Lee Elementary

Lee Elementary is a reasonably sized elementary campus in East Wenatchee, Washington, run under Eastmont School District. The school educates 522 students in grades K through 6. By comparison, Washington's public schools average about 380 students each, so Lee Elementary sits 37% bigger than that benchmark.

Eastmont School District runs 12 schools in total, collectively educating 5,930 students. Lee Elementary is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Lee Elementary logs that 50% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest is composed of 46% White, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Douglas County as a whole is about 36% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, Lee Elementary has 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.3:1 average. Roughly 63% of students at Lee Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Douglas County) records that median household earnings sit near $80,363, roughly 22% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Douglas County's 21 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,221 students), Lee Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Eastmont Junior High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Lee Elementary.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 12%: 468 students in 2018 compared to 522 in 2025. Class-load math has rose: from 14.6:1 in 2018 to 16.3:1 in 2025.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.