Enrollment
354
Elementary
DISTRICT 232 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GRAND COULEE DAM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530313000494
Lake Roosevelt Elementary
503 Crest Dr, Coulee Dam, WA 99116 · (509) 633-0730 · Okanogan County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL354 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.5:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
75%
266 students
DISTRICT 78% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 21 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 36 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 55 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 43 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 62 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 44 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 40 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 53 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (36) is 32% smaller than its 6th grade class (53).
Student demographics
73%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Lake Roosevelt Elementary→Lake Roosevelt Jr/Sr High School
Based on grade levels within Grand Coulee Dam School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
24.4%
WA avg 58.4% . -3.7pp since 2014
Math
17.8%
WA avg 51.2% . -9.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 24 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 18 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Washington schools, those numbers are about 58 and 51. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 10 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 24.4% | 17.8% |
| 2023-24 | 22.6% | 16.6% |
| 2022-23 | 22.9% | 20.3% |
| 2021-22 | 18.8% | 19.2% |
| 2018-19 | 33.6% | 24.8% |
| 2017-18 | 31.2% | 24.9% |
| 2016-17 | 31.7% | 31.4% |
| 2015-16 | 32.4% | 33.3% |
| 2014-15 | 28.1% | 27.7% |
% 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
23.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
29.8%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% 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 Lake Roosevelt Elementary
Lake Roosevelt Elementary's state test result (23.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Roosevelt Elementary this school | 354 | 75.1% | 23.5% |
| Hood Canal Elementary School Shelton | 337 | 75.4% | 32.9% |
| Lacey Elementary Lacey | 368 | 68.2% | 38.2% |
| Fircrest Elementary School Vancouver | 341 | 71.0% | N/A |
| E Omak Elementary OMAK | 327 | 77.7% | 37.1% |
| Spanaway Elementary Spanaway | 371 | 70.9% | 37.0% |
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 Lake Roosevelt Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Okanogan County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.5% | #882 of 936 | #8 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 17.8% | #1,059 of 1,103 ▼ 7 | #8 of 9 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 24.4% | #1,033 of 1,102 ▲ 6 | #8 of 9 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.1pp | #428 of 928 | #6 of 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 354 | #792 of 1,268 | #6 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.0:1 | #340 of 1,085 | #6 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.5% | #207 of 1,088 | #1 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 75.1% | #180 of 1,169 | #5 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.6% | #613 of 778 | #7 of 7 |
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
354
-12 (-3%) vs 2020
+53% since 1990-91, when it was 231
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
was 19.3:1
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 | 354 | 23.6 | 15.0:1 | 75% (266) |
| 2023-24 | 350 | 21.6 | 16.2:1 | 84% (294) |
| 2022-23 | 377 | 21.5 | 17.5:1 | 84% (317) |
| 2020-21 | 366 | 19 | 19.3:1 | 60% (219) |
| 2017-18 | 383 | 23.3 | 16.5:1 | 71% (273) |
| 2015-16 | 398 | 21 | 18.9:1 | 70% (277) |
| 2010-11 | 250 | N/A | N/A | 62% (155) |
| 2000-01 | 268 | 15 | 17.9:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 231 | 12 | 19.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lake Roosevelt Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (383 to 354); teachers up 1% (23.3 to 23.6).
About Lake Roosevelt Elementary
Lake Roosevelt Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school with its address in Coulee Dam, Washington. The school covers pre-K through 6 and reported 354 students in 2024-25.
Grand Coulee Dam School District runs Lake Roosevelt Elementary along with 2 other schools, enrolling 695 students in total.
The largest group at Lake Roosevelt Elementary is Native American students, at 36%. The next largest groups are 30% White, 17% multiracial, and 15% Hispanic. The diversity index for Lake Roosevelt Elementary is 73%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Lake Roosevelt Elementary has 23.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 15.0:1. Elementary schools in Washington have an average ratio of 17.3:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 75%.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 23.5%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 29.8%.
Census data for Okanogan County show the median household earns about $63,207 a year, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 13% of people live in poverty. Counting Lake Roosevelt Elementary, Okanogan County has 38 public schools.
Among nearby public schools, Lake Roosevelt Jr/Sr High School is closest at less than a tenth of a mile. Other public schools within five miles number 2. The school's 23.5% average proficiency ranks 4th among 5 nearby schools.
The school is in rural territory far from an urban area, according to its NCES locale (Rural: Remote).
Enrollment decreased by 3% across 4 years, from 366 in 2020-21 to 354 in 2024-25. The ratio was 19.3:1 in 2020-21 and 15.0:1 in 2024-25.
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Okanogan County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
43,425
Census ACS
Median income
$63,207
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
38
11,538 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Grand Coulee Dam School District
- Lake Roosevelt Jr/Sr High SchoolHigh · 308 students
- Lake Roosevelt Alternative SchoolHigh · 33 students
Nearby schools
- Lake Roosevelt Jr/Sr High School0.0 mi · 308
- Lake Roosevelt Alternative School2.8 mi · 33
- Nespelem High School13.4 mi · 19
- Nespelem Elementary13.4 mi · 131
- Keller Elementary School15.0 mi · 40
- Almira Elementary School18.3 mi · 129
Frequently asked questions
About Lake Roosevelt ElementaryHow large is Lake Roosevelt Elementary?
Lake Roosevelt Elementary enrolls approximately 354 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does Lake Roosevelt Elementary serve?
Lake Roosevelt Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Lake Roosevelt Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Lake Roosevelt Elementary is approximately 15.0:1 (24 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Lake Roosevelt Elementary?
Lake Roosevelt Elementary reports a student body of 30% White, 15% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 17% Two or more.
Who oversees Lake Roosevelt Elementary?
Lake Roosevelt Elementary is overseen by Grand Coulee Dam School District in Okanogan County.
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