Finch Elementary

Finch Elementary is one of the middle-of-the-pack elementary campuss in Spokane, Washington, overseen by Spokane School District, with 375 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 62 schools in Spokane School District (28,853 students total), Finch Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Finch Elementary logs that 76% of the student body identifies as White; the rest consists of 11% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 3% Black.

On the resource side, Finch Elementary lists 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.9:1. The state averages around 17.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 61% of students at Finch Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is higher than Spokane County's rate of about 52%.

After controlling for student poverty, Finch Elementary 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 39.0%; Finch Elementary posts 50.2%, +11.2 points above that line.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Spokane County put the typical household earns roughly $78,582 per year, about 33% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Spokane County runs 187 public schools (combined enrollment of about 76,588 students), of which Finch Elementary is one.

Glover Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Finch Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Finch Elementary at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 33.9%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Finch Elementary has decreased 30%, going from 535 students in 2018 to 375 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 14.9:1 in 2025.

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