Enrollment
282
Elementary
DISTRICT 323 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MOSES LAKE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530522000788
Knolls Vista Elementary
454 W RIDGE ROAD, MOSES LAKE, WA 98837 · (509) 766-2652 · Grant County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL282 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 40% of Washington public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Washington public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 34.6:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
74%
209 students
DISTRICT 64% · 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
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 52 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 52 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 37 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 65 | 23% |
| Grade 4 | 50 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 26 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (52) is 100% larger than its 5th grade class (26).
Student demographics
46%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 68% · US 70%
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
Test scores
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
37.8%
WA avg 58.4% . +2.9pp since 2014
Math
34.5%
WA avg 51.2% . +4.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 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 3 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 37.8% | 34.5% |
| 2023-24 | 29.5% | 28.7% |
| 2022-23 | 32.6% | 30.4% |
| 2021-22 | 26.5% | 26.5% |
| 2018-19 | 36.3% | 36.8% |
| 2017-18 | 38.8% | 35.3% |
| 2016-17 | 34.7% | 36.5% |
| 2015-16 | 35.9% | 33.5% |
| 2014-15 | 34.9% | 30.3% |
% 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 · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
34.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.5%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 30% 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 Knolls Vista Elementary
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Knolls Vista Elementary this school | 282 | 74.1% | 34.5% |
| Rock Island Elementary Rock Island | 288 | 72.9% | N/A |
| Basin City Elem Mesa | 330 | 79.4% | 34.2% |
| Larson Heights Elementary MOSES LAKE | 292 | 80.1% | 20.0% |
| Paul Rumburg Elementary ENTIAT | 231 | 70.1% | N/A |
| Whitstran Elementary Prosser | 261 | 78.5% | N/A |
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 Knolls Vista Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Grant County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.5% | #726 of 936 | #9 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.5% | #787 of 1,103 ▲ 89 | #10 of 24 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.8% | #803 of 1,102 ▲ 143 | #7 of 24 ▲ 8 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +9.7pp | #89 of 928 | #2 of 23 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 282 | #1,005 of 1,268 | #19 of 28 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.6:1 | #485 of 1,085 | #7 of 22 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 45.9% | #842 of 1,088 | #14 of 22 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 74.1% | #194 of 1,169 | #13 of 24 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -38.7% | #39 of 778 | #5 of 19 |
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 2024-25Enrollment
282
-58 (-17%) vs 2020
-16% since 1990-91, when it was 335
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 14.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 282 | 18.1 | 15.6:1 | 74% (209) |
| 2023-24 | 281 | 20 | 14.1:1 | 77% (215) |
| 2022-23 | 283 | 20 | 14.2:1 | 80% (227) |
| 2020-21 | 340 | 24 | 14.2:1 | 78% (266) |
| 2017-18 | 460 | 25 | 18.4:1 | 73% (337) |
| 2015-16 | 450 | 23 | 19.6:1 | 73% (327) |
| 2010-11 | 502 | 23 | 21.8:1 | 69% (347) |
| 2000-01 | 413 | 18 | 22.9:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 335 | 17 | 19.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Knolls Vista Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 39% (460 to 282); teachers down 28% (25 to 18.1).
About Knolls Vista Elementary
Federal records list Knolls Vista Elementary as an elementary school in MOSES LAKE, Washington. Enrollment totals 282 students across kindergarten through 5. That puts enrollment 26% below the 380-student average for elementary schools in Washington.
Knolls Vista Elementary is run by Moses Lake School District, whose 20 schools enroll 8,430 students.
More than half of the students at Knolls Vista Elementary are Hispanic (69%). The rest of enrollment is 26% White and 2% multiracial. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Grant County's population at about 44%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Knolls Vista Elementary scores 46%.
Knolls Vista Elementary reported 18.1 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 15.6:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Washington is 17.3:1. There are 209 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 74% of enrollment.
Knolls Vista Elementary holds a C+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 40% of Washington public elementary schools.
Knolls Vista Elementary posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 34.5%, compared with a predicted 30.5%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Washington schools on BeatsExpectations.
Census data for Grant County show median household income comes to about $73,267, about 18% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 12% of residents are in poverty. There are 61 public schools in the county, enrolling about 20,494, Knolls Vista Elementary among them.
A public school about 0.5 miles away, Frontier Middle School, is the closest to Knolls Vista Elementary. Knolls Vista Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 35.5% proficiency; Knolls Vista Elementary posts 34.5%.
Federal data place Knolls Vista Elementary in the Town: Remote locale, which means it is in a town far from an urbanized area.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 282, down from 340 in 2020-21. Students per teacher increased from 14.2 in 2020-21 to 15.6 in 2024-25.
The discussion board for Knolls Vista Elementary is open to topics like athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Grant County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
101,799
Census ACS
Median income
$73,267
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
61
20,494 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Moses Lake School District
- Moses Lake High SchoolHigh · 1,856 students
- Columbia Middle SchoolMiddle · 875 students
- Frontier Middle SchoolMiddle · 690 students
- Park Orchard Elementary SchoolElementary · 454 students
- Vicki I. Groff Elementary SchoolElementary · 413 students
- Vanguard AcademyHigh · 387 students
Other schools in MOSES LAKE
- Moses Lake High SchoolHigh · 1,856 students
- Columbia Middle SchoolMiddle · 875 students
- Frontier Middle SchoolMiddle · 690 students
- Park Orchard Elementary SchoolElementary · 454 students
- Vicki I. Groff Elementary SchoolElementary · 413 students
- Vanguard AcademyHigh · 387 students
Nearby schools
- Frontier Middle School0.5 mi · 690
- Park Orchard Elementary School0.6 mi · 454
- Midway Elementary1.1 mi · 222
- Moses Lake Early Learning Center1.1 mi · 221
- Longview Elementary1.2 mi · 368
- Lakeview Terrace Elementary1.5 mi · 303
Frequently asked questions
About Knolls Vista ElementaryHow large is Knolls Vista Elementary?
Knolls Vista Elementary enrolls approximately 282 students in grades KG-05.
Is Knolls Vista Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Knolls Vista Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Knolls Vista Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Knolls Vista Elementary is approximately 15.6:1 (18 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Knolls Vista Elementary?
Student demographics at Knolls Vista Elementary are roughly 26% White, 69% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Knolls Vista Elementary in?
Knolls Vista Elementary is part of Moses Lake School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.