La Conner Elementary

Located at 305 NORTH 6TH ST, in LA CONNER, Washington, La Conner Elementary is a compact elementary campus that instructs 185 students (grades K through 5), part of La Conner School District. By comparison, Washington's public schools average about 380 students each, so La Conner Elementary sits 51% smaller than that benchmark.

Across the 3 schools in La Conner School District (485 students total), La Conner Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, La Conner Elementary records that the most-represented group is White (38%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder consists of 31% Native American, 16% Hispanic, 15% multiracial. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 75%.

On the resource side, On paper, La Conner Elementary has 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.3:1 average. Around 59% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, La Conner Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 40.3%; this one delivers 39.3%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Skagit County put the typical household earns roughly $89,263 per year, roughly 30% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Skagit County's 54 public schools (combined enrollment of about 18,298 students), La Conner Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is La Conner Middle, roughly 0.1 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, La Conner Elementary comes 2nd of 6 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 36.4%.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 29%: 262 students in 2018 compared to 185 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 47% to 38%. Class-load math has fell: from 14.9:1 in 2018 to 12.2:1 in 2025.

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