Enrollment
378
Elementary
DISTRICT 360 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SPOKANE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530825001381
Holmes Elementary
2600 W Sharp Ave, Spokane, WA 99201 · (509) 354-2990 · Spokane County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL378 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
84%
318 students
DISTRICT 60% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 15 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 84 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 59 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 54 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 65 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 45 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 56 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (84) is 50% larger than its 5th grade class (56).
Student demographics
63%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
26.5%
WA avg 58.4% . -6.2pp since 2014
Math
21.2%
WA avg 51.2% . -12.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 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 6 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 12 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 26.5% | 21.2% |
| 2023-24 | 30.0% | 27.1% |
| 2022-23 | 28.2% | 27.3% |
| 2021-22 | 34.0% | 28.1% |
| 2018-19 | 35.0% | 32.2% |
| 2017-18 | 30.2% | 29.8% |
| 2016-17 | 30.8% | 28.9% |
| 2015-16 | 34.6% | 32.6% |
| 2014-15 | 32.7% | 33.5% |
% 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
27.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
23.8%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 24% 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 Holmes Elementary
Holmes Elementary's state test result (27.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holmes Elementary this school | 378 | 84.1% | 27.4% |
| Audubon Elementary Spokane | 398 | 85.2% | 28.4% |
| Arlington Elementary Spokane | 379 | 83.4% | 28.4% |
| Regal Elementary Spokane | 381 | 84.3% | 25.9% |
| Whitman Elementary Spokane | 362 | 86.2% | 39.5% |
| Logan Elementary Spokane | 336 | 87.5% | 15.3% |
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 Holmes Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Spokane County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.4% | #840 of 936 | #78 of 82 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.2% | #1,019 of 1,103 ▼ 114 | #80 of 83 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 26.5% | #1,002 of 1,102 ▼ 63 | #78 of 83 ▼ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -7.2pp | #82 of 928 | #9 of 81 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 378 | #723 of 1,268 | #48 of 92 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.4:1 | #39 of 1,085 | #14 of 83 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.3% | #451 of 1,088 | #9 of 83 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 84.1% | #73 of 1,169 | #9 of 86 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.4% | #547 of 778 | #50 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
378
+37 (+11%) vs 2020
-39% since 1990-91, when it was 621
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
was 13.1:1
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 | 378 | 30.4 | 12.4:1 | 84% (318) |
| 2023-24 | 377 | 31.3 | 12.0:1 | 91% (343) |
| 2022-23 | 366 | 31.1 | 11.8:1 | 86% (316) |
| 2020-21 | 341 | 26 | 13.1:1 | 92% (315) |
| 2017-18 | 422 | 38.1 | 11.1:1 | 90% (379) |
| 2015-16 | 357 | 29 | 12.3:1 | 84% (301) |
| 2010-11 | 640 | 24 | 26.7:1 | 65% (417) |
| 2000-01 | 599 | 32 | 18.7:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 621 | 28 | 22.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Holmes Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (422 to 378); teachers down 20% (38.1 to 30.4).
About Holmes Elementary
Located in Spokane, Washington, Holmes Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school. The school enrolls 378 students in pre-K through 5.
Holmes Elementary is one of the 62 schools that make up Spokane School District (28,853 students in total).
White students are 56% of those enrolled at Holmes Elementary. Beyond that, enrollment is 15% Hispanic, 15% multiracial, 6% Black, and 3% Native American. In Spokane County overall, about 83% of residents are White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 63, compared with 70 nationally.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Holmes Elementary is 12.4:1, based on 30.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 17.3:1 average for elementary schools in Washington, this school's ratio is lower. Lunch program data show 84% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Across public schools in Spokane County, the average is 52%.
Holmes Elementary is 3.6 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (27.4% versus 23.8%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Washington.
American Community Survey estimates for Spokane County show that median household income comes to about $78,582, roughly 33% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Spokane County counts 187 public schools with about 76,588 students.
Of the public schools around it, Holmes Elementary is closest to Alternative Tamarack School, about 0.5 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 41.3%; Holmes Elementary's is 27.4%, ranking 5th of 5.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Mid-size.
Enrollment was 378 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 341.
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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
Other Holmes Elementary schools
15 other US public schools in 11 states are named Holmes Elementary. Holmes Elementary is the 9th largest of the 16.
- Holmes Elementary SchoolMESA, AZ · 536 students
- Holmes Elementary SchoolClarendon Hills, IL · 519 students
- Holmes ElementarySan Diego, CA · 495 students
- Holmes Elementary SchoolNew Britian, CT · 414 students
- Holmes Elementary SchoolSPRING LAKE, MI · 409 students
Nearby schools
- Alternative Tamarack School0.5 mi · 10
- Bryant Center0.7 mi · 330
- Audubon Elementary0.8 mi · 398
- Spokane Juvenile Detention School1.0 mi · 19
- Structural Alt Confinement School1.0 mi · 14
- Spokane Public Montessori1.0 mi · 413
Frequently asked questions
About Holmes ElementaryHow large is Holmes Elementary?
Holmes Elementary enrolls approximately 378 students in grades PK-05.
Is Holmes Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Holmes Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Holmes Elementary?
Approximately 12.4:1 students per teacher at Holmes Elementary.
How diverse is Holmes Elementary?
Holmes Elementary reports a student body of 56% White, 15% Hispanic, 6% Black, 1% Asian, 15% Two or more.
Who oversees Holmes Elementary?
Holmes Elementary is overseen by Spokane School District in Spokane County.
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