Enrollment
381
Elementary
DISTRICT 419 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MOUNT VERNON SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530540002584
Little Mountain Elementary
1514 S LaVenture RD, Mount Vernon, WA 98274 · (360) 428-6125 · Skagit County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL381 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 11% of Washington public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-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
14.4:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
73%
279 students
DISTRICT 68% · 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 | 62 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 66 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 68 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 78 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 51 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 56 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (62) is 11% larger than its 5th grade class (56).
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · 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
Test scores
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
34.9%
WA avg 58.4% . -5.0pp since 2014
Math
26.7%
WA avg 51.2% . -12.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 27 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 5 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 13 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 34.9% | 26.7% |
| 2023-24 | 28.9% | 25.3% |
| 2022-23 | 30.6% | 27.8% |
| 2021-22 | 37.9% | 40.0% |
| 2018-19 | 45.6% | 47.8% |
| 2017-18 | 45.4% | 46.6% |
| 2016-17 | 44.2% | 47.5% |
| 2015-16 | 47.3% | 47.6% |
| 2014-15 | 39.9% | 39.7% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
30.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.1%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 31% typical for Washington schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Washington's top nor bottom 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 Little Mountain Elementary
Little Mountain Elementary's state test result (30.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little Mountain Elementary this school | 381 | 73.2% | 30.4% |
| Hawthorne Elementary School KENNEWICK | 417 | 73.1% | N/A |
| Harriet Rowley Mount Vernon | 440 | 71.8% | 35.2% |
| Jefferson Elementary Mount Vernon | 445 | 71.0% | 33.7% |
| Edison Elementary School KENNEWICK | 378 | 74.9% | N/A |
| Longview Elementary MOSES LAKE | 368 | 68.5% | 42.4% |
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 Little Mountain Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Skagit County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.4% | #793 of 936 | #19 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.7% | #936 of 1,103 ▲ 13 | #18 of 24 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.9% | #862 of 1,102 ▲ 95 | #16 of 24 ▲ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -8.1pp | #61 of 928 | #4 of 24 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 381 | #708 of 1,268 | #14 of 28 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.4:1 | #205 of 1,085 | #5 of 21 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.2% | #607 of 1,088 | #5 of 21 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 73.2% | #206 of 1,169 | #5 of 24 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -40.1% | #34 of 778 | #1 of 16 |
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
381
-53 (-12%) vs 2020
-26% since 2000-01, when it was 515
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
was 13.6:1
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 | 381 | 26.5 | 14.4:1 | 73% (279) |
| 2023-24 | 362 | 29 | 12.5:1 | 66% (240) |
| 2022-23 | 371 | 29.3 | 12.7:1 | 65% (243) |
| 2020-21 | 434 | 32 | 13.6:1 | 64% (276) |
| 2017-18 | 636 | 41.3 | 15.4:1 | 61% (389) |
| 2015-16 | 633 | 36 | 17.6:1 | 61% (384) |
| 2010-11 | 638 | 31 | 20.6:1 | 70% (444) |
| 2000-01 | 515 | 28 | 18.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Little Mountain Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 40% (636 to 381); teachers down 36% (41.3 to 26.5).
About Little Mountain Elementary
Little Mountain Elementary is an elementary school in Mount Vernon, Washington, according to federal school records. Classes run from kindergarten through 5, and the school has 381 students.
Little Mountain Elementary reports to Mount Vernon School District, which has 14 schools and 6,326 students.
At Little Mountain Elementary, Hispanic students make up 56% of the student body. It is also 34% White, 4% Asian, and 3% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Skagit County is roughly 19% Hispanic. Little Mountain Elementary's diversity index is 56%, against a US figure of 70%.
The teaching staff at Little Mountain Elementary is 26.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 14.4:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 17.3:1 average for elementary schools in Washington. About 73% of students, or 279, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Skagit County average 56%.
The allk12 Grade for Little Mountain Elementary is D. Compared with Washington public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 11% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Little Mountain Elementary's average proficiency rate on state tests of 30.4% is within a point of the 31.1% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Census estimates describe Skagit County this way: the median household income is $89,263, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 30%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Besides Little Mountain Elementary, Skagit County has 53 other public schools.
Nearest public school: Mount Baker Middle School, about 0.1 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Little Mountain Elementary ranks 4th of 5 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 30.4% against a local average of 30.3%.
NCES assigns Little Mountain Elementary the locale City: Small, meaning inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Over 4 years, Little Mountain Elementary's enrollment declined 12%, to 381.
The discussion area below is open to posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Skagit County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
131,328
Census ACS
Median income
$89,263
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
54
18,298 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Mount Vernon School District
- Mount Vernon High SchoolHigh · 1,849 students
- La Venture Middle SchoolMiddle · 663 students
- Mount Baker Middle SchoolMiddle · 569 students
- Madison ElementaryElementary · 498 students
- Jefferson ElementaryElementary · 445 students
- Harriet RowleyElementary · 440 students
Other schools in Mount Vernon
- Mount Vernon High SchoolHigh · 1,849 students
- La Venture Middle SchoolMiddle · 663 students
- Mount Baker Middle SchoolMiddle · 569 students
- Madison ElementaryElementary · 498 students
- Jefferson ElementaryElementary · 445 students
- Harriet RowleyElementary · 440 students
Other Little Mountain Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Little Mountain Elementary. Little Mountain Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- Little Mountain ElementaryMONTICELLO, MN · 576 students
- Little Mountain ElementaryLittle Mountain, SC · 367 students
Nearby schools
- Mount Baker Middle School0.1 mi · 569
- Jefferson Elementary0.4 mi · 445
- Mount Vernon High School1.1 mi · 1,849
- Skagit County Detention Center1.2 mi · 4
- Mount Vernon Special Ed1.2 mi · 152
- La Venture Middle School1.3 mi · 663
Frequently asked questions
About Little Mountain ElementaryHow large is Little Mountain Elementary?
Little Mountain Elementary enrolls approximately 381 students in grades KG-05.
Is Little Mountain Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Little Mountain Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Little Mountain Elementary have?
Little Mountain Elementary employs 27 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.4:1.
How diverse is Little Mountain Elementary?
Little Mountain Elementary reports a student body of 34% White, 56% Hispanic, 2% Black, 4% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Little Mountain Elementary?
Little Mountain Elementary is overseen by Mount Vernon School District in Skagit County.
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