Linwood Elementary

Linwood Elementary operates as a mid-tier elementary campus in Spokane, Washington, overseen by Spokane School District. Current enrollment sits at 503 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 32% larger than the typical public school in Washington, which averages around 380 students.

Spokane School District runs 62 schools in total, collectively educating 28,853 students. Linwood Elementary is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Linwood Elementary reports that the largest single group is White at 53%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school records 15% Hispanic, 14% multiracial, 8% Black, 5% Pacific Islander. By comparison, Spokane County as a whole is about 83% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.1:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.3:1, putting Linwood Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 72% of students at Linwood Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably above Spokane County's rate of about 52%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Linwood Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 31.6%, the actual is 33.5%, a residual of +1.8 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Spokane County indicate median household income runs about $78,582, about 33% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Spokane County runs 187 public schools (combined enrollment of about 76,588 students), of which Linwood Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Evergreen Elementary School, roughly 0.9 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Linwood Elementary ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 40.1%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Five-year trend. Linwood Elementary's enrollment has fell 3% since 2018, when it stood at 520 (now 503). The White share of enrollment shrank from 61% to 53% over that span.

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