Hulan L Whitson Elem

Hulan L Whitson Elem, a mid-tier elementary campus in WHITE SALMON, Washington, run under White Salmon Valley School District, serves 352 students, covering grades K through 4.

White Salmon Valley School District runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 1,078 students. Hulan L Whitson Elem is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Hulan L Whitson Elem shows that the largest single group is White, at 63% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school shows 30% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 82%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Hulan L Whitson Elem has 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.3:1 average. About 46% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Klickitat County (around 55%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Hulan L Whitson Elem performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 49.5%, the actual is 49.2%, a residual of -0.3 points.

Zooming out to the county, Klickitat County reports that the typical household earns roughly $71,042 per year, about 31% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, Klickitat County runs 21 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,803 students), of which Hulan L Whitson Elem is one.

Wayne M Henkle Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Hulan L Whitson Elem at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 45.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Hulan L Whitson Elem's enrollment has fell 14% since 2018, when it stood at 407 (now 352). The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 18.5:1 in 2018 to 16.6:1 today.

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