Harrington Elementary School

Harrington Elementary School is one of the one-room-style elementary campuss in Harrington, Washington, run under Harrington School District, with 70 students on its rolls from grades K through 6. By comparison, Washington's public schools average about 380 students each, so Harrington Elementary School sits 82% smaller than that benchmark.

Harrington School District runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 114 students. Harrington Elementary School is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Harrington Elementary School lists that 96% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder consists of 3% multiracial.

In terms of school funding signals, Harrington Elementary School logs 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.3:1 average. Around 70% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Lincoln County runs at roughly 50%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Harrington Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 33.2%; this one delivers 32.9%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Lincoln County indicate the typical household earns roughly $71,512 per year, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Harrington Elementary School is one of 19 public schools in Lincoln County (combined enrollment of about 2,233 students).

Harrington High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Harrington Elementary School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 47.3%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 11%: 63 students in 2018 compared to 70 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 83% to 96% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 11.5:1 in 2018 to 10.0:1 in 2025.

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