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Does Hamblen Elementary have enough mental health and stress support?
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Enrollment
508
Elementary
DISTRICT 360 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SPOKANE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530825001379
Hamblen Elementary
2121 E Thurston Ave, Spokane, WA 99203 · (509) 354-2900 · Spokane County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL508 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
44%
222 students
DISTRICT 60% · 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 | 13 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 75 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 73 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 82 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 87 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 95 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 83 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (75) is 10% smaller than its 5th grade class (83).
Student demographics
38%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · 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
Hamblen Elementary→Alternative Tamarack School
Based on grade levels within Spokane School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
61.1%
WA avg 58.4% . -0.3pp since 2014
Math
63.9%
WA avg 51.2% . +6.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 64 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Washington schools, those numbers are about 58 and 51. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2014, while math scores are up about 7 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 61.1% | 63.9% |
| 2023-24 | 58.5% | 62.2% |
| 2022-23 | 63.1% | 54.0% |
| 2021-22 | 67.5% | 62.8% |
| 2018-19 | 74.0% | 68.1% |
| 2017-18 | 73.4% | 60.8% |
| 2016-17 | 66.0% | 66.8% |
| 2015-16 | 67.6% | 64.2% |
| 2014-15 | 61.5% | 57.3% |
% 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
61.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.9%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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 Hamblen Elementary
Hamblen Elementary's state test result (61.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hamblen Elementary this school | 508 | 43.7% | 61.6% |
| Brentwood Elementary School SPOKANE | 468 | 44.4% | 46.3% |
| Tukes Valley Primary Battle Ground | 546 | 42.9% | N/A |
| Farwell Elementary School SPOKANE | 471 | 47.8% | 59.5% |
| Monte Cristo Elementary Granite Falls | 502 | 43.6% | 34.3% |
| Windsor Elementary SPOKANE | 549 | 44.1% | 55.5% |
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 Hamblen Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Spokane County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.6% | #236 of 936 | #16 of 82 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.9% | #211 of 1,103 ▲ 17 | #12 of 83 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.1% | #272 of 1,102 ▲ 59 | #16 of 83 ▲ 8 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.7pp | #242 of 928 | #22 of 81 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 508 | #270 of 1,268 | #11 of 92 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.0:1 | #343 of 1,085 | #47 of 83 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.4% | #949 of 1,088 | #61 of 83 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 43.7% | #740 of 1,169 | #59 of 86 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.3% | #734 of 778 | #63 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
508
+22 (+5%) vs 2020
-1% since 1990-91, when it was 511
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
was 16.8:1
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 | 508 | 33.8 | 15.0:1 | 44% (222) |
| 2023-24 | 483 | 30.2 | 16.0:1 | 42% (202) |
| 2022-23 | 515 | 36.1 | 14.3:1 | 38% (196) |
| 2020-21 | 486 | 29 | 16.8:1 | 31% (150) |
| 2017-18 | 520 | 31.7 | 16.4:1 | 39% (204) |
| 2015-16 | 550 | 30 | 18.3:1 | 41% (227) |
| 2010-11 | 515 | 23 | 22.4:1 | 37% (188) |
| 2000-01 | 492 | 23 | 21.4:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 511 | 22 | 23.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hamblen Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (520 to 508); teachers up 7% (31.7 to 33.8).
About Hamblen Elementary
Hamblen Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school located in Spokane, Washington. Its 508 students are spread across pre-K through 6. The typical figure for elementary schools in Washington is about 380 students.
Spokane School District is the local district for Hamblen Elementary. It runs 62 schools with 28,853 students.
A majority of students at Hamblen Elementary, 78%, are White. The next largest groups are 8% multiracial, 7% Hispanic, 3% Asian, and 3% Black. By the diversity index, Hamblen Elementary comes in at 38%.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 15.0:1, with 33.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. Among elementary schools in Washington, the typical ratio is 17.3:1. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Hamblen Elementary is 44%. For comparison, public schools in Spokane County average 52%.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Hamblen Elementary falls in the middle 80% of Washington schools: 61.6% actual against 50.9% predicted.
Within Spokane County, median household income is about $78,582, about 33% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 187 public schools in Spokane County, with a combined enrollment of about 76,588.
The school nearest to Hamblen Elementary is Adams Elementary, at a distance of about 0.6 miles. Within five miles of Hamblen Elementary, there are at least 8 other public schools. Hamblen Elementary is 4th of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Federal data place Hamblen Elementary in the City: Mid-size locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
The number of students climbed from 486 to 508 over 4 years. Students per teacher fell from 16.8 in 2020-21 to 15.0 in 2024-25.
The Hamblen Elementary community page is open for posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 Spokane School District
- Lewis & Clark High SchoolHigh · 1,673 students
- North Central High SchoolHigh · 1,647 students
- Ferris High SchoolHigh · 1,644 students
- Rogers High SchoolHigh · 1,498 students
- Shadle Park High SchoolHigh · 1,445 students
- Sacajawea Middle SchoolMiddle · 855 students
Other schools in Spokane
- Mead Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,827 students
- Lewis & Clark High SchoolHigh · 1,673 students
- North Central High SchoolHigh · 1,647 students
- Ferris High SchoolHigh · 1,644 students
- Rogers High SchoolHigh · 1,498 students
- Shadle Park High SchoolHigh · 1,445 students
Nearby schools
- Adams Elementary0.6 mi · 312
- Ferris High School0.7 mi · 1,644
- Jefferson Elementary1.1 mi · 359
- Sacajawea Middle School1.2 mi · 855
- Hutton Elementary1.3 mi · 492
- Lincoln Heights Elementary1.4 mi · 435
Frequently asked questions
About Hamblen ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Hamblen Elementary?
Hamblen Elementary enrolls approximately 508 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does Hamblen Elementary serve?
Hamblen Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Hamblen Elementary?
Approximately 15.0:1 students per teacher at Hamblen Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Hamblen Elementary?
Student demographics at Hamblen Elementary are roughly 78% White, 7% Hispanic, 3% Black, 3% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Hamblen Elementary?
Hamblen Elementary is overseen by Spokane School District in Spokane County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.