Enrollment
70
Elementary
DISTRICT 57 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HARRINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530336000511
Harrington Elementary School
100 S First, Harrington, WA 99134 · (509) 253-4331 · Lincoln County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL70 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 22% of Washington public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Washington public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
10.0:1
7 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 8.1:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
70%
49 students
DISTRICT 65% · STATE 51%
Community
0
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 | 8 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 6 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 14 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 9 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 11 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 9 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 13 | 19% |
Student demographics
8%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 20% · 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
Harrington Elementary School→Harrington High School
Based on grade levels within Harrington School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
33.3%
WA avg 58.4% . +9.8pp since 2014
Math
30.8%
WA avg 51.2% . +10.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 33 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 up about 10 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 10 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 33.3% | 30.8% |
| 2023-24 | 28.2% | 22.5% |
| 2022-23 | 23.9% | 19.6% |
| 2021-22 | 44.2% | 30.2% |
| 2018-19 | 53.9% | 35.9% |
| 2017-18 | 37.5% | 32.5% |
| 2016-17 | 33.3% | 38.1% |
| 2015-16 | 43.3% | 38.7% |
| 2014-15 | 23.5% | 20.6% |
% 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
32.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.2%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 Harrington Elementary School
Harrington Elementary School's state test result (32.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harrington Elementary School this school | 70 | 70.0% | 32.9% |
| Endicott/St John Elem and Middle Endicott | 83 | 67.5% | 49.3% |
| Brinnon Elementary BRINNON | 72 | 70.8% | 53.0% |
| Garfield Elementary Garfield | 51 | 64.7% | 56.1% |
| Naselle-Grays River Valley Elementary NASELLE | 127 | 71.7% | 44.5% |
| Selkirk Elementary School Metaline Falls | 124 | 70.2% | 48.1% |
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 Harrington Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Lincoln County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 70 | #1,196 of 1,268 | #6 of 8 |
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
70
-25 (-26%) vs 2020
-17% since 1990-91, when it was 84
Student : Teacher
10.0:1
was 15.8:1
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 | 70 | 7 | 10.0:1 | 70% (49) |
| 2023-24 | 79 | 7.4 | 10.7:1 | 62% (49) |
| 2022-23 | 90 | 7 | 12.8:1 | 46% (41) |
| 2020-21 | 95 | 6 | 15.8:1 | 27% (26) |
| 2017-18 | 63 | 5.5 | 11.5:1 | 46% (29) |
| 2015-16 | 41 | 5 | 8.2:1 | 44% (18) |
| 2010-11 | 68 | 5 | 13.6:1 | 63% (43) |
| 2000-01 | 73 | 5 | 14.6:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 84 | 5 | 16.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Harrington Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 11% (63 to 70); teachers up 28% (5.5 to 7).
About Harrington Elementary School
Harrington Elementary School is a small elementary school that serves part of Harrington, Washington. The grade span is kindergarten through 6, and enrollment is 70 students. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Washington) has about 380 students.
Harrington Elementary School reports to Harrington School District, which has 2 schools and 114 students.
About 96% of the student body at Harrington Elementary School is White. The remaining students are 3% multiracial. Pick two students at random and there is an 8% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 10.0:1, with 7 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is lower than the 17.3:1 average for elementary schools in Washington. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Harrington Elementary School is 70%. For comparison, public schools in Lincoln County average 50%.
Measured against Washington public elementary schools, Harrington Elementary School receives a C-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Harrington Elementary School is within a point of its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (32.9% versus 33.2%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Washington.
Census estimates describe Lincoln County this way: the median household income is $71,512, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 24% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. In all, Lincoln County has 19 public schools and roughly 2,233 students.
The closest public school, Harrington High School, is less than a tenth of a mile from Harrington Elementary School. Of the 6 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Harrington Elementary School is 6th on average proficiency.
NCES assigns Harrington Elementary School the locale Rural: Remote, meaning in rural territory far from an urban area.
Harrington Elementary School's enrollment declined from 95 in 2020-21 to 70 in 2024-25. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio fell from 15.8:1 to 10.0:1.
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Lincoln County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
11,489
Census ACS
Median income
$71,512
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
19
2,233 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Harrington School District
- Harrington High SchoolHigh · 44 students
Other Harrington Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Harrington Elementary. Harrington Elementary School is the 5th largest of the 5.
- Harrington ElementaryOxnard, CA · 513 students
- Harrington Elementary SchoolPLANO, TX · 321 students
- Harrington Elementary SchoolALBION, MI · 236 students
- Harrington Elementary SchoolHarrington, ME · 137 students
Nearby schools
- Harrington High School0.0 mi · 44
- Davenport Elementary12.6 mi · 351
- Lincoln County Virtual Academy12.8 mi · 5
- Davenport Senior High School12.8 mi · 313
- LINCOLN COUNTY PATHWAYS ACADEMY12.8 mi · 18
- Sprague High School17.9 mi · 22
Frequently asked questions
About Harrington Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Harrington Elementary School?
Harrington Elementary School enrolls approximately 70 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Harrington Elementary School serve?
Harrington Elementary School serves grades KG-06.
How many students per teacher at Harrington Elementary School?
Approximately 10.0:1 students per teacher at Harrington Elementary School.
How diverse is Harrington Elementary School?
Harrington Elementary School reports a student body of 96% White, 1% Black, 3% Two or more.
What district is Harrington Elementary School in?
Harrington Elementary School is part of Harrington School District.
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