Index Elementary School District 63

Index Elementary School District 63, an one-room-style K-5 school in Index, Washington, overseen by Index Elementary School District 63, teaches 36 students, covering grades pre-K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 380 students per school, that is 91% below typical.

Index Elementary School District 63 is a school of Index Elementary School District 63, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

On demographics, Index Elementary School District 63 records that 94% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school records 6% Hispanic. That is noticeably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 64%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 3 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.3:1 average. About 50% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Snohomish County runs at roughly 41%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Snohomish County indicate median household income runs about $111,246, roughly 38% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Index Elementary School District 63 is one of 227 public schools in Snohomish County (combined enrollment of about 118,688 students).

The closest other public school is Gold Bar Elementary, roughly 7.0 miles away.

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

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 9%: 33 students in 2018 compared to 36 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 0% to 6% across the same window. Class-load math has widened: from 9.4:1 in 2018 to 12.0:1 in 2025.

On the community side, members of the Index Elementary School District 63 community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.