Enrollment
270
Elementary
DISTRICT 267 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COLFAX SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530144000274
Leonard M Jennings Elementary
1207 N. Morton Street, Colfax, WA 99111 · (509) 397-2181 · Whitman County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY43-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL270 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 96% of Washington public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Washington public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.6:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
37%
100 students
DISTRICT 33% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 57 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 32 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 35 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 39 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 40 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 31 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 36 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (57) is 58% larger than its 6th grade class (36).
Student demographics
23%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 23% · 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
Leonard M Jennings Elementary→Colfax High School
Based on grade levels within Colfax School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
70.9%
WA avg 58.4% . -15.3pp since 2014
Math
75.7%
WA avg 51.2% . -8.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 71 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 76 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 15 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 8 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 70.9% | 75.7% |
| 2023-24 | 76.0% | 75.3% |
| 2022-23 | 68.3% | 66.5% |
| 2021-22 | 72.9% | 65.7% |
| 2018-19 | 84.7% | 82.8% |
| 2017-18 | 83.0% | 81.8% |
| 2016-17 | 82.9% | 77.1% |
| 2015-16 | 84.4% | 83.8% |
| 2014-15 | 86.1% | 83.9% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of WA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
72.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.4%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+17.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 72% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 55% typical for Washington schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 17 points, placing it in Washington's top 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 Leonard M Jennings Elementary
Leonard M Jennings Elementary's state test result (72.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leonard M Jennings Elementary this school | 270 | 37.0% | 72.4% |
| Cape Horn Skye Elementary Washougal | 284 | 34.2% | N/A |
| Asotin Elementary ASOTIN | 311 | 40.2% | N/A |
| Adna Elementary School Chehalis | 265 | 30.6% | 64.3% |
| Minter Creek Elementary Gig Harbor | 272 | 40.4% | 56.8% |
| Colbert Elementary School COLBERT | 364 | 36.8% | 65.8% |
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 Leonard M Jennings Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Whitman County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 72.4% | #111 of 936 | #2 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 75.7% | #79 of 1,103 ▲ 5 | #2 of 6 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 70.9% | #145 of 1,102 ▼ 54 | #3 of 6 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.0pp | #317 of 928 | #3 of 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 270 | #1,024 of 1,268 | #5 of 13 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.1:1 | #370 of 1,085 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 23.0% | #1,038 of 1,088 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 37.0% | #845 of 1,169 | #4 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.8% | #585 of 778 | N/A |
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
270
+11 (+4%) vs 2020
-51% since 1990-91, when it was 549
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
was 15.2:1
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 | 270 | 17.8 | 15.1:1 | 37% (100) |
| 2023-24 | 280 | 18.8 | 14.9:1 | 37% (104) |
| 2022-23 | 294 | 18.8 | 15.6:1 | 41% (120) |
| 2020-21 | 259 | 17 | 15.2:1 | 30% (77) |
| 2017-18 | 296 | 16.9 | 17.5:1 | 30% (88) |
| 2015-16 | 300 | 18 | 16.7:1 | 33% (98) |
| 2010-11 | 437 | 23 | 19.0:1 | 30% (130) |
| 2000-01 | 499 | 25 | 20.0:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 549 | 25 | 22.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Leonard M Jennings Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (296 to 270); teachers up 6% (16.9 to 17.8).
About Leonard M Jennings Elementary
Leonard M Jennings Elementary is a small elementary school in Colfax, Washington. Total enrollment is 270 students, and the grades served are kindergarten through 6. Elementary schools in Washington have about 380 students on average; enrollment here is 29% lower.
Federal data list 2 schools in Colfax School District, with 533 students enrolled.
White students account for 87% of the school's enrollment. The rest of enrollment is 6% multiracial and 4% Hispanic. Among all residents of Whitman County, the White share is about 76%. A diversity index of 23% means there is a 23% chance two randomly chosen students at Leonard M Jennings Elementary are from different groups.
Leonard M Jennings Elementary has 17.8 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.1:1. The gap from the 17.3:1 average for elementary schools in Washington is 2.2 students per teacher. At Leonard M Jennings Elementary, 37% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. The average for public schools in Whitman County is similar, at 40%.
Leonard M Jennings Elementary holds an A+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 96% of Washington public elementary schools.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. Leonard M Jennings Elementary beats its 55.4% prediction with 72.4%, a top-10% result in Washington.
In Whitman County, home to about 47,003 people, median household income comes to about $55,406, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 50%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Whitman County's 28 public schools enroll about 4,753 students and include Leonard M Jennings Elementary.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Colfax High School, is about 0.2 miles. Other public schools within ten miles: 2. On average proficiency, Leonard M Jennings Elementary is 1st of 8 nearby schools with test data.
Its location is classified as Rural: Remote by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Enrollment figures show a rise of 11 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
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Whitman County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
47,003
Census ACS
Median income
$55,406
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
50%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
28
4,753 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Nearby schools
- Colfax High School0.2 mi · 263
- Steptoe Elementary School7.7 mi · 47
- Kamiak Elementary12.7 mi · 315
- Pullman High School13.1 mi · 838
- Garfield Middle School13.3 mi · 31
- Garfield Elementary13.3 mi · 51
Frequently asked questions
About Leonard M Jennings ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Leonard M Jennings Elementary?
Leonard M Jennings Elementary enrolls approximately 270 students in grades KG-06.
Is Leonard M Jennings Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Leonard M Jennings Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many teachers does Leonard M Jennings Elementary have?
Leonard M Jennings Elementary employs 18 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.1:1.
What is the student diversity at Leonard M Jennings Elementary?
Student demographics at Leonard M Jennings Elementary are roughly 87% White, 4% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Leonard M Jennings Elementary public or private?
Leonard M Jennings Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Colfax School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.