Enrollment
302
Elementary
DISTRICT 158 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GOLDENDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530309000492
Goldendale Primary School
820 S. SCHUSTER ST, GOLDENDALE, WA 98620 · (509) 773-4665 · Klickitat County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL302 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 19% of Washington public elementary schools
- C-Test 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.
- AThree-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
17.0:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.0:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
65%
195 students
DISTRICT 62% · 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 | 49 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 68 | 23% |
| Grade 2 | 56 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 64 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 65 | 22% |
This year's kindergarten class (49) is 25% smaller than its 4th grade class (65).
Student demographics
50%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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Goldendale School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
37.9%
WA avg 58.4% . -5.7pp since 2014
Math
33.9%
WA avg 51.2% . -9.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 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 6 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 | 37.9% | 33.9% |
| 2023-24 | 23.9% | 30.3% |
| 2022-23 | 33.9% | 26.1% |
| 2021-22 | 24.3% | 25.0% |
| 2018-19 | 39.7% | 40.1% |
| 2017-18 | 37.8% | 26.7% |
| 2016-17 | 40.6% | 43.0% |
| 2015-16 | 43.3% | 37.8% |
| 2014-15 | 43.6% | 43.2% |
% 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
31.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.9%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% 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 Goldendale Primary School
Goldendale Primary School's state test result (31.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goldendale Primary School this school | 302 | 64.6% | 31.5% |
| Roy Elementary ROY | 285 | 61.4% | 37.9% |
| Berney Elementary School WALLA WALLA | 324 | 66.4% | 40.0% |
| Concrete Elementary Concrete | 308 | 66.9% | 32.9% |
| University Elementary School Spokane Valley | 291 | 63.9% | 50.6% |
| Seth Woodard Elementary SPOKANE | 262 | 67.2% | 45.9% |
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 Goldendale Primary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Klickitat County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.5% | #777 of 936 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.9% | #802 of 1,103 ▲ 51 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.9% | #801 of 1,102 ▲ 233 | N/A |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +11.2pp | #64 of 928 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 302 | #946 of 1,268 | #2 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.0:1 | #813 of 1,085 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.4% | #753 of 1,088 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 64.6% | #363 of 1,169 | N/A |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.6% | #391 of 778 | N/A |
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
302
+26 (+9%) vs 2020
-31% since 1990-91, when it was 438
Student : Teacher
17.0:1
was 16.2:1
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 | 302 | 17.8 | 17.0:1 | 65% (195) |
| 2023-24 | 300 | 17.7 | 17.0:1 | 69% (207) |
| 2022-23 | 291 | 17.8 | 16.4:1 | 71% (207) |
| 2020-21 | 276 | 17 | 16.2:1 | 63% (173) |
| 2017-18 | 362 | 19 | 19.1:1 | 63% (229) |
| 2015-16 | 340 | 18 | 18.9:1 | 70% (238) |
| 2010-11 | 335 | 20 | 16.8:1 | 65% (218) |
| 2000-01 | 491 | 24 | 20.5:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 438 | 22 | 19.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Goldendale Primary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (362 to 302); teachers down 6% (19 to 17.8).
About Goldendale Primary School
Goldendale Primary School is a small elementary school in Goldendale School District, located in GOLDENDALE, Washington. Its 302 students are spread across kindergarten through 4. The typical figure for elementary schools in Washington is about 380 students.
Goldendale Primary School is one of 5 schools in Goldendale School District, which enrolls 3,013 students in total.
White students are the majority at Goldendale Primary School, with 67% of enrollment. Other groups make up 19% Hispanic, 8% Native American, and 6% multiracial. Klickitat County as a whole is about 82% White, so the school's share is lower. Pick two students at random and there is a 50% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.0:1 at Goldendale Primary School, with 17.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. For comparison, elementary schools in Washington average 17.3:1. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 65% of enrollment. The 55% average for public schools in Klickitat County is 10 points lower.
allk12 grades Goldendale Primary School a C-. The grade compares the school only with Washington public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 36.9% for Goldendale Primary School. The school posts 31.5%, 5.3 points below the prediction.
Among Klickitat County residents, the median household income is $71,042, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 31%, and about 9% of people live in poverty. Besides Goldendale Primary School, Klickitat County has 20 other public schools.
Goldendale Support Service Center is the closest public school, less than a tenth of a mile away in a straight line. Other public schools within five miles number 3. The nearest schools with test data average 32.8%, higher than Goldendale Primary School's 31.5%.
Its location is classified as Rural: Remote by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 26 more students in 2024-25.
Community posts for Goldendale Primary School can cover enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Klickitat County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
23,411
Census ACS
Median income
$71,042
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
21
2,803 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Goldendale School District
- Washington Connections Academy GoldendaleCombined · 2,121 students
- Goldendale High SchoolHigh · 322 students
- Goldendale Middle SchoolMiddle · 255 students
- Goldendale Support Service CenterElementary · 13 students
Other schools in GOLDENDALE
- Goldendale High SchoolHigh · 322 students
- Goldendale Middle SchoolMiddle · 255 students
- Goldendale Support Service CenterElementary · 13 students
Nearby schools
- Goldendale Support Service Center0.0 mi · 13
- Goldendale High School0.1 mi · 322
- Goldendale Middle School0.2 mi · 255
- Centerville Elementary6.0 mi · 91
- Wishram High And Elementary Schl12.8 mi · 91
- Klickitat Elem & High16.2 mi · 71
Frequently asked questions
About Goldendale Primary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Goldendale Primary School?
Goldendale Primary School enrolls approximately 302 students in grades KG-04.
What age range does Goldendale Primary School serve?
Goldendale Primary School serves students from grade KG through grade 04.
How many students per teacher at Goldendale Primary School?
Approximately 17.0:1 students per teacher at Goldendale Primary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Goldendale Primary School?
At Goldendale Primary School, the student body is approximately 67% White, 19% Hispanic, 0% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Goldendale Primary School public or private?
Goldendale Primary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Goldendale School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.