Enrollment
315
Elementary
DISTRICT 313 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PULLMAN SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530693003694
Kamiak Elementary
1400 NW Terre View Drive, Pullman, WA 99163 · (509) 336-7205 · Whitman County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL315 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.2:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
54%
171 students
DISTRICT 40% · 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Pullman School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
61.5%
WA avg 58.4% . +8.4pp since 2021
Math
55.8%
WA avg 51.2% . +3.1pp since 2021
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 56 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Washington schools, those numbers are about 58 and 51. Reading and writing scores are up about 8 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Source: Smarter Balanced + WCAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of WA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
64.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.8%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+20.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 44% typical for Washington schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 20 points, placing it in Washington's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
About 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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Whitman County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
47,003
Census ACS
Median income
$55,406
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
50%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
28
4,753 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Pullman School District
- Pullman High SchoolHigh · 838 students
- Lincoln Middle SchoolMiddle · 643 students
- Jefferson ElementaryElementary · 335 students
- Sunnyside ElementaryElementary · 326 students
- Franklin ElementaryElementary · 274 students
Other schools in Pullman
- Pullman High SchoolHigh · 838 students
- Lincoln Middle SchoolMiddle · 643 students
- Jefferson ElementaryElementary · 335 students
- Sunnyside ElementaryElementary · 326 students
- Franklin ElementaryElementary · 274 students
- Pullman Community MontessoriCombined · 118 students
Nearby schools
- Pullman High School0.5 mi · 838
- Jefferson Elementary0.9 mi · 335
- Pullman Community Montessori1.4 mi · 118
- Sunnyside Elementary1.5 mi · 326
- Lincoln Middle School2.3 mi · 643
- Franklin Elementary2.5 mi · 274
Frequently asked questions
About Kamiak ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Kamiak Elementary?
Kamiak Elementary enrolls approximately 315 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Kamiak Elementary serve?
Kamiak Elementary serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Kamiak Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Kamiak Elementary is approximately 12.7:1 (25 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Kamiak Elementary?
At Kamiak Elementary, the student body is approximately 61% White, 14% Hispanic, 5% Black, 6% Asian, 12% Two or more.
What district is Kamiak Elementary in?
Kamiak Elementary is part of Pullman School District.
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