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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Evergreen Elementary School administration to hear?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
433
Elementary
DISTRICT 423 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MEAD SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530492000745
Evergreen Elementary School
215 W ELMORE AVE, SPOKANE, WA 99208 · (509) 465-6400 · Spokane County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL433 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
57%
248 students
DISTRICT 41% · STATE 51%
Community
1
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 | 60 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 55 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 85 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 70 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 79 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 84 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (60) is 29% smaller than its 5th grade class (84).
Student demographics
45%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 37% · 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
Test scores
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
46.1%
WA avg 58.4% . -8.0pp since 2014
Math
38.4%
WA avg 51.2% . -22.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 38 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 8 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 22 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 46.1% | 38.4% |
| 2023-24 | 45.8% | 45.2% |
| 2022-23 | 49.8% | 45.7% |
| 2021-22 | 48.1% | 49.2% |
| 2018-19 | 63.0% | 62.2% |
| 2017-18 | 60.5% | 63.6% |
| 2016-17 | 61.6% | 68.1% |
| 2015-16 | 61.6% | 66.2% |
| 2014-15 | 54.1% | 60.7% |
% 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
46.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.8%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 Evergreen Elementary School
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Evergreen Elementary School this school | 433 | 57.3% | 46.5% |
| Lincoln Heights Elementary Spokane | 435 | 60.7% | 52.2% |
| Roosevelt Elementary School Port Angeles | 420 | 61.7% | N/A |
| Helen Haller Elementary School Sequim | 508 | 56.7% | N/A |
| Columbia Valley Garden Elem Schl Longview | 362 | 56.1% | N/A |
| Finch Elementary Spokane | 375 | 61.3% | 50.2% |
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 Evergreen Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Spokane County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.5% | #490 of 936 | #48 of 82 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.4% | #698 of 1,103 ▼ 172 | #57 of 83 ▼ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.1% | #596 of 1,102 ▼ 15 | #50 of 83 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -6.4pp | #107 of 928 | #12 of 81 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 433 | #507 of 1,268 | #27 of 92 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.4:1 | #215 of 1,085 | #37 of 83 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 45.0% | #857 of 1,088 | #44 of 83 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 57.3% | #498 of 1,169 | #43 of 86 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -28.9% | #138 of 778 | #16 of 67 |
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
433
-61 (-12%) vs 2020
-11% since 1990-91, when it was 486
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
was 15.0:1
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 | 433 | 30 | 14.4:1 | 57% (248) |
| 2023-24 | 456 | 30.2 | 15.1:1 | 51% (231) |
| 2022-23 | 485 | 31.8 | 15.3:1 | 49% (237) |
| 2020-21 | 494 | 33 | 15.0:1 | 37% (182) |
| 2017-18 | 609 | 35.1 | 17.4:1 | 43% (259) |
| 2015-16 | 557 | 31 | 18.0:1 | 46% (256) |
| 2010-11 | 535 | 25 | 21.4:1 | 41% (218) |
| 2000-01 | 550 | 26 | 21.1:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 486 | 24 | 20.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Evergreen Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 29% (609 to 433); teachers down 14% (35.1 to 30).
About Evergreen Elementary School
Evergreen Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school serving families in SPOKANE, Washington. Students in kindergarten through 5 attend the school, which enrolls 433 students.
Mead School District is the local district for Evergreen Elementary School. It runs 17 schools with 10,657 students.
By race and ethnicity, Evergreen Elementary School is 73% White. Other reported shares: 11% multiracial, 9% Hispanic, and 3% Pacific Islander. That compares with about 83% White among all Spokane County residents. Evergreen Elementary School has a diversity index of 45%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Teacher staffing is 30 full-time equivalents, or about 14.4 students per teacher. Among elementary schools in Washington, the typical ratio is 17.3:1. About 57% of students, or 248, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Evergreen Elementary School would be expected to post about 41.8%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 46.5%.
In the county around the school, Spokane County, median household income is about $78,582, about 33% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. A total of 187 public schools operate in Spokane County, serving about 76,588 students.
Shiloh Hills Elementary is the closest public school, about 0.6 miles away in a straight line. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Of the 8 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Evergreen Elementary School is 3rd on average proficiency.
The NCES locale for Evergreen Elementary School is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count dropped from 494 to 433.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Evergreen Elementary School covering things like school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Spokane County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
549,056
Census ACS
Median income
$78,582
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
187
76,588 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Mead School District
- Mead Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,827 students
- Mt Spokane High SchoolHigh · 1,482 students
- Mountainside Middle SchoolMiddle · 824 students
- Northwood Middle SchoolMiddle · 796 students
- Mead Learning OptionsCombined · 790 students
- Highland Middle SchoolMiddle · 704 students
Other schools in SPOKANE
- Mead Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,827 students
- Lewis & Clark High SchoolHigh · 1,673 students
- North Central High SchoolHigh · 1,647 students
- Ferris High SchoolHigh · 1,644 students
- Rogers High SchoolHigh · 1,498 students
- Shadle Park High SchoolHigh · 1,445 students
Other Evergreen Elementary schools
29 other US public schools in 13 states are named Evergreen Elementary. Evergreen Elementary School is the 17th largest of the 30.
- Evergreen ElementarySpanaway, WA · 530 students
- Evergreen Elementary SchoolSedro-Woolley, WA · 511 students
- Evergreen Elementary SchoolJBLM Lewis Main, WA · 442 students
- Evergreen Elementary SchoolShelton, WA · 378 students
- Evergreen ElementaryLakebay, WA · 336 students
Nearby schools
- Shiloh Hills Elementary0.6 mi · 465
- Spokane International Academy0.8 mi · 824
- Linwood Elementary0.9 mi · 503
- Prairie View Elementary1.7 mi · 386
- Mead Learning Options1.8 mi · 790
- Garry Middle School1.9 mi · 410
Frequently asked questions
About Evergreen Elementary SchoolHow large is Evergreen Elementary School?
Evergreen Elementary School enrolls approximately 433 students in grades KG-05.
Is Evergreen Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Evergreen Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Evergreen Elementary School have?
Evergreen Elementary School employs 30 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Evergreen Elementary School?
Student demographics at Evergreen Elementary School are roughly 73% White, 9% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Who oversees Evergreen Elementary School?
Evergreen Elementary School is overseen by Mead School District in Spokane County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.