Grant Elementary

Grant Elementary is a modestly sized elementary-level community in Spokane, Washington, run under Spokane School District. The school works with 289 students in grades pre-K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 24% leaner than the state mean of about 380.

Grant Elementary is one of 62 schools operated by Spokane School District, a district that instructs 28,853 students overall.

On demographics, Grant Elementary logs that the most-represented group is White (49%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder looks like 19% multiracial, 13% Hispanic, 10% Black, 5% Pacific Islander. The wider county runs roughly 83% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Grant Elementary logs 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.4:1. The state averages around 17.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 79% of students at Grant Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Spokane County (around 52%), the school's rate is north of typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Grant Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 27.5%; this one delivers 34.0%.

Around the school, Spokane County reports that the typical household earns roughly $78,582 per year, about 33% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Spokane County runs 187 public schools (combined enrollment of about 76,588 students), of which Grant Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is NEWESD 101 Open Doors, roughly 0.6 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Grant Elementary. On composite proficiency, Grant Elementary comes 6th of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 55.1%.

Grant Elementary operates from an inner-city location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Grant Elementary's enrollment has ticked down 23% since 2018, when it stood at 373 (now 289). White enrollment moved from 44% to 49% across the same window.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.