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What's the most underrated thing about Farwell Elementary School that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
471
Elementary
DISTRICT 423 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MEAD SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530492000746
Farwell Elementary School
13005 N CRESTLINE, SPOKANE, WA 99208 · (509) 465-6500 · Spokane County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL471 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
225 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 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 76 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 74 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 83 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 89 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 89 | 19% |
Student demographics
44%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
60.4%
WA avg 58.4% . -2.0pp since 2014
Math
57.6%
WA avg 51.2% . -3.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 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 2 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 3 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 60.4% | 57.6% |
| 2023-24 | 58.9% | 56.8% |
| 2022-23 | 62.0% | 59.9% |
| 2021-22 | 64.6% | 60.2% |
| 2018-19 | 71.1% | 65.4% |
| 2017-18 | 70.8% | 62.3% |
| 2016-17 | 71.8% | 61.4% |
| 2015-16 | 70.8% | 63.3% |
| 2014-15 | 62.4% | 60.9% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of WA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
59.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.1%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 48% typical for Washington schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 11 points, placing it in Washington's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Where Farwell Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Spokane County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.5% | #264 of 936 | #19 of 82 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.6% | #301 of 1,103 | #22 of 83 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.4% | #293 of 1,102 | #20 of 83 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -3.4pp | #203 of 928 | #19 of 81 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 471 | #379 of 1,268 | #16 of 92 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.6:1 | #728 of 1,085 | #68 of 83 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.7% | #869 of 1,088 | #46 of 83 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 47.8% | #682 of 1,169 | #56 of 86 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.0% | #247 of 778 | #27 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.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
471
-85 (-15%) vs 2020
-11% since 1990-91, when it was 531
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
was 16.9:1
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 | 471 | 28.3 | 16.6:1 | 48% (225) |
| 2023-24 | 527 | 31.4 | 16.8:1 | 43% (226) |
| 2022-23 | 473 | 28.4 | 16.6:1 | 43% (205) |
| 2020-21 | 556 | 33 | 16.9:1 | 25% (139) |
| 2017-18 | 604 | 33.4 | 18.1:1 | 36% (218) |
| 2015-16 | 593 | 29 | 20.4:1 | 34% (204) |
| 2010-11 | 594 | 30 | 19.8:1 | 29% (174) |
| 2000-01 | 497 | 27 | 18.4:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 531 | 25 | 21.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Farwell Elementary School.
About Farwell Elementary School
The public elementary school Farwell Elementary School is located in SPOKANE, Washington. It teaches 471 students in kindergarten through 5. Elementary schools in Washington have about 380 students on average; enrollment here is 24% higher.
Mead School District, which runs Farwell Elementary School, has 17 schools and 10,657 students.
More than half of enrollment at Farwell Elementary School is White: 74%. The remaining shares are 9% multiracial, 8% Hispanic, 4% Black, and 4% Asian. Spokane County as a whole is about 83% White, so the school's share is lower. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 44%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Farwell Elementary School is 16.6:1, based on 28.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. It is about the same as the 17.3:1 average for elementary schools in Washington. Income data for the school show 48% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Farwell Elementary School outperforms its prediction by 11.4 points. The model expects 48.1% for a school with its free or reduced-price lunch share in Washington; the school's rate is 59.5%.
Looking at the county, Spokane County, median household income comes to about $78,582, about 33% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. The county has 187 public schools and about 76,588 students.
A public school about 0.2 miles away, Northwood Middle School, is the closest to Farwell Elementary School. Farwell Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Among 8 nearby schools that report test results, Farwell Elementary School ranks 3rd on proficiency.
The federal government classifies Farwell Elementary School's location as Suburb: Large.
The school shrank from 556 students in 2020-21 to 471 in 2024-25.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on special education services, counseling, and support programs here. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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
Nearby schools
- Northwood Middle School0.2 mi · 796
- Mead Open Doors0.3 mi · 9
- Creekside Elementary School1.1 mi · 355
- Mead Senior High School1.6 mi · 1,827
- Brentwood Elementary School1.9 mi · 468
- Meadow Ridge Elementary1.9 mi · 453
Frequently asked questions
About Farwell Elementary SchoolHow large is Farwell Elementary School?
Farwell Elementary School enrolls approximately 471 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Farwell Elementary School serve?
Farwell Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Farwell Elementary School?
Approximately 16.6:1 students per teacher at Farwell Elementary School.
How diverse is Farwell Elementary School?
Farwell Elementary School reports a student body of 74% White, 8% Hispanic, 4% Black, 4% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees Farwell Elementary School?
Farwell 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.