Leonard M Jennings Elementary

Leonard M Jennings Elementary is a primary school of cozy scale in Colfax, Washington, one of the schools within Colfax School District, educateing 270 students in grades K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 29% smaller than the state mean of about 380.

Across the 2 schools in Colfax School District (533 students total), Leonard M Jennings Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Leonard M Jennings Elementary records that 87% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 6% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. By comparison, Whitman County as a whole is about 76% White, so the school skews noticeably more White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Leonard M Jennings Elementary logs 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.3:1, putting Leonard M Jennings Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 37% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, Leonard M Jennings Elementary ranks in the top 10% of Washington public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 55.4%; Leonard M Jennings Elementary posts 72.4%, +17.0 points above that line.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Whitman County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $55,406 per year, roughly 50% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Leonard M Jennings Elementary is one of 28 public schools in Whitman County (combined enrollment of about 4,753 students).

Colfax High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 2 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. On composite proficiency, Leonard M Jennings Elementary comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 54.4%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 9%: 296 students in 2018 compared to 270 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 17.5:1 in 2018 to 15.1:1 today.

Inside the community feed, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.