Enrollment
339
Elementary
DISTRICT 289 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ANACORTES SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530015000017
Fidalgo Elementary
13590 Gibralter Road, Anacortes, WA 98221 · (360) 503-1600 · Skagit County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL339 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.4:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
37%
124 students
DISTRICT 32% · 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 | 50 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 55 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 54 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 74 | 22% |
| Grade 4 | 54 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 52 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (50) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (52).
Student demographics
36%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 41% · 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
Fidalgo Elementary→Anacortes Middle School
Based on grade levels within Anacortes School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
61.0%
WA avg 58.4% . -9.7pp since 2014
Math
59.9%
WA avg 51.2% . -5.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 60 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 10 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 6 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 61.0% | 59.9% |
| 2023-24 | 58.5% | 64.6% |
| 2022-23 | 65.0% | 61.3% |
| 2021-22 | 71.9% | 68.9% |
| 2018-19 | 70.0% | 77.0% |
| 2017-18 | 71.8% | 73.5% |
| 2016-17 | 75.2% | 68.3% |
| 2015-16 | 73.6% | 68.1% |
| 2014-15 | 70.7% | 65.5% |
% 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
64.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.7%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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 Fidalgo Elementary
Fidalgo Elementary's state test result (64.2% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fidalgo Elementary this school | 339 | 36.6% | 64.2% |
| Green Mountain Elementary BREMERTON | 360 | 38.6% | 54.3% |
| Southwood Elementary School Enumclaw | 358 | 37.4% | 51.3% |
| Summit School Spokane Valley | 383 | 37.6% | 60.3% |
| Littlerock Elementary School Olympia | 343 | 33.8% | 57.8% |
| Jefferson Elementary Spokane | 359 | 32.9% | 62.5% |
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 Fidalgo Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Skagit County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.2% | #203 of 936 | #1 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.9% | #259 of 1,103 ▼ 75 | #1 of 24 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.0% | #275 of 1,102 ▲ 54 | #3 of 24 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -9.9pp | #36 of 928 | #1 of 24 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 339 | #830 of 1,268 | #16 of 28 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.1:1 | #355 of 1,085 | #10 of 21 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 35.8% | #970 of 1,088 | #17 of 21 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 36.6% | #850 of 1,169 | #21 of 24 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.6% | #612 of 778 | #13 of 16 |
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
339
+66 (+24%) vs 2020
-20% since 1990-91, when it was 425
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
was 14.4:1
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 | 339 | 22.5 | 15.1:1 | 37% (124) |
| 2023-24 | 362 | 22 | 16.4:1 | 36% (132) |
| 2022-23 | 347 | 22 | 15.8:1 | 36% (125) |
| 2020-21 | 273 | 19 | 14.4:1 | 31% (84) |
| 2017-18 | 367 | 22.5 | 16.3:1 | 26% (97) |
| 2015-16 | 439 | 21 | 20.9:1 | 29% (129) |
| 2010-11 | 413 | 21 | 19.7:1 | 29% (121) |
| 2000-01 | 475 | 22 | 21.6:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 425 | 18 | 23.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Fidalgo Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (367 to 339); teachers unchanged (22.5 to 22.5).
About Fidalgo Elementary
Fidalgo Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school in Anacortes, Washington, administered by Anacortes School District. The school had 339 students in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25.
Anacortes School District has 8 schools; together they serve 2,595 students.
White students make up a majority at Fidalgo Elementary, at 79%. The remaining students are 11% Hispanic and 7% multiracial. Fidalgo Elementary's diversity index is 36%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school employs the equivalent of 22.5 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 15.1:1. That is 2.2 students per teacher below the 17.3:1 average for elementary schools in Washington. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Fidalgo Elementary is 37%. Public schools in Skagit County average 56%.
Schools in Washington with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 55.7%. Fidalgo Elementary scores 64.2%.
Census estimates describe Skagit County this way: the median household income is $89,263, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides Fidalgo Elementary, Skagit County has 53 other public schools.
Mount Erie Elementary is located about 3.2 miles from Fidalgo Elementary. The five-mile area around Fidalgo Elementary holds at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 61.7%, lower than Fidalgo Elementary's 64.2%.
Federal records code the school's setting as Rural: Fringe.
The school enrolled 339 students in 2024-25, 66 more than the 273 it had in 2020-21.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Fidalgo Elementary covering things like sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Skagit County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
131,328
Census ACS
Median income
$89,263
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
54
18,298 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Anacortes School District
- Anacortes High SchoolHigh · 766 students
- Anacortes Middle SchoolMiddle · 617 students
- Island View ElementaryElementary · 453 students
- Mount Erie ElementaryElementary · 327 students
- Cap Sante High SchoolHigh · 50 students
- Whitney Early Childhood Education CenterElementary · 36 students
Other schools in Anacortes
- Anacortes High SchoolHigh · 766 students
- Anacortes Middle SchoolMiddle · 617 students
- Island View ElementaryElementary · 453 students
- Mount Erie ElementaryElementary · 327 students
- Open Doors - Youth Reengagement ProgramHigh · 63 students
- Cap Sante High SchoolHigh · 50 students
Nearby schools
- Mount Erie Elementary3.2 mi · 327
- Island View Elementary4.2 mi · 453
- Anacortes Middle School4.3 mi · 617
- Open Doors - Youth Reengagement Program4.5 mi · 63
- Open Doors4.6 mi · 7
- Anacortes High School4.6 mi · 766
Frequently asked questions
About Fidalgo ElementaryHow many students attend Fidalgo Elementary?
Fidalgo Elementary enrolls approximately 339 students in grades KG-05.
Is Fidalgo Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Fidalgo Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Fidalgo Elementary have?
Fidalgo Elementary employs 23 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.1:1.
What is the student diversity at Fidalgo Elementary?
Student demographics at Fidalgo Elementary are roughly 79% White, 11% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Fidalgo Elementary?
Fidalgo Elementary is overseen by Anacortes School District in Skagit County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.