John Newbery Elementary

John Newbery Elementary operates as a middle-of-the-pack elementary school in WENATCHEE, Washington, run under Wenatchee School District. Current enrollment sits at 437 students spanning grades K through 5.

Within Wenatchee School District, which oversees 19 schools and 7,412 students, John Newbery Elementary is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, John Newbery Elementary reports that the most-represented group is White (48%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder consists of 47% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 67%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.8:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.3:1 average. An estimated 58% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Chelan County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $82,381 per year, about 31% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Chelan County's 43 public schools (combined enrollment of about 12,965 students), John Newbery Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Westside High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around John Newbery Elementary.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Over the past 7-year window. John Newbery Elementary's enrollment has shrank 8% since 2018, when it stood at 475 (now 437). The White share of enrollment decreased from 55% to 48% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 14.8:1 in 2018 to 15.8:1 today.

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