Larson Heights Elementary

Larson Heights Elementary operates as a low-enrollment K-5 school in MOSES LAKE, Washington, run under Moses Lake School District. Current enrollment sits at 292 students spanning grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 380 students per school, that is 23% smaller than typical.

Larson Heights Elementary is one of 20 schools operated by Moses Lake School District, a district that educates 8,430 students overall.

Demographically, Larson Heights Elementary logs that Hispanic students make up the majority at 63%; the rest comes out to 34% White. By comparison, Grant County as a whole is about 44% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.0:1. The state averages around 17.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 80% of students at Larson Heights Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Grant County (around 69%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Larson Heights Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 26.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 20.0%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Grant County put median household earnings sit near $73,267, about 18% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. Larson Heights Elementary is one of 61 public schools in Grant County (combined enrollment of about 20,494 students).

North Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Larson Heights Elementary ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 31.9%.

Larson Heights Elementary operates from a town-based location.

Looking at the recent track record. Larson Heights Elementary's enrollment has ticked down 16% since 2018, when it stood at 346 (now 292). Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 44% to 34%.

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