Harriet Rowley

As an average-sized K-5 school in Mount Vernon, Washington, Harriet Rowley caters to 440 students from grades K through 5, run under Mount Vernon School District.

Mount Vernon School District runs 14 schools in total, collectively educating 6,326 students. Harriet Rowley is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Harriet Rowley records that 54% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder looks like 34% White, 5% multiracial, 4% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 19% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.7:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.3:1, putting Harriet Rowley tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 72% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Skagit County (around 56%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Harriet Rowley sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 32.0%; this one delivers 35.2%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Skagit County put median household income runs about $89,263, about 30% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Skagit County runs 54 public schools (combined enrollment of about 18,298 students), of which Harriet Rowley is one.

Nearest neighbor: Centennial Elementary School, around 1.8 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Harriet Rowley ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 34.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.