Enrollment
324
Elementary
DISTRICT 323 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MOSES LAKE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530522000787
Garden Heights Elementary
707 E NELSON ROAD, MOSES LAKE, WA 98837 · (509) 766-2651 · Grant County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL324 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 21% of Washington public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Washington public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
17.7:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 34.6:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
183 students
DISTRICT 64% · 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 | 34 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 54 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 58 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 73 | 23% |
| Grade 4 | 50 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 55 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (34) is 38% smaller than its 5th grade class (55).
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · 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
34.5%
WA avg 58.4% . -22.6pp since 2014
Math
38.4%
WA avg 51.2% . -9.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 38 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 23 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 9 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 34.5% | 38.4% |
| 2023-24 | 38.0% | 37.1% |
| 2022-23 | 31.9% | 26.6% |
| 2021-22 | 34.4% | 32.9% |
| 2018-19 | 46.9% | 43.3% |
| 2017-18 | 48.3% | 46.5% |
| 2016-17 | 46.8% | 55.9% |
| 2015-16 | 54.7% | 54.1% |
| 2014-15 | 57.0% | 47.5% |
% 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
37.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.3%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 Garden Heights Elementary
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Garden Heights Elementary this school | 324 | 56.5% | 37.5% |
| Canyon View Elementary School KENNEWICK | 347 | 57.6% | N/A |
| Birchwood Elementary School Bellingham | 335 | 58.5% | 31.8% |
| Peninsula Elementary MOSES LAKE | 383 | 57.4% | 37.5% |
| Robert Lince Early Learning Center Selah | 362 | 62.2% | N/A |
| Sunset View Elementary School KENNEWICK | 411 | 54.7% | N/A |
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 Garden Heights Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Grant County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.5% | #674 of 936 | #8 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.4% | #697 of 1,103 ▲ 7 | #6 of 24 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.5% | #870 of 1,102 ▼ 83 | #10 of 24 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.8pp | #385 of 928 | #11 of 23 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 324 | #883 of 1,268 | #13 of 28 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.7:1 | #934 of 1,085 | #16 of 22 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.1% | #615 of 1,088 | #2 of 22 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 56.5% | #514 of 1,169 | #21 of 24 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -38.9% | #37 of 778 | #3 of 19 |
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
324
-128 (-28%) vs 2020
-9% since 1990-91, when it was 356
Student : Teacher
17.7:1
was 15.6:1
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 | 324 | 18.3 | 17.7:1 | 56% (183) |
| 2023-24 | 392 | 23 | 17.0:1 | 57% (222) |
| 2022-23 | 396 | 22 | 18.0:1 | 61% (243) |
| 2020-21 | 452 | 29 | 15.6:1 | 56% (254) |
| 2017-18 | 530 | 27 | 19.6:1 | 52% (273) |
| 2015-16 | 497 | 24 | 20.7:1 | 48% (239) |
| 2010-11 | 502 | 23 | 21.8:1 | 50% (251) |
| 2000-01 | 412 | 19 | 21.7:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 356 | 18 | 19.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Garden Heights Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 39% (530 to 324); teachers down 32% (27 to 18.3).
About Garden Heights Elementary
Garden Heights Elementary is an elementary school with a street address in MOSES LAKE, Washington. It educates 324 students in kindergarten through 5.
Garden Heights Elementary is part of a district of 20 schools: Moses Lake School District, with 8,430 students.
Enrollment at Garden Heights Elementary is mixed, with Hispanic students the largest group at 48%. It is also 45% White, 3% multiracial, and 2% Black. Garden Heights Elementary has a diversity index of 56%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Its 18.3 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 17.7:1. Elementary schools in Washington have a similar average ratio of 17.3:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 56%. That rate is below the 69% average among public schools in Grant County.
allk12 grades Garden Heights Elementary a C-. The grade compares the school only with Washington public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Garden Heights Elementary's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (37.5%) and its predicted rate (42.3%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Washington schools.
Grant County has these Census figures: median household income is about $73,267, about 18% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 12%. Garden Heights Elementary is among the 61 public schools in Grant County.
The closest other public school is MLSD Open Doors Re-Engagement Program, about 0.1 miles away. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 37.5% is above the 37.4% average for nearby schools.
Under the NCES locale system, Garden Heights Elementary is Town: Remote.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count dropped from 452 to 324. Students per teacher rose from 15.6 in 2020-21 to 17.7 in 2024-25.
Posts about school safety, transportation, and start times are welcome on this page. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Grant County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
101,799
Census ACS
Median income
$73,267
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
61
20,494 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Moses Lake School District
- Moses Lake High SchoolHigh · 1,856 students
- Columbia Middle SchoolMiddle · 875 students
- Frontier Middle SchoolMiddle · 690 students
- Park Orchard Elementary SchoolElementary · 454 students
- Vicki I. Groff Elementary SchoolElementary · 413 students
- Vanguard AcademyHigh · 387 students
Other schools in MOSES LAKE
- Moses Lake High SchoolHigh · 1,856 students
- Columbia Middle SchoolMiddle · 875 students
- Frontier Middle SchoolMiddle · 690 students
- Park Orchard Elementary SchoolElementary · 454 students
- Vicki I. Groff Elementary SchoolElementary · 413 students
- Vanguard AcademyHigh · 387 students
Nearby schools
- MLSD Open Doors Re-Engagement Program0.1 mi · 67
- Moses Lake High School0.3 mi · 1,856
- Digital Learning Center0.3 mi · 359
- Columbia Middle School0.3 mi · 875
- Vanguard Academy0.6 mi · 387
- Lakeview Terrace Elementary0.7 mi · 303
Frequently asked questions
About Garden Heights ElementaryHow large is Garden Heights Elementary?
Garden Heights Elementary enrolls approximately 324 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Garden Heights Elementary serve?
Garden Heights Elementary serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Garden Heights Elementary have?
Garden Heights Elementary employs 18 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Garden Heights Elementary?
Student demographics at Garden Heights Elementary are roughly 45% White, 48% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Garden Heights Elementary in?
Garden Heights Elementary is part of Moses Lake School District.
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