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Enrollment
440
Elementary
DISTRICT 419 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MOUNT VERNON SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530540003683
Harriet Rowley
400 53rd St, Mount Vernon, WA 98273 · (360) 428-6199 · Skagit County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL440 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
72%
316 students
DISTRICT 68% · 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 | 66 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 62 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 61 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 83 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 77 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 91 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (66) is 27% smaller than its 5th grade class (91).
Student demographics
59%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
Test scores
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
34.4%
WA avg 58.4% . -2.7pp since 2021
Math
30.7%
WA avg 51.2% . -3.3pp since 2021
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 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 3 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 3 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 34.4% | 30.7% |
| 2023-24 | 38.6% | 32.1% |
| 2022-23 | 26.9% | 31.0% |
| 2021-22 | 37.1% | 34.0% |
% 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
35.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.0%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% 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 Harriet Rowley
Harriet Rowley's state test result (35.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harriet Rowley this school | 440 | 71.8% | 35.2% |
| Jefferson Elementary Mount Vernon | 445 | 71.0% | 33.7% |
| Little Mountain Elementary Mount Vernon | 381 | 73.2% | 30.4% |
| Hawthorne Elementary School KENNEWICK | 417 | 73.1% | N/A |
| Washington Elementary School KENNEWICK | 405 | 66.9% | N/A |
| Green Park Elementary School WALLA WALLA | 526 | 74.3% | 33.0% |
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 Harriet Rowley ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Skagit County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.2% | #718 of 936 | #13 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.7% | #866 of 1,103 ▼ 49 | #16 of 24 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.4% | #871 of 1,102 ▼ 95 | #17 of 24 ▼ 8 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -3.0pp | #223 of 928 | #13 of 24 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 440 | #484 of 1,268 | #8 of 28 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.7:1 | #50 of 1,085 | #2 of 21 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.6% | #552 of 1,088 | #2 of 21 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 71.8% | #226 of 1,169 | #6 of 24 |
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
440
-59 (-12%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
was 14.3:1
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 | 440 | 34.6 | 12.7:1 | 72% (316) |
| 2023-24 | 490 | 33.9 | 14.5:1 | 71% (348) |
| 2022-23 | 502 | 33.5 | 15.0:1 | 69% (348) |
| 2020-21 | 499 | 35 | 14.3:1 | 67% (333) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Harriet Rowley.
About Harriet Rowley
Harriet Rowley is the name of a mid-sized elementary school in Mount Vernon, Washington. The school covers kindergarten through 5 and reported 440 students in 2024-25.
Mount Vernon School District runs 14 schools with a combined 6,326 students. Harriet Rowley is one of them.
Federal enrollment data show Harriet Rowley is 54% Hispanic. Other groups include 34% White, 5% multiracial, and 4% Asian. The county population is about 19% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 59, compared with 70 nationally.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Harriet Rowley is 12.7:1, based on 34.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Washington, 17.3:1, is higher. Harriet Rowley counts 72% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Skagit County, the average is 56%.
On BeatsExpectations, Harriet Rowley is 3.2 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Washington schools.
In Skagit County, home to about 131,328 people, the median household earns about $89,263 a year, roughly 30% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Skagit County number 54, with about 18,298 students.
Centennial Elementary School sits about 1.8 miles from Harriet Rowley. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 34.0% proficiency; Harriet Rowley posts 35.2%.
For locale, NCES codes Harriet Rowley as City: Small.
A 12% decline took enrollment from 499 in 2020-21 to 440 in 2024-25. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (12.7:1) than in 2020-21 (14.3:1).
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Skagit County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
131,328
Census ACS
Median income
$89,263
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
54
18,298 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Mount Vernon School District
- Mount Vernon High SchoolHigh · 1,849 students
- La Venture Middle SchoolMiddle · 663 students
- Mount Baker Middle SchoolMiddle · 569 students
- Madison ElementaryElementary · 498 students
- Jefferson ElementaryElementary · 445 students
- Centennial Elementary SchoolElementary · 430 students
Other schools in Mount Vernon
- Mount Vernon High SchoolHigh · 1,849 students
- La Venture Middle SchoolMiddle · 663 students
- Mount Baker Middle SchoolMiddle · 569 students
- Madison ElementaryElementary · 498 students
- Jefferson ElementaryElementary · 445 students
- Centennial Elementary SchoolElementary · 430 students
Nearby schools
- Centennial Elementary School1.8 mi · 430
- La Venture Middle School1.9 mi · 663
- Open Doors1.9 mi · 12
- Mount Baker Middle School1.9 mi · 569
- Mount Vernon Open Doors2.0 mi · 84
- Little Mountain Elementary2.0 mi · 381
Frequently asked questions
About Harriet RowleyHow many students attend Harriet Rowley?
Harriet Rowley enrolls approximately 440 students in grades KG-05.
Is Harriet Rowley an elementary, middle, or high school?
Harriet Rowley is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Harriet Rowley have?
Harriet Rowley employs 35 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Harriet Rowley?
Student demographics at Harriet Rowley are roughly 34% White, 54% Hispanic, 1% Black, 4% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Harriet Rowley in?
Harriet Rowley is part of Mount Vernon School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.