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What's one thing Frank Wagner Elementary gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
545
Elementary
DISTRICT 375 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MONROE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530513000773
Frank Wagner Elementary
115 Dickinson Rd., Monroe, WA 98272 · (360) 804-3200 · Snohomish County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL545 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.7:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
74%
406 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 | 92 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 74 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 93 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 90 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 89 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 107 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (92) is 14% smaller than its 5th grade class (107).
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · 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
25.3%
WA avg 58.4% . -0.8pp since 2014
Math
23.5%
WA avg 51.2% . -1.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 25 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Washington schools, those numbers are about 58 and 51. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2014, while math scores are down about 1 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 25.3% | 23.5% |
| 2023-24 | 26.5% | 23.2% |
| 2022-23 | 23.7% | 21.9% |
| 2021-22 | 26.2% | 18.8% |
| 2018-19 | 23.0% | 10.6% |
| 2017-18 | 25.2% | 11.9% |
| 2016-17 | 29.7% | 17.4% |
| 2015-16 | 27.1% | 18.8% |
| 2014-15 | 26.1% | 24.6% |
% 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
26.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.2%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 30% 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 Frank Wagner Elementary
Frank Wagner Elementary's state test result (26.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Wagner Elementary this school | 545 | 74.5% | 26.6% |
| East Valley Elementary Yakima | 562 | 69.2% | 48.3% |
| Green Park Elementary School WALLA WALLA | 526 | 74.3% | 33.0% |
| Hawthorne Elementary School KENNEWICK | 417 | 73.1% | N/A |
| Connell Elem Connell | 491 | 76.4% | 33.7% |
| Centennial Elementary School Mount Vernon | 430 | 79.5% | 33.5% |
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 Frank Wagner Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Snohomish County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.6% | #853 of 936 | #100 of 105 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.5% | #985 of 1,103 ▲ 3 | #99 of 106 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 25.3% | #1,015 of 1,102 ▼ 20 | #103 of 106 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.9pp | #443 of 928 | #55 of 105 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 545 | #187 of 1,268 | #39 of 118 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.9:1 | #312 of 1,085 | #33 of 109 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.3% | #759 of 1,088 | #91 of 110 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 74.5% | #185 of 1,169 | #7 of 114 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.0% | #632 of 778 | #51 of 68 |
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
545
+27 (+5%) vs 2020
+3% since 1990-91, when it was 529
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
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 | 545 | 36.6 | 14.9:1 | 74% (406) |
| 2023-24 | 543 | 41.8 | 13.0:1 | 72% (393) |
| 2022-23 | 564 | 39.9 | 14.1:1 | 76% (426) |
| 2020-21 | 518 | 36 | 14.4:1 | 63% (326) |
| 2017-18 | 586 | 35.4 | 16.6:1 | 66% (386) |
| 2015-16 | 585 | 38 | 15.4:1 | 70% (411) |
| 2010-11 | 584 | 32 | 18.3:1 | 69% (402) |
| 2000-01 | 648 | 32 | 20.3:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 529 | 34 | 15.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Frank Wagner Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (586 to 545); teachers up 4% (35.4 to 36.6).
About Frank Wagner Elementary
Frank Wagner Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school with an address in Monroe, Washington. Enrollment is 545 students in 2024-25, and the school serves pre-K through 5. The average for elementary schools in Washington is about 380 students, so this school is 43% larger than average.
Frank Wagner Elementary is one of 12 schools in Monroe School District, which enrolls 5,874 students in total.
Frank Wagner Elementary's enrollment is 64% Hispanic. The remaining shares are 30% White. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Snohomish County's population at about 12%. Frank Wagner Elementary has a diversity index of 50%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The count of teachers at Frank Wagner Elementary is 36.6 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 14.9:1. Among elementary schools in Washington, the typical ratio is 17.3:1. The school counts 406 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 74%. On average, public schools in Snohomish County report 41%.
A school with Frank Wagner Elementary's lunch-eligibility share in Washington is predicted to score 30.2%. Frank Wagner Elementary scores 26.6%, 3.7 points below that line.
Across Snohomish County, median household income is about $111,246, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 38% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 6%. The public schools of Snohomish County number 227 and enroll about 118,688.
The school nearest to Frank Wagner Elementary is Sky Valley Education Center, at a distance of about 0.3 miles. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, Frank Wagner Elementary is 5th among 5 schools close by.
In the federal locale system, Frank Wagner Elementary is coded Town: Fringe, for schools in a town close to an urbanized area.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Frank Wagner Elementary went from 518 students to 545.
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Snohomish County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
844,430
Census ACS
Median income
$111,246
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
227
118,688 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Monroe School District
- Monroe High SchoolHigh · 1,515 students
- Sky Valley Education CenterCombined · 985 students
- Park Place Middle SchoolMiddle · 755 students
- Salem Woods Elementary SchoolElementary · 516 students
- Chain Lake Elementary SchoolElementary · 434 students
- Fryelands ElementaryElementary · 414 students
Other schools in Monroe
- Monroe High SchoolHigh · 1,515 students
- Sky Valley Education CenterCombined · 985 students
- Park Place Middle SchoolMiddle · 755 students
- Salem Woods Elementary SchoolElementary · 516 students
- Fryelands ElementaryElementary · 414 students
- Leaders In LearningHigh · 39 students
Nearby schools
- Sky Valley Education Center0.3 mi · 985
- Park Place Middle School0.4 mi · 755
- Monroe Special Ed Preschool0.6 mi · 6
- Out Of District Special Ed0.6 mi · 18
- Leaders In Learning1.4 mi · 39
- Fryelands Elementary1.5 mi · 414
Frequently asked questions
About Frank Wagner ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Frank Wagner Elementary?
Frank Wagner Elementary enrolls approximately 545 students in grades PK-05.
Is Frank Wagner Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Frank Wagner Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Frank Wagner Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Frank Wagner Elementary is approximately 14.9:1 (37 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Frank Wagner Elementary?
Student demographics at Frank Wagner Elementary are roughly 30% White, 64% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Frank Wagner Elementary public or private?
Frank Wagner Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Monroe School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.