Fort Colville Elementary

Fort Colville Elementary, a medium-sized elementary-level community in Colville, Washington, run under Colville School District, serves 355 students, covering grades 3 through 5.

Within Colville School District, which oversees 5 schools and 1,737 students, Fort Colville Elementary is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Fort Colville Elementary records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (84%); the rest breaks down as 7% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 2% Native American. Compared to Stevens County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.3:1. The state averages around 17.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 70% of students at Fort Colville Elementary qualify 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 somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Fort Colville 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 33.3%; Fort Colville Elementary posts 50.7%, +17.4 points above that line.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Stevens County indicate median household earnings sit near $69,327, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Fort Colville Elementary is one of 41 public schools in Stevens County (combined enrollment of about 7,726 students).

Nearest neighbor: Colville Junior High School, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around Fort Colville Elementary. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Fort Colville Elementary ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 42.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-center area.

Over the past 7-year window. Fort Colville Elementary's enrollment has edged down 14% since 2018, when it stood at 413 (now 355). Class-load math has tightened: from 17.4:1 in 2018 to 15.3:1 in 2025.

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