Enrollment
313
Elementary
DISTRICT 340 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SULTAN SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530855000541
Gold Bar Elementary
419 Lewis Ave, Gold Bar, WA 98251 · (360) 793-9840 · Snohomish County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL313 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 33% 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.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-Three-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
13.9:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.0:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
57%
177 students
DISTRICT 50% · 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 | 40 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 34 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 46 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 61 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 61 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 71 | 23% |
This year's kindergarten class (40) is 44% smaller than its 5th grade class (71).
Student demographics
49%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Gold Bar Elementary→Sultan Middle School
Based on grade levels within Sultan School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
39.7%
WA avg 58.4% . +7.5pp since 2014
Math
38.1%
WA avg 51.2% . +4.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 40 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 up about 8 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 39.7% | 38.1% |
| 2023-24 | 38.7% | 38.7% |
| 2022-23 | 41.5% | 30.9% |
| 2021-22 | 37.3% | 24.2% |
| 2018-19 | 49.7% | 53.9% |
| 2017-18 | 45.9% | 42.9% |
| 2016-17 | 45.1% | 39.6% |
| 2015-16 | 32.5% | 31.4% |
| 2014-15 | 32.2% | 33.3% |
% 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
40.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.3%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% 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 Gold Bar Elementary
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gold Bar Elementary this school | 313 | 56.5% | 40.7% |
| Columbia Elementary School Woodland | 365 | 55.6% | N/A |
| Ida Nason Aronica Elementary Ellensburg | 361 | 55.7% | 39.3% |
| Columbia Heights Elementary Longview | 331 | 57.7% | N/A |
| Carl Cozier Elementary School Bellingham | 325 | 53.2% | 40.1% |
| Hathaway Elementary Washougal | 272 | 60.7% | 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 Gold Bar Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Snohomish County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.7% | #617 of 936 | #78 of 105 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.1% | #706 of 1,103 ▼ 43 | #76 of 106 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.7% | #756 of 1,102 ▲ 16 | #81 of 106 ▲ 7 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +8.2pp | #129 of 928 | #10 of 105 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 313 | #921 of 1,268 | #107 of 118 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #136 of 1,085 | #6 of 109 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.2% | #788 of 1,088 | #96 of 110 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 56.5% | #511 of 1,169 | #33 of 114 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.4% | #619 of 778 | #46 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
313
+39 (+14%) vs 2020
-34% since 2000-01, when it was 473
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
was 13.1:1
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 | 313 | 22.6 | 13.9:1 | 57% (177) |
| 2023-24 | 336 | 23.6 | 14.2:1 | 57% (193) |
| 2022-23 | 338 | 24.9 | 13.6:1 | 61% (207) |
| 2020-21 | 274 | 21 | 13.1:1 | 54% (148) |
| 2017-18 | 338 | 20.3 | 16.7:1 | 63% (213) |
| 2015-16 | 325 | 19 | 17.1:1 | 63% (206) |
| 2010-11 | 339 | 19 | 17.8:1 | 49% (166) |
| 2000-01 | 473 | 24 | 19.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Gold Bar Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (338 to 313); teachers up 12% (20.3 to 22.6).
About Gold Bar Elementary
In Gold Bar, Washington, Gold Bar Elementary is a small elementary school. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 313 students in kindergarten through 5.
Gold Bar Elementary falls under Sultan School District, which has 8 schools enrolling 2,139 students.
Gold Bar Elementary's enrollment is 66% White. The remaining shares are 25% Hispanic and 5% multiracial. The White share in Snohomish County as a whole is similar, at about 64%. Gold Bar Elementary has a diversity index of 49%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The ratio of students to teachers is 13.9:1, with 22.6 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. The 17.3:1 average for elementary schools in Washington is higher than this school's figure. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Gold Bar Elementary is 57%. The average for public schools in Snohomish County is 41%.
allk12 grades Gold Bar Elementary a C. The grade compares the school only with Washington public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Compared with Washington schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Gold Bar Elementary's results are 1.6 points below predicted: 40.7% against 42.3%.
Snohomish County has about 844,430 residents, and median household income is about $111,246, about 38% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 227 public schools in Snohomish County, with a combined enrollment of about 118,688.
The next-closest public school is Open Doors Youth Reengagement, about 5.5 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside ten miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Gold Bar Elementary at 3rd of 4.
Federal data place Gold Bar Elementary in the Rural: Fringe locale, which means it is in rural territory close to an urban area.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment up 14%, from 274 to 313.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Gold Bar Elementary covering things like enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 Sultan School District
- Sultan Elementary SchoolElementary · 676 students
- Sultan Senior High SchoolHigh · 581 students
- Sultan Middle SchoolMiddle · 462 students
- Sky Valley OptionsHigh · 34 students
- Student Services SchoolElementary · 32 students
- Sultan Virtual AcademyCombined · 30 students
Nearby schools
- Open Doors Youth Reengagement5.5 mi · 11
- Sky Valley Options5.5 mi · 34
- Sultan Senior High School5.5 mi · 581
- Sultan Elementary School5.5 mi · 676
- Sultan Virtual Academy5.6 mi · 30
- Student Services School5.6 mi · 32
Frequently asked questions
About Gold Bar ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Gold Bar Elementary?
Gold Bar Elementary enrolls approximately 313 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Gold Bar Elementary serve?
Gold Bar Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Gold Bar Elementary?
Approximately 13.9:1 students per teacher at Gold Bar Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Gold Bar Elementary?
At Gold Bar Elementary, the student body is approximately 66% White, 25% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Gold Bar Elementary?
Gold Bar Elementary is overseen by Sultan School District in Snohomish County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.