Great Northern Elementary

Great Northern Elementary is one of the minimally staffed elementary schools in SPOKANE, Washington, operated by Great Northern School District, with 44 students on its rolls from grades K through 6. By comparison, Washington's public schools average about 380 students each, so Great Northern Elementary sits 88% smaller than that benchmark.

Great Northern School District is the operating authority for Great Northern Elementary, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

In terms of who attends, Great Northern Elementary records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (86%). Other groups include 7% Native American, 5% Hispanic, 2% Pacific Islander. That composition is broadly in line with Spokane County as a whole.

On the resource side, Around 64% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is above Spokane County's rate of about 52%.

After controlling for student poverty, Great Northern Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 37.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 33.1%.

In the surrounding community, Spokane County reports that median household income runs about $78,582, 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Spokane County's 187 public schools (combined enrollment of about 76,588 students), Great Northern Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Pauline Flett Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.9 miles from this campus. 8 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), Great Northern Elementary ranks 6th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 41.8%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Great Northern Elementary has contracted 17%, going from 53 students in 2018 to 44 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 91% to 86% across the same window.

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