Enrollment
185
Elementary
DISTRICT 311 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SEDRO-WOOLLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530774001276
Lyman Elementary School
8183 Lyman Avenue, Lyman, WA 98263 · (360) 855-3535 · Skagit County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL185 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
19.9:1
9 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.5:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
55%
102 students
DISTRICT 52% · 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 | 47 | 25% |
| Grade 1 | 21 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 23 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 23 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 24 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 22 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 25 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (47) is 88% larger than its 6th grade class (25).
Student demographics
23%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 49% · 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
Lyman Elementary School→Cascade Middle School
Based on grade levels within Sedro-Woolley School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
51.1%
WA avg 58.4% . -18.9pp since 2014
Math
37.2%
WA avg 51.2% . -26.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 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 19 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 26 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 51.1% | 37.2% |
| 2023-24 | 50.0% | 34.1% |
| 2022-23 | 57.0% | 50.6% |
| 2021-22 | 58.6% | 46.0% |
| 2018-19 | 72.1% | 64.7% |
| 2017-18 | 73.6% | 59.4% |
| 2016-17 | 70.4% | 68.4% |
| 2015-16 | 69.5% | 67.3% |
| 2014-15 | 70.0% | 63.3% |
% 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
47.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.2%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 Lyman Elementary School
Lyman Elementary School's state test result (47.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lyman Elementary School this school | 185 | 55.1% | 47.0% |
| Dayton Elementary School Dayton | 185 | 56.8% | N/A |
| Morton Elementary School MORTON | 194 | 59.3% | 40.9% |
| Ritzville Grade School Ritzville | 193 | 58.0% | N/A |
| Columbia Crest A-STEM Academy Ashford | 209 | 58.4% | 41.6% |
| Valley School Valley | 166 | 61.4% | 31.5% |
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 Lyman Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Skagit County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.0% | #485 of 936 | #8 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.2% | #727 of 1,103 ▲ 43 | #12 of 24 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.1% | #484 of 1,102 ▲ 15 | #8 of 24 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -8.2pp | #59 of 928 | #3 of 24 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 185 | #1,106 of 1,268 | #23 of 28 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 55.1% | #537 of 1,169 | #15 of 24 |
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
185
+30 (+19%) vs 2020
+40% since 1990-91, when it was 132
Student : Teacher
19.9:1
was 19.4:1
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 | 185 | 9.3 | 19.9:1 | 55% (102) |
| 2023-24 | 154 | 9.3 | 16.6:1 | 50% (77) |
| 2022-23 | 164 | 9.3 | 17.6:1 | 52% (85) |
| 2020-21 | 155 | 8 | 19.4:1 | 40% (62) |
| 2017-18 | 176 | 9.3 | 19.0:1 | 42% (74) |
| 2015-16 | 178 | 8 | 22.3:1 | 54% (97) |
| 2010-11 | 148 | 8 | 18.5:1 | 51% (76) |
| 2000-01 | 173 | 9 | 19.2:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 132 | 5 | 26.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lyman Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 5% (176 to 185); teachers unchanged (9.3 to 9.3).
About Lyman Elementary School
A low-enrollment elementary school in Lyman, Washington, Lyman Elementary School is part of Sedro-Woolley School District. The school offers kindergarten through 6 and enrolls 185 students. On average, elementary schools in Washington enroll around 380, and this school is 51% below that mark.
Sedro-Woolley School District has 4,600 students in 11 schools, and Lyman Elementary School is one of those schools.
Lyman Elementary School is 88% White by enrollment. Next come 7% multiracial and 5% Hispanic. That compares with about 75% White among all Skagit County residents. A diversity index of 23% means there is a 23% chance two randomly chosen students at Lyman Elementary School are from different groups.
Lyman Elementary School has 9.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 19.9:1. Elementary schools in Washington average 17.3:1, 2.6 fewer students per teacher than here. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 55% at Lyman Elementary School. The figure for public schools in Skagit County is close, at 56%.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 43.2% for Lyman Elementary School. The school posts 47.0%, 3.8 points above the prediction.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Skagit County show that median household income comes to about $89,263, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 30% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Skagit County counts 54 public schools with about 18,298 students.
A public school about 7.0 miles away, Evergreen Elementary School, is the closest to Lyman Elementary School. The count of other public schools within ten miles is at least 8. In a group of 7 nearby schools with scores, Lyman Elementary School ranks 1st on average proficiency.
NCES describes the area around Lyman Elementary School as Rural: Distant, meaning in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment rose by 19% across 4 years, from 155 in 2020-21 to 185 in 2024-25.
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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 Sedro-Woolley School District
- Sedro Woolley Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,280 students
- Cascade Middle SchoolMiddle · 670 students
- Evergreen Elementary SchoolElementary · 511 students
- Central Elementary SchoolElementary · 476 students
- Mary Purcell Elementary SchoolElementary · 465 students
- Clear Lake Elementary SchoolElementary · 314 students
Other Lyman Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Lyman Elementary. Lyman Elementary School is the 4th largest of the 5.
- Lyman ElementaryLyman, SC · 750 students
- Lyman ElementaryGULFPORT, MS · 524 students
- Lyman Elementary SchoolLyman, ME · 241 students
- Lyman Elementary - 04Kennebec, SD · 171 students
Nearby schools
- Evergreen Elementary School7.0 mi · 511
- Cascade Middle School7.2 mi · 670
- State Street High School7.4 mi · 159
- Mary Purcell Elementary School7.5 mi · 465
- Central Elementary School7.6 mi · 476
- Sedro Woolley Senior High School7.9 mi · 1,280
Frequently asked questions
About Lyman Elementary SchoolHow large is Lyman Elementary School?
Lyman Elementary School enrolls approximately 185 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Lyman Elementary School serve?
Lyman Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Lyman Elementary School?
Approximately 19.9:1 students per teacher at Lyman Elementary School.
How diverse is Lyman Elementary School?
Lyman Elementary School reports a student body of 88% White, 5% Hispanic, 7% Two or more.
Is Lyman Elementary School public or private?
Lyman Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Sedro-Woolley School District.
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