Enrollment
312
Elementary
DISTRICT 410 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PASCO SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530657000965
Longfellow Elementary
301 NORTH 10TH AVENUE, PASCO, WA 99301 · (509) 547-2429 · Franklin County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL312 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
284 students
DISTRICT 72% · 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 | 49 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 55 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 61 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 61 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 42 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 44 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (49) is 11% larger than its 5th grade class (44).
Student demographics
7%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 40% · 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
13.5%
WA avg 58.4% . +4.7pp since 2014
Math
14.2%
WA avg 51.2% . +0.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 14 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 14 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Washington schools, those numbers are about 58 and 51. Reading and writing scores are up about 5 points since 2014, while math scores have held steady.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 13.5% | 14.2% |
| 2023-24 | 12.3% | 14.5% |
| 2022-23 | 14.7% | 8.9% |
| 2021-22 | 10.4% | 10.4% |
| 2018-19 | 17.8% | 21.2% |
| 2017-18 | 12.6% | 14.1% |
| 2016-17 | 10.5% | 10.8% |
| 2015-16 | 12.5% | 13.7% |
| 2014-15 | 8.8% | 14.1% |
% 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
14.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
19.1%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 15% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 19% 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 Longfellow Elementary
Longfellow Elementary's state test result (14.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Longfellow Elementary this school | 312 | 91.0% | 14.9% |
| Morris Schott Elementary Mattawa | 317 | 92.4% | 17.3% |
| Garfield Elementary School TOPPENISH | 310 | 93.5% | 21.5% |
| Pioneer Elementary QUINCY | 291 | 89.0% | 21.4% |
| Bridgeport Elementary BRIDGEPORT | 347 | 89.9% | N/A |
| Artz Fox Elementary Mabton | 375 | 90.4% | 18.4% |
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 Longfellow Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Franklin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 14.9% | #928 of 936 | #16 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 14.2% | #1,082 of 1,103 ▼ 13 | #16 of 20 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 13.5% | #1,092 of 1,102 ▲ 3 | #17 of 20 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.5pp | #346 of 928 | #8 of 19 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 312 | #925 of 1,268 | #19 of 23 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.1:1 | #69 of 1,085 | #2 of 20 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 6.9% | #1,084 of 1,088 | #21 of 21 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.0% | #23 of 1,169 | #4 of 21 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -35.7% | #58 of 778 | #5 of 17 |
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
312
-52 (-14%) vs 2020
-31% since 1990-91, when it was 455
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
was 16.6:1
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 | 312 | 23.8 | 13.1:1 | 91% (284) |
| 2023-24 | 315 | 24.9 | 12.7:1 | 96% (301) |
| 2022-23 | 339 | 22.9 | 14.8:1 | 97% (328) |
| 2020-21 | 364 | 22 | 16.6:1 | 97% (353) |
| 2017-18 | 485 | 29 | 16.7:1 | 90% (435) |
| 2015-16 | 437 | 26 | 16.8:1 | 93% (405) |
| 2010-11 | 528 | 26 | 20.3:1 | 98% (516) |
| 2000-01 | 461 | 29 | 15.9:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 455 | 26 | 17.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Longfellow Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 36% (485 to 312); teachers down 18% (29 to 23.8).
About Longfellow Elementary
At 301 NORTH 10TH AVENUE in PASCO, Washington, Longfellow Elementary operates as a small elementary school. The school enrolls 312 students in pre-K through 5.
Longfellow Elementary is one school in Pasco School District, a system of 28 schools with 18,913 students.
By race and ethnicity, Longfellow Elementary is 96% Hispanic. The next largest groups are 2% White. The school's Hispanic share is 41 points above the 55% share among Franklin County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 7%.
The school lists 23.8 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.1:1. The average for elementary schools in Washington is 17.3:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. A total of 284 students, or 91%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Franklin County report 70%.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Longfellow Elementary is 19.1%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 14.9%.
Census data for Franklin County show the median household earns about $86,714 a year, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Franklin County number 43, with about 21,403 students.
Pasco Early Childhood is about 0.2 miles from Longfellow Elementary, the shortest distance to any other public school. The five-mile area around Longfellow Elementary holds at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 15.7% proficiency; Longfellow Elementary posts 14.9%.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school shrank from 364 students in 2020-21 to 312 in 2024-25. Federal data show the ratio falling from 16.6:1 to 13.1:1.
This page is set up for the Longfellow Elementary community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Franklin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
98,902
Census ACS
Median income
$86,714
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
43
21,403 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Pasco School District
- Chiawana Senior High SchoolHigh · 3,127 students
- Pasco Senior High SchoolHigh · 2,590 students
- Ray Reynolds Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,294 students
- Mcloughlin Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,171 students
- Stevens Middle SchoolMiddle · 956 students
- Ellen Ochoa Middle SchoolMiddle · 831 students
Other schools in PASCO
- Chiawana Senior High SchoolHigh · 3,127 students
- Pasco Senior High SchoolHigh · 2,590 students
- Ray Reynolds Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,294 students
- Mcloughlin Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,171 students
- Stevens Middle SchoolMiddle · 956 students
- Ellen Ochoa Middle SchoolMiddle · 831 students
Other Longfellow Elementary schools
36 other US public schools in 18 states are named Longfellow Elementary. Longfellow Elementary is the 24th largest of the 37.
- Longfellow ElementarySpokane, WA · 417 students
- Longfellow ElementaryLong Beach, CA · 904 students
- Longfellow ElementaryBakersfield, CA · 780 students
- Longfellow ElementaryMilwaukee, WI · 773 students
- Longfellow ElementaryRiverside, CA · 701 students
Nearby schools
- Pasco Early Childhood0.2 mi · 60
- Pasco Innovative Experiences and e-Learning0.2 mi · 70
- Pasco Senior High School0.5 mi · 2,590
- Pasco Early Learning Center0.6 mi · 318
- Captain Gray STEM Elementary0.6 mi · 408
- Emerson Elementary0.6 mi · 447
Frequently asked questions
About Longfellow ElementaryHow large is Longfellow Elementary?
Longfellow Elementary enrolls approximately 312 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Longfellow Elementary serve?
Longfellow Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Longfellow Elementary?
Approximately 13.1:1 students per teacher at Longfellow Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Longfellow Elementary?
At Longfellow Elementary, the student body is approximately 2% White, 96% Hispanic, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Longfellow Elementary?
Longfellow Elementary is overseen by Pasco School District in Franklin County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.