SpEd Pre-school1.1 mi · 59
- Centralia Middle School1.1 mi · 479
- Jefferson Lincoln Elementary1.1 mi · 357
- Oakview Elementary School1.5 mi · 317
Frequently asked questions
About Edison ElementaryHow many students attend Edison Elementary?
Edison Elementary enrolls approximately 313 students in grades KG-06.
Is Edison Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Edison Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many teachers does Edison Elementary have?
Edison Elementary employs 19 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.7:1.
How diverse is Edison Elementary?
Edison Elementary reports a student body of 53% White, 34% Hispanic, 0% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is Edison Elementary public or private?
Edison Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Centralia School District.
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