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Indian Trail Elementary

4102 W Woodside Ave, Spokane, WA 99208 · (509) 354-3100 · Spokane County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL303 STUDENTS
Enrollment
303
Elementary
DISTRICT 360 · STATE 380
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
38%
115 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

GradeStudentsShare
Pre-K145%
Kindergarten4515%
Grade 16020%
Grade 23913%
Grade 34214%
Grade 44916%
Grade 55418%

This year's kindergarten class (45) is 17% smaller than its 5th grade class (54).

Student demographics
46%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · STATE 68% · US 70%
White
21872%
DISTRICT 65% · STATE 47% · US 43%
Hispanic
3512%
DISTRICT 12% · STATE 27% · US 30%
Black
41%
DISTRICT 4% · STATE 5% · US 15%
Asian
62%
DISTRICT 3% · STATE 9% · US 6%
Two+
3311%
DISTRICT 13% · STATE 9% · US 5%
Native American
21%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 1% · US 1%
Pacific Islander
52%
DISTRICT 3% · STATE 2% · US 0%
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
Male
14749%
Female
15651%

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Test scores

Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded Standard
English Language Arts
51.0%
WA avg 58.4% . -3.5pp since 2014
Math
47.5%
WA avg 51.2% . -3.5pp since 2014

What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 48 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 3 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 3 points.

Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2551.0%47.5%
2023-2450.3%49.0%
2022-2355.1%47.8%
2021-2246.2%38.0%
2018-1954.4%50.0%
2017-1855.3%52.0%
2016-1749.4%54.5%
2015-1654.4%47.8%
2014-1554.5%51.0%
% 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
49.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.7%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.3pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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 Indian Trail Elementary

Indian Trail Elementary's state test result (49.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Indian Trail Elementary this school30338.0%49.5%
Olalla Elementary School
PORT ORCHARD
31539.7%65.9%
Minter Creek Elementary
Gig Harbor
27240.4%56.8%
Lowell Elementary School
Bellingham
33834.3%58.9%
Fidalgo Elementary
Anacortes
33936.6%64.2%
Clear Lake Elementary School
Clear Lake
31440.4%56.0%
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 Indian Trail Elementary ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn WashingtonIn Spokane County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
49.5%#441 of 936#41 of 82
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
47.5%#485 of 1,103
▼ 25
#41 of 83
▼ 3
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
51.0%#485 of 1,102
▲ 4
#38 of 83
▲ 4
3-year test score change
ranked biggest gain first
+7.2pp#165 of 928#24 of 81
Enrollment
ranked largest first
303#943 of 1,268#70 of 92
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
13.7:1#122 of 1,085#27 of 83
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
45.6%#849 of 1,088#41 of 83
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
38.0%#829 of 1,169#64 of 86
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-8.5%#592 of 778#53 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 2024-25
Enrollment
303
+23 (+8%) vs 2020
-14% since 1990-91, when it was 353
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
was 16.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2530322.113.7:138% (115)
2023-2429019.914.6:136% (103)
2022-2327019.513.8:137% (101)
2020-212801716.5:136% (100)
2017-1833120.116.5:143% (141)
2015-163301917.4:142% (138)
2010-113711623.2:129% (108)
2000-014242021.2:1N/A
1990-913531523.5:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Indian Trail Elementary.

Since 2017-18: students down 8% (331 to 303); teachers up 10% (20.1 to 22.1).

About Indian Trail Elementary

Indian Trail Elementary is a low-enrollment elementary school based in Spokane, Washington. The school counts 303 students across pre-K through 5. The typical figure for elementary schools in Washington is about 380 students.

Indian Trail Elementary falls under Spokane School District, which has 62 schools enrolling 28,853 students.

White students are the majority at Indian Trail Elementary, with 72% of enrollment. Other groups include 12% Hispanic and 11% multiracial. The county population is about 83% White. Indian Trail Elementary's diversity index is 46%, against a US figure of 70%.

At Indian Trail Elementary, 22.1 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 13.7:1. On average, elementary schools in Washington have 17.3:1, compared with 13.7:1 here. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 38% of enrollment. The rate at public schools in Spokane County averages 52%, higher than here.

Indian Trail Elementary sits between the top and bottom 10% of Washington schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 49.5% and a predicted 54.7%.

Indian Trail Elementary is located in Spokane County, where the median household income is $78,582, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 33%, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Besides Indian Trail Elementary, Spokane County has 186 other public schools.

Of nearby public schools, Westview Elementary is the closest, at about 0.6 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Indian Trail Elementary. In a group of 8 nearby schools with scores, Indian Trail Elementary ranks 3rd on average proficiency.

Its NCES locale code is City: Mid-size: the school is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.

Enrollment is up 8% from 2020-21, when Indian Trail Elementary had 280 students, to 2024-25, when it had 303. Students per teacher fell from 16.5 in 2020-21 to 13.7 in 2024-25.

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Spokane County at a glance

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Population
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

School name
Indian Trail Elementary
District
Spokane School District
Address
4102 W Woodside Ave, Spokane, WA 99208
Phone
(509) 354-3100
County
Spokane County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
PK–05
Total enrollment
303
Teachers (FTE)
22
Student–teacher ratio
13.7:1
Free and reduced lunch
115 (38%)
Locale
12-City: Mid-size
NCES ID
530825001383
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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8 other US public schools in 6 states are named Indian Trail Elementary. Indian Trail Elementary is the 8th largest of the 9.

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Frequently asked questions

About Indian Trail Elementary
How large is Indian Trail Elementary?
Indian Trail Elementary enrolls approximately 303 students in grades PK-05.
Is Indian Trail Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Indian Trail Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Indian Trail Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Indian Trail Elementary is approximately 13.7:1 (22 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Indian Trail Elementary?
Student demographics at Indian Trail Elementary are roughly 72% White, 12% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Who oversees Indian Trail Elementary?
Indian Trail Elementary is overseen by Spokane School District in Spokane County.
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