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What's the most underrated thing about Green Park Elementary School that outsiders don't know?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
526
Elementary
DISTRICT 327 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WALLA WALLA PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 530945001602
Green Park Elementary School
1105 E ISAACS AVE, WALLA WALLA, WA 99362 · (509) 527-3077 · Walla Walla County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL526 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 33% 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.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-Three-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
15.3:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 30.1:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
74%
391 students
DISTRICT 71% · 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 | 82 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 98 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 83 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 90 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 78 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 95 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (82) is 14% smaller than its 5th grade class (95).
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · 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
34.9%
WA avg 58.4% . -9.0pp since 2014
Math
29.8%
WA avg 51.2% . -12.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 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 9 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 13 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 34.9% | 29.8% |
| 2023-24 | 30.5% | 33.9% |
| 2022-23 | 30.6% | 30.2% |
| 2021-22 | 26.7% | 24.0% |
| 2018-19 | 38.2% | 34.5% |
| 2017-18 | 40.0% | 34.5% |
| 2016-17 | 36.7% | 38.0% |
| 2015-16 | 37.5% | 37.3% |
| 2014-15 | 43.9% | 42.5% |
% 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
33.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.3%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 30% 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 Green Park Elementary School
Green Park Elementary School's state test result (33.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Green Park Elementary School this school | 526 | 74.3% | 33.0% |
| Frank Wagner Elementary Monroe | 545 | 74.5% | 26.6% |
| Harriet Rowley Mount Vernon | 440 | 71.8% | 35.2% |
| Hawthorne Elementary School KENNEWICK | 417 | 73.1% | N/A |
| Harney Elementary School VANCOUVER | 538 | 69.0% | N/A |
| East Valley Elementary Yakima | 562 | 69.2% | 48.3% |
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 Green Park Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Walla Walla County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.0% | #757 of 936 | #9 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.8% | #878 of 1,103 ▼ 101 | #9 of 9 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.9% | #861 of 1,102 ▲ 69 | #9 of 9 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.0pp | #177 of 928 | #4 of 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 526 | #227 of 1,268 | #2 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.3:1 | #414 of 1,085 | #6 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.3% | #687 of 1,088 | #2 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 74.3% | #190 of 1,169 | #3 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +23.8% | #47 of 257 | 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
526
+94 (+22%) vs 2020
+54% since 1990-91, when it was 341
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
was 12.7:1
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 | 526 | 34.4 | 15.3:1 | 74% (391) |
| 2023-24 | 513 | 33.4 | 15.4:1 | 80% (412) |
| 2022-23 | 482 | 34.4 | 14.0:1 | 83% (400) |
| 2020-21 | 432 | 34 | 12.7:1 | 74% (319) |
| 2017-18 | 425 | 27.2 | 15.6:1 | 63% (269) |
| 2015-16 | 432 | 28 | 15.4:1 | 69% (298) |
| 2010-11 | 478 | 28 | 17.1:1 | 55% (261) |
| 2000-01 | 505 | 30 | 16.8:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 341 | 17 | 20.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Green Park Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 24% (425 to 526); teachers up 26% (27.2 to 34.4).
About Green Park Elementary School
In WALLA WALLA, Washington, Green Park Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school. Enrollment is 526 students in 2024-25, and the school serves kindergarten through 5. Against the 380-student average for elementary schools in Washington, enrollment here is 38% higher.
Walla Walla Public Schools (16 schools, 5,410 students) runs Green Park Elementary School.
Hispanic students are the majority at Green Park Elementary School, with 56% of enrollment. Enrollment also includes 38% White and 3% multiracial. The school's Hispanic share is 33 points above the 24% share among Walla Walla County residents. The school's diversity index is 53%, meaning two students picked at random have a 53% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Its teaching staff equals 34.4 full-time positions, a ratio of 15.3:1. That is lower than the 17.3:1 average for elementary schools in Washington. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 74%. Compared with the 63% average for public schools in Walla Walla County, the school's rate is higher.
allk12 grades Green Park Elementary School a C. The grade compares the school only with Washington public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
On BeatsExpectations, Green Park Elementary School is 2.6 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Washington schools.
According to the American Community Survey, in Walla Walla County, the median household income is $74,202, roughly 30% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. There are 33 public schools in Walla Walla County, enrolling about 8,516 students in all.
The shortest distance from Green Park Elementary School to another public school is about 0.7 miles, to Walla Walla Online. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Nearby schools with test data average 38.8% proficiency; Green Park Elementary School posts 33.0%.
The school is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000, according to its NCES locale (City: Small).
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 94 more students in 2024-25. The school's ratio rose from 12.7:1 to 15.3:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
Topics for discussion here include science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Walla Walla County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
62,161
Census ACS
Median income
$74,202
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
33
8,516 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Walla Walla Public Schools
- Walla Walla High SchoolHigh · 1,554 students
- Pioneer Middle SchoolMiddle · 601 students
- Garrison Middle SchoolMiddle · 546 students
- Edison Elementary SchoolElementary · 464 students
- Prospect Point ElementaryElementary · 414 students
- Sharpstein Elementary SchoolElementary · 340 students
Other schools in WALLA WALLA
- Walla Walla High SchoolHigh · 1,554 students
- Pioneer Middle SchoolMiddle · 601 students
- Garrison Middle SchoolMiddle · 546 students
- Edison Elementary SchoolElementary · 464 students
- Prospect Point ElementaryElementary · 414 students
- Sharpstein Elementary SchoolElementary · 340 students
Other Green Park Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Green Park Elementary. Green Park Elementary School is the largest of the 2.
- Green Park Elementary SchoolMetairie, LA · 433 students
Nearby schools
- Walla Walla Online0.7 mi · 72
- Homelink0.7 mi · 47
- Sharpstein Elementary School0.7 mi · 340
- Walla Walla Open Doors0.7 mi · 105
- Edison Elementary School0.8 mi · 464
- Pioneer Middle School0.9 mi · 601
Frequently asked questions
About Green Park Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Green Park Elementary School?
Green Park Elementary School enrolls approximately 526 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Green Park Elementary School serve?
Green Park Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does Green Park Elementary School have?
Green Park Elementary School employs 34 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.3:1.
What is the student diversity at Green Park Elementary School?
Student demographics at Green Park Elementary School are roughly 38% White, 56% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Green Park Elementary School public or private?
Green Park Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Walla Walla Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.