Maya Angelou Elementary

Maya Angelou Elementary is an expansive elementary school in Pasco, Washington, part of Pasco School District. The school instructs 579 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 52% bigger than the typical public school in Washington, which averages around 380 students.

Pasco School District comprises 28 schools with combined enrollment of 18,913 students; Maya Angelou Elementary is among them.

On demographics, Maya Angelou Elementary shows that Hispanic students make up the majority at 64%. Beyond that, the school reports 29% White, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Franklin County as a whole is about 55% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.3:1, putting Maya Angelou Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. About 60% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Franklin County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Maya Angelou Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 40.0%; this one delivers 38.6%.

In the surrounding community, Franklin County reports that median household income runs about $86,714, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Franklin County's 43 public schools (combined enrollment of about 21,403 students), Maya Angelou Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Columbia River Elementary, roughly 0.6 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Maya Angelou Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Maya Angelou Elementary at 2nd of 8; the average score across the group is 34.4%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Maya Angelou Elementary has shrank 36%, going from 899 students in 2018 to 579 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share rose from 53% to 64%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 17.4:1 in 2018 to 14.2:1 in 2025.

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