Frank Wagner Elementary

Located at 115 Dickinson Rd., in Monroe, Washington, Frank Wagner Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school that enrolls 545 students (grades pre-K through 5), overseen by Monroe School District. Compared to the state average of about 380 students per school, that is 43% above typical.

Within Monroe School District, which oversees 12 schools and 5,874 students, Frank Wagner Elementary is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Frank Wagner Elementary shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 64% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school reports 30% White. By comparison, Snohomish County as a whole is about 12% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.9:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.3:1 average. About 74% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Snohomish County runs at roughly 41%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Frank Wagner Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 30.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 26.6%.

In the area at large, Snohomish County reports that median household earnings sit near $111,246, about 38% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Frank Wagner Elementary is one of 227 public schools in Snohomish County (combined enrollment of about 118,688 students).

Sky Valley Education Center is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Frank Wagner Elementary at 5th of 5; the average score across the group is 47.1%.

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

Over the past 7-year window. Frank Wagner Elementary's enrollment has decreased 7% since 2018, when it stood at 586 (now 545). The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 16.6:1 in 2018 to 14.9:1 today.

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