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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Longfellow Elementary this year?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
417
Elementary
DISTRICT 360 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SPOKANE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530825001395
Longfellow Elementary
800 E Providence Ave, Spokane, WA 99207 · (509) 354-3500 · Spokane County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL417 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 69% of Washington public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A+Three-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
11.8:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
79%
330 students
DISTRICT 60% · STATE 51%
Community
1
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 55 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 53 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 57 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 47 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 72 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 64 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 69 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (53) is 23% smaller than its 5th grade class (69).
Student demographics
55%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
45.3%
WA avg 58.4% . +19.0pp since 2014
Math
44.8%
WA avg 51.2% . +17.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 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 19 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 17 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 45.3% | 44.8% |
| 2023-24 | 39.0% | 31.5% |
| 2022-23 | 38.9% | 30.9% |
| 2021-22 | 35.8% | 28.8% |
| 2018-19 | 31.7% | 33.1% |
| 2017-18 | 33.1% | 34.9% |
| 2016-17 | 29.9% | 30.2% |
| 2015-16 | 29.1% | 33.0% |
| 2014-15 | 26.3% | 27.7% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of WA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
41.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.1%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 27% 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 14 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 Longfellow Elementary
Longfellow Elementary's state test result (41.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Longfellow Elementary this school | 417 | 79.1% | 41.0% |
| Willard Elementary Spokane | 384 | 78.4% | 31.0% |
| Regal Elementary Spokane | 381 | 84.3% | 25.9% |
| Holmes Elementary Spokane | 378 | 84.1% | 27.4% |
| Audubon Elementary Spokane | 398 | 85.2% | 28.4% |
| Arlington Elementary Spokane | 379 | 83.4% | 28.4% |
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 Spokane County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #610 of 936 | #59 of 82 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.8% | #541 of 1,103 ▲ 283 | #47 of 83 ▲ 22 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.3% | #619 of 1,102 ▲ 140 | #52 of 83 ▲ 12 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +12.7pp | #44 of 928 | #7 of 81 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 417 | #561 of 1,268 | #30 of 92 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.8:1 | #18 of 1,085 | #4 of 83 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.0% | #642 of 1,088 | #23 of 83 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 79.1% | #123 of 1,169 | #12 of 86 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.8% | #359 of 778 | #36 of 67 |
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
417
-49 (-11%) vs 2020
-33% since 1990-91, when it was 619
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
was 13.7:1
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 | 417 | 35.4 | 11.8:1 | 79% (330) |
| 2023-24 | 419 | 35.7 | 11.7:1 | 87% (363) |
| 2022-23 | 417 | 36.7 | 11.3:1 | 86% (359) |
| 2020-21 | 466 | 34 | 13.7:1 | 84% (393) |
| 2017-18 | 507 | 38.8 | 13.1:1 | 83% (421) |
| 2015-16 | 517 | 37 | 14.0:1 | 82% (423) |
| 2010-11 | 537 | 29 | 18.5:1 | 77% (413) |
| 2000-01 | 598 | 29 | 20.6:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 619 | 27 | 22.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Longfellow Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (507 to 417); teachers down 9% (38.8 to 35.4).
About Longfellow Elementary
Longfellow Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school with an address in Spokane, Washington. School enrollment was 417 students in 2024-25, in pre-K through 5.
Longfellow Elementary is one school in a 62-school district, Spokane School District, which enrolls 28,853 students.
At Longfellow Elementary, White students make up 65% of the student body. The next largest groups are 11% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 6% Pacific Islander, and 5% Black. The school's White share is 18 points below the 83% share among Spokane County residents. The school's diversity index is 55%, meaning two students picked at random have a 55% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The count of teachers at Longfellow Elementary is 35.4 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 11.8:1. That is lower than the 17.3:1 average for elementary schools in Washington. The school counts 330 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 79%. Across public schools in Spokane County, the average is 52%.
allk12 grades Longfellow Elementary a B+. The grade compares the school only with Washington public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
On BeatsExpectations, which compares test results with what a school's student poverty level would predict, Longfellow Elementary ranks in the top 10% in Washington. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 41.0%, against a prediction of 27.1%.
In Spokane County (population about 549,056), the median household income is $78,582, 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Longfellow Elementary is one of 187 public schools in the county.
Denny Yasuhara Middle School is located about 0.6 miles from Longfellow Elementary. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Longfellow Elementary is 1st of 8 on proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Mid-size. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Federal data show an 11% enrollment decrease, from 466 in 2020-21 to 417 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 13.7:1 in 2020-21 to 11.8:1 in 2024-25.
Questions about school safety, transportation, and start times can be posted here. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Spokane County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
549,056
Census ACS
Median income
$78,582
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
187
76,588 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Spokane School District
- Lewis & Clark High SchoolHigh · 1,673 students
- North Central High SchoolHigh · 1,647 students
- Ferris High SchoolHigh · 1,644 students
- Rogers High SchoolHigh · 1,498 students
- Shadle Park High SchoolHigh · 1,445 students
- Sacajawea Middle SchoolMiddle · 855 students
Other schools in Spokane
- Mead Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,827 students
- Lewis & Clark High SchoolHigh · 1,673 students
- North Central High SchoolHigh · 1,647 students
- Ferris High SchoolHigh · 1,644 students
- Rogers High SchoolHigh · 1,498 students
- Shadle Park High SchoolHigh · 1,445 students
Other Longfellow Elementary schools
36 other US public schools in 18 states are named Longfellow Elementary. Longfellow Elementary is the 18th largest of the 37.
- Longfellow ElementaryPASCO, WA · 312 students
- Longfellow ElementaryLong Beach, CA · 904 students
- Longfellow ElementaryBakersfield, CA · 780 students
- Longfellow ElementaryMilwaukee, WI · 773 students
- Longfellow ElementaryRiverside, CA · 701 students
Nearby schools
- Denny Yasuhara Middle School0.6 mi · 596
- Rogers High School0.8 mi · 1,498
- Logan Elementary0.9 mi · 336
- Bemiss Elementary1.0 mi · 368
- Alternative Northeast Community Center Preschool1.1 mi · 37
- Shaw Middle School1.2 mi · 693
Frequently asked questions
About Longfellow ElementaryHow many students attend Longfellow Elementary?
Longfellow Elementary enrolls approximately 417 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Longfellow Elementary serve?
Longfellow Elementary serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Longfellow Elementary have?
Longfellow Elementary employs 35 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.8:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Longfellow Elementary?
At Longfellow Elementary, the student body is approximately 65% White, 11% Hispanic, 5% Black, 3% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees Longfellow Elementary?
Longfellow Elementary is overseen by Spokane School District in Spokane County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.