Evergreen School

Evergreen School is an elementary-level community of rural-scale scale in Gifford, Washington, operated by Evergreen School District (Stevens), caters to 39 students in grades K through 6. By comparison, Washington's public schools average about 380 students each, so Evergreen School sits 90% smaller than that benchmark.

Evergreen School sits inside Evergreen School District (Stevens), the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Evergreen School logs that 56% of the student body identifies as White; the rest comes out to 31% Native American, 8% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 85%.

On the resource side, The school lists 3 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.3:1 average. An estimated 74% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Stevens County runs at roughly 55%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Evergreen School 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 30.3%; Evergreen School posts 47.6%, +17.3 points above that line.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Stevens County put median household earnings sit near $69,327, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Evergreen School is one of 41 public schools in Stevens County (combined enrollment of about 7,726 students).

The closest other public school is Inchelium High School, roughly 2.8 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Evergreen School. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Evergreen School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 40.8%.

Evergreen School operates from a low-density location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Evergreen School has ticked up 18%, going from 33 students in 2018 to 39 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share expanded from 42% to 56%.

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