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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Hallett Elementary School administration to hear?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
496
Elementary
DISTRICT 478 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MEDICAL LAKE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530495002487
Hallett Elementary School
524 N. Hallett St., Medical Lake, WA 99022 · (509) 565-3400 · Spokane County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL496 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 61% of Washington public elementary schools
- BTest 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.
- CThree-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
16.8:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.7:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
248 students
DISTRICT 43% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 15 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 82 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 78 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 84 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 86 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 69 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 82 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (82) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (82).
Student demographics
32%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Medical Lake School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
49.2%
WA avg 58.4% . -23.2pp since 2014
Math
49.2%
WA avg 51.2% . -17.6pp 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 49 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 23 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 18 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 49.2% | 49.2% |
| 2023-24 | 53.5% | 53.1% |
| 2022-23 | 49.4% | 55.6% |
| 2021-22 | 51.4% | 51.2% |
| 2018-19 | 61.1% | 54.6% |
| 2017-18 | 68.4% | 57.6% |
| 2016-17 | 65.5% | 58.8% |
| 2015-16 | 69.6% | 64.4% |
| 2014-15 | 72.4% | 66.8% |
% 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
52.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.7%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 Hallett Elementary School
Hallett Elementary School's state test result (52.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hallett Elementary School this school | 496 | 50.0% | 52.6% |
| Toledo Elementary School Toledo | 432 | 48.8% | 43.1% |
| Salish Coast Elementary Port Townsend | 528 | 51.1% | 53.5% |
| Onalaska Elementary School Onalaska | 437 | 52.9% | 47.2% |
| Rainier Elementary School Rainier | 493 | 45.6% | 53.9% |
| Arcadia Elementary Deer Park | 455 | 54.1% | 53.2% |
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 Hallett Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Spokane County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.6% | #391 of 936 | #34 of 82 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.2% | #455 of 1,103 ▼ 75 | #40 of 83 ▼ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.2% | #527 of 1,102 ▼ 98 | #45 of 83 ▼ 8 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.1pp | #273 of 928 | #24 of 81 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 496 | #302 of 1,268 | #13 of 92 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.8:1 | #779 of 1,085 | #71 of 83 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 32.3% | #999 of 1,088 | #73 of 83 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.0% | #635 of 1,169 | #53 of 86 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.8% | #768 of 778 | #67 of 67 |
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
496
+20 (+4%) vs 2020
+70% since 2000-01, when it was 291
Student : Teacher
16.8:1
was 15.3:1
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 | 496 | 29.5 | 16.8:1 | 50% (248) |
| 2023-24 | 479 | 32.5 | 14.7:1 | 54% (257) |
| 2022-23 | 494 | 31 | 15.9:1 | 52% (256) |
| 2020-21 | 476 | 31 | 15.3:1 | 42% (202) |
| 2017-18 | 500 | 30.3 | 16.5:1 | 48% (239) |
| 2015-16 | 505 | 26 | 19.4:1 | 50% (250) |
| 2010-11 | 292 | 16 | 18.3:1 | 42% (124) |
| 2000-01 | 291 | 13 | 22.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hallett Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (500 to 496); teachers down 3% (30.3 to 29.5).
About Hallett Elementary School
Hallett Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school found in Medical Lake, Washington. The latest federal count shows 496 students in pre-K through 5. The average for elementary schools in Washington is about 380 students, so this school is 31% larger than average.
Medical Lake School District oversees Hallett Elementary School and 3 other schools, with 1,842 students in total.
The student body at Hallett Elementary School is 81% White. The rest of enrollment is 8% multiracial and 8% Hispanic. That is close to the 83% White share among all Spokane County residents. Hallett Elementary School's diversity index is 32%, against a US figure of 70%.
Hallett Elementary School's 29.5 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 16.8:1. That matches the 17.3:1 average for elementary schools in Washington fairly closely. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 50%. That tracks the 52% average for public schools in Spokane County.
Measured against Washington public elementary schools, Hallett Elementary School receives a B. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Hallett Elementary School, the prediction is 46.7% and the result is 52.6%.
Census Bureau estimates for Spokane County show that the median household income is $78,582, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 33%, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Hallett Elementary School is one of 187 public schools in the county.
The closest public school, Medical Lake Middle School, is about 0.5 miles from Hallett Elementary School. There are 4 other public schools within five miles. By average proficiency, Hallett Elementary School is 2nd among 6 schools close by.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Rural: Fringe.
Enrollment climbed 4% from its 2020-21 level of 476. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 15.3:1 in 2020-21 to 16.8:1 in 2024-25.
Parents and students can post about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at Hallett Elementary School. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Spokane County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
549,056
Census ACS
Median income
$78,582
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
187
76,588 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Medical Lake School District
- Medical Lake High SchoolHigh · 506 students
- Michael Anderson Elementary SchoolElementary · 459 students
- Medical Lake Middle SchoolMiddle · 381 students
Other schools in Medical Lake
- Medical Lake High SchoolHigh · 506 students
- Medical Lake Middle SchoolMiddle · 381 students
- Martin Hall Detention CtrHigh · 8 students
Nearby schools
- Medical Lake Middle School0.5 mi · 381
- Medical Lake High School0.5 mi · 506
- Martin Hall Detention Ctr0.8 mi · 8
- Michael Anderson Elementary School4.5 mi · 459
- Cheney Middle School6.3 mi · 637
- Three Springs High School6.4 mi · 103
Frequently asked questions
About Hallett Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Hallett Elementary School?
Hallett Elementary School enrolls approximately 496 students in grades PK-05.
Is Hallett Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Hallett Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Hallett Elementary School?
Approximately 16.8:1 students per teacher at Hallett Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Hallett Elementary School?
At Hallett Elementary School, the student body is approximately 81% White, 8% Hispanic, 2% Black, 0% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Hallett Elementary School?
Hallett Elementary School is overseen by Medical Lake School District in Spokane County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.