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Enrollment
579
Elementary
DISTRICT 410 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PASCO SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530657002950
Maya Angelou Elementary
6001 ROAD 84, Pasco, WA 99301 · (509) 543-6748 · Franklin County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL579 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
347 students
DISTRICT 72% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 116 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 76 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 98 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 110 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 88 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 91 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (116) is 27% larger than its 5th grade class (91).
Student demographics
50%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
34.6%
WA avg 58.4% . -11.9pp since 2014
Math
36.6%
WA avg 51.2% . -9.9pp 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 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 12 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 10 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 34.6% | 36.6% |
| 2023-24 | 43.0% | 37.6% |
| 2022-23 | 45.3% | 39.1% |
| 2021-22 | 43.8% | 37.1% |
| 2018-19 | 49.5% | 39.7% |
| 2017-18 | 52.7% | 45.7% |
| 2016-17 | 51.7% | 45.6% |
| 2015-16 | 54.4% | 47.6% |
| 2014-15 | 46.5% | 46.5% |
% 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
38.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.0%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 Maya Angelou Elementary
Maya Angelou Elementary's state test result (38.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maya Angelou Elementary this school | 579 | 59.9% | 38.6% |
| James McGee Elementary PASCO | 499 | 56.3% | 37.7% |
| Barbara McClintock STEM Elementary Pasco | 570 | 53.9% | 34.4% |
| Moxee Elementary Moxee | 515 | 64.9% | 54.4% |
| Grant Elementary School East Wenatchee | 534 | 62.7% | N/A |
| Lucille Umbarger Elementary BURLINGTON | 619 | 66.6% | 19.6% |
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 Maya Angelou Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Franklin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.6% | #658 of 936 | #4 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.6% | #739 of 1,103 ▼ 50 | #5 of 20 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.6% | #869 of 1,102 ▼ 220 | #9 of 20 ▼ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -4.8pp | #153 of 928 | #1 of 19 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 579 | #132 of 1,268 | #4 of 23 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.2:1 | #173 of 1,085 | #4 of 20 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.3% | #760 of 1,088 | #6 of 21 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 59.9% | #447 of 1,169 | #15 of 21 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -35.6% | #59 of 778 | #6 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
579
-33 (-5%) vs 2020
-34% since 2010-11, when it was 872
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
was 17.5:1
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 | 579 | 40.8 | 14.2:1 | 60% (347) |
| 2023-24 | 579 | 37.8 | 15.3:1 | 63% (364) |
| 2022-23 | 594 | 34.2 | 17.4:1 | 65% (387) |
| 2020-21 | 612 | 35 | 17.5:1 | 49% (297) |
| 2017-18 | 899 | 51.6 | 17.4:1 | 48% (434) |
| 2015-16 | 932 | 48 | 19.4:1 | 44% (414) |
| 2010-11 | 872 | 40 | 21.8:1 | 45% (391) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Maya Angelou Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 36% (899 to 579); teachers down 21% (51.6 to 40.8).
About Maya Angelou Elementary
Maya Angelou Elementary is a high-enrollment elementary school in Pasco, Washington, administered by Pasco School District. Classes run from pre-K through 5, and the school has 579 students. The average for elementary schools in Washington is about 380 students, so this school is 52% bigger than average.
The district, Pasco School District, operates 28 schools serving 18,913 students.
Hispanic students make up a majority at Maya Angelou Elementary, at 64%. Next come 29% White and 4% multiracial. That compares with about 55% Hispanic among all Franklin County residents. Maya Angelou Elementary's diversity index is 50%, against a US figure of 70%.
The ratio of students to teachers is 14.2:1, with 40.8 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. That is 3.1 students per teacher below the 17.3:1 average for elementary schools in Washington. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 60%. The average for public schools in Franklin County is 70%.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Maya Angelou Elementary falls in the middle 80% of Washington schools: 38.6% actual against 40.0% predicted.
According to the American Community Survey, in Franklin County, the median household income is $86,714, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 21%, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Maya Angelou Elementary is one of 43 public schools in the county.
The school nearest to Maya Angelou Elementary is Columbia River Elementary, at a distance of about 0.6 miles. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, Maya Angelou Elementary ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
In the federal locale system, Maya Angelou Elementary is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment declined 5% from its 2020-21 level of 612. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 17.5:1 to 14.2:1.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Maya Angelou Elementary. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 Maya Angelou Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Maya Angelou Elementary. Maya Angelou Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- MAYA ANGELOU ELEMENTARY SCHOOLMIAMI, FL · 620 students
- Maya Angelou Elementary SchoolHarvey, IL · 271 students
Nearby schools
- Columbia River Elementary0.6 mi · 618
- Ray Reynolds Middle School0.8 mi · 1,294
- Three Rivers Elementary1.3 mi · 657
- Barbara McClintock STEM Elementary1.4 mi · 570
- Chiawana Senior High School1.7 mi · 3,127
- Rosalind Franklin STEM Elementary1.9 mi · 543
Frequently asked questions
About Maya Angelou ElementaryHow many students attend Maya Angelou Elementary?
Maya Angelou Elementary enrolls approximately 579 students in grades PK-05.
Is Maya Angelou Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Maya Angelou Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Maya Angelou Elementary have?
Maya Angelou Elementary employs 41 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.2:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Maya Angelou Elementary?
At Maya Angelou Elementary, the student body is approximately 29% White, 64% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Maya Angelou Elementary in?
Maya Angelou Elementary is part of Pasco School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.