Goldendale Primary School

Goldendale Primary School, a tight-knit primary school in GOLDENDALE, Washington, operated by Goldendale School District, enrolls 302 students, covering grades K through 4. That puts it 21% smaller than the typical public school in Washington, which averages around 380 students.

Goldendale School District comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 3,013 students; Goldendale Primary School is among them.

Demographically, Goldendale Primary School records that 67% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school lists 19% Hispanic, 8% Native American, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Klickitat County as a whole is about 82% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.0:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 65% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Klickitat County (around 55%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

With demographic context factored in, Goldendale Primary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 36.9%, the actual is 31.5%, a residual of -5.3 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Klickitat County indicate median household income runs about $71,042, roughly 31% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Goldendale Primary School is one of 21 public schools in Klickitat County (combined enrollment of about 2,803 students).

Goldendale Support Service Center is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Goldendale Primary School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 32.8%.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 17%: 362 students in 2018 compared to 302 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 74% to 67% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 19.1:1 in 2018 to 17.0:1 in 2025.

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