Mary Purcell Elementary School

Mary Purcell Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary campus in Sedro-Woolley, Washington, operated by Sedro-Woolley School District. The school caters to 465 students in grades K through 6. By comparison, Washington's public schools average about 380 students each, so Mary Purcell Elementary School sits 22% above that benchmark.

Across the 11 schools in Sedro-Woolley School District (4,600 students total), Mary Purcell Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Mary Purcell Elementary School lists that the largest single group is White at 50%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest reads as 39% Hispanic, 8% multiracial. By comparison, Skagit County as a whole is about 75% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.1:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.3:1 average. Roughly 65% of students at Mary Purcell Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is north of Skagit County's rate of about 56%.

With demographic context factored in, Mary Purcell Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 36.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 34.9%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Skagit County) reports that median household income runs about $89,263, about 30% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Skagit County runs 54 public schools (combined enrollment of about 18,298 students), of which Mary Purcell Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Central Elementary School, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Mary Purcell Elementary School. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Mary Purcell Elementary School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 37.8%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Mary Purcell Elementary School's enrollment has increased 12% since 2018, when it stood at 416 (now 465). The White share of enrollment contracted from 67% to 50% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 14.8:1 in 2018 to 19.1:1 today.

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