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Enrollment
404
Elementary
DISTRICT 174 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OKANOGAN SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530615000917
Grainger Elementary
1118 5th Street S, Okanogan, WA 98840 · (509) 422-3580 · Okanogan County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL404 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.5:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
66%
265 students
DISTRICT 66% · 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 | 72 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 59 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 62 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 73 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 75 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 63 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (72) is 14% larger than its 5th grade class (63).
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · 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
48.6%
WA avg 58.4% . -10.5pp since 2014
Math
37.3%
WA avg 51.2% . -0.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 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 11 points since 2014, while math scores have held steady.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.6% | 37.3% |
| 2023-24 | 42.5% | 40.2% |
| 2022-23 | 42.9% | 38.0% |
| 2021-22 | 42.3% | 34.7% |
| 2018-19 | 52.2% | 53.6% |
| 2017-18 | 45.5% | 39.0% |
| 2016-17 | 43.1% | 35.5% |
| 2015-16 | 53.0% | 31.8% |
| 2014-15 | 59.2% | 37.8% |
% 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
43.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.2%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 Grainger Elementary
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grainger Elementary this school | 404 | 65.6% | 43.4% |
| Ahtanum Valley Elementary Yakima | 381 | 64.3% | 60.4% |
| Forks Elementary School Forks | 368 | 62.5% | N/A |
| Mary Purcell Elementary School Sedro-Woolley | 465 | 64.7% | 34.9% |
| Jefferson Elementary Richland | 418 | 61.2% | N/A |
| Rochester Primary School Rochester | 488 | 62.5% | 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 Grainger Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Okanogan County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.4% | #551 of 936 | #3 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.3% | #725 of 1,103 ▼ 99 | #3 of 9 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.6% | #546 of 1,102 ▲ 114 | #2 of 9 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.5pp | #293 of 928 | #4 of 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 404 | #618 of 1,268 | #3 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #142 of 1,085 | #3 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.1% | #521 of 1,088 | #4 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 65.6% | #343 of 1,169 | #8 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.3% | #427 of 778 | #2 of 7 |
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
404
-53 (-12%) vs 2020
+40% since 1990-91, when it was 288
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
was 18.3:1
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 | 404 | 29 | 13.9:1 | 66% (265) |
| 2023-24 | 437 | 28 | 15.6:1 | 66% (288) |
| 2022-23 | 417 | 28 | 14.9:1 | 77% (322) |
| 2020-21 | 457 | 25 | 18.3:1 | 60% (276) |
| 2017-18 | 477 | 26.7 | 17.9:1 | 64% (303) |
| 2015-16 | 496 | 24 | 20.7:1 | 63% (312) |
| 2010-11 | 480 | 22 | 21.8:1 | 64% (305) |
| 2000-01 | 509 | 25 | 20.4:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 288 | 13 | 22.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Grainger Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (477 to 404); teachers up 9% (26.7 to 29).
About Grainger Elementary
Grainger Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school in Okanogan School District, located in Okanogan, Washington. The school's 404 students are in kindergarten through 5.
Enrollment across the 6 schools in Okanogan School District totals 1,041 students.
Grainger Elementary's enrollment is 53% White. Other groups make up 34% Hispanic, 8% Native American, and 4% multiracial. County-wide, 64% of Okanogan County residents are White. Grainger Elementary has a diversity index of 60%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school reports 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 13.9 students per teacher. The 17.3:1 average for elementary schools in Washington is higher than this school's figure. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 66%.
Test results at Grainger Elementary are 7.2 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (43.4% actual, 36.2% predicted).
Okanogan County census figures show that median household income is about $63,207, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Grainger Elementary is among the 38 public schools in Okanogan County.
The closest public school, Okanogan High School, is about 0.5 miles from Grainger Elementary. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 39.7%; Grainger Elementary's is 43.4%, ranking 2nd of 4.
Grainger Elementary is in a town far from an urbanized area, a location NCES labels Town: Remote.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Grainger Elementary went from 457 students to 404. Its ratio of students to teachers was 18.3:1 in 2020-21, and 13.9:1 in 2024-25.
Questions about science fairs, picture day, and bus routes can be posted here. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Okanogan County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
43,425
Census ACS
Median income
$63,207
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
38
11,538 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Okanogan School District
- Okanogan High SchoolHigh · 308 students
- Okanogan Middle SchoolMiddle · 238 students
- Okanogan Outreach Alternative SchoolHigh · 72 students
- Okanogan Alternative High SchoolHigh · 14 students
- Okanogan Co Juvenile DetentionHigh · 5 students
Other schools in Okanogan
- Okanogan High SchoolHigh · 308 students
- Okanogan Middle SchoolMiddle · 238 students
- Okanogan Outreach Alternative SchoolHigh · 72 students
- Okanogan Alternative High SchoolHigh · 14 students
- Okanogan Co Juvenile DetentionHigh · 5 students
Nearby schools
- Okanogan High School0.5 mi · 308
- Okanogan Middle School0.5 mi · 238
- Okanogan Outreach Alternative School0.7 mi · 72
- Okanogan Co Juvenile Detention0.7 mi · 5
- Washington Virtual Academy Omak Elementary4.4 mi · 1,290
- Washington Virtual Academy Omak High School4.4 mi · 1,841
Frequently asked questions
About Grainger ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Grainger Elementary?
Grainger Elementary enrolls approximately 404 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Grainger Elementary serve?
Grainger Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does Grainger Elementary have?
Grainger Elementary employs 29 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Grainger Elementary?
Student demographics at Grainger Elementary are roughly 53% White, 34% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Grainger Elementary in?
Grainger Elementary is part of Okanogan School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.