Hallett Elementary School

As a mid-tier elementary campus in Medical Lake, Washington, Hallett Elementary School caters to 496 students from grades pre-K through 5, part of Medical Lake School District. By comparison, Washington's public schools average about 380 students each, so Hallett Elementary School sits 31% above that benchmark.

Medical Lake School District runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 1,842 students. Hallett Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Hallett Elementary School records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (81%). Other groups include 8% multiracial, 8% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, On paper, Hallett Elementary School has 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 50% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, Hallett Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 46.7%, the actual is 52.6%, a residual of +5.9 points.

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 census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Spokane County runs 187 public schools (combined enrollment of about 76,588 students), of which Hallett Elementary School is one.

Medical Lake Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around Hallett Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Hallett Elementary School at 2nd of 6; the average score across the group is 42.7%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Hallett Elementary School has held roughly steady, going from 500 students in 2018 to 496 in 2025.

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