Kamiak Elementary

Kamiak Elementary is a K-5 school of compact scale in Pullman, Washington, run under Pullman School District, educateing 315 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Kamiak Elementary is one of 6 schools operated by Pullman School District, a district that serves 2,731 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Kamiak Elementary shows that White students make up the majority at 61%. Other groups include 14% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, 6% Asian, 5% Black. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 76%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.3:1, putting Kamiak Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 54% of students at Kamiak Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Whitman County runs at roughly 40%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Kamiak Elementary sits in the top 10% of Washington schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 43.8%; actual is 64.1%, +20.3 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Whitman County put median household income runs about $55,406, about 50% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Kamiak Elementary is one of 28 public schools in Whitman County (combined enrollment of about 4,753 students).

Pullman High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 6 other public schools cluster around Kamiak Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Kamiak Elementary at 4th of 6; the average score across the group is 64.4%.

Kamiak Elementary operates from a town-based location.

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