Enrollment
282
Elementary
DISTRICT 388 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CENTRAL VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530111000197
McDonald Elementary School
1512 S McDonald Rd, Spokane Valley, WA 99216 · (509) 558-5350 · Spokane County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL282 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.0:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
158 students
DISTRICT 47% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 1 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 44 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 41 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 42 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 56 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 46 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 52 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (44) is 15% smaller than its 5th grade class (52).
Student demographics
47%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 39% · 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
68.1%
WA avg 58.4% . +6.8pp since 2014
Math
56.5%
WA avg 51.2% . +2.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 57 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 7 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 68.1% | 56.5% |
| 2023-24 | 58.8% | 50.0% |
| 2022-23 | 55.8% | 47.1% |
| 2021-22 | 40.8% | 32.3% |
| 2018-19 | 62.8% | 61.3% |
| 2017-18 | 60.1% | 51.0% |
| 2016-17 | 58.5% | 57.2% |
| 2015-16 | 51.2% | 55.9% |
| 2014-15 | 61.4% | 54.0% |
% 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
57.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.6%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 43% 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 15 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 McDonald Elementary School
McDonald Elementary School's state test result (57.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| McDonald Elementary School this school | 282 | 56.0% | 57.5% |
| Tenino Elementary School Tenino | 293 | 58.4% | 42.3% |
| South Pines Elementary Spokane Valley | 288 | 60.4% | 50.8% |
| Jefferson Elementary PORT ANGELES | 245 | 59.2% | N/A |
| Balboa Elementary Spokane | 248 | 50.0% | 61.4% |
| Browne Elementary Spokane | 316 | 61.1% | 47.6% |
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 McDonald Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Spokane County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.5% | #300 of 936 | #23 of 82 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.5% | #313 of 1,103 ▲ 120 | #23 of 83 ▲ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.1% | #181 of 1,102 ▲ 140 | #11 of 83 ▲ 10 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +25.8pp | #2 of 928 | #1 of 81 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 282 | #1,004 of 1,268 | #76 of 92 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.9:1 | #58 of 1,085 | #17 of 83 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.0% | #819 of 1,088 | #37 of 83 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 56.0% | #522 of 1,169 | #44 of 86 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.0% | #580 of 778 | #51 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
282
0 (0%) vs 2020
-15% since 1990-91, when it was 332
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
was 12.3:1
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 | 282 | 21.8 | 12.9:1 | 56% (158) |
| 2023-24 | 280 | 21.8 | 12.8:1 | 63% (175) |
| 2022-23 | 300 | 25 | 12.0:1 | 56% (167) |
| 2020-21 | 282 | 23 | 12.3:1 | 49% (138) |
| 2017-18 | 310 | 25 | 12.4:1 | 58% (181) |
| 2015-16 | 361 | 24 | 15.0:1 | 52% (188) |
| 2010-11 | 308 | 17 | 18.1:1 | 54% (167) |
| 2000-01 | 316 | 18 | 17.6:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 332 | 16 | 20.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for McDonald Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (310 to 282); teachers down 13% (25 to 21.8).
About McDonald Elementary School
McDonald Elementary School is a small elementary school in Spokane Valley, Washington. It teaches 282 students in pre-K through 5. Elementary schools in Washington have about 380 students on average; enrollment here is 26% lower.
Central Valley School District enrolls 15,087 students, and its 33 schools include McDonald Elementary School.
More than half of the students at McDonald Elementary School are White (71%). The rest of enrollment is 11% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 4% Black, and 4% Pacific Islander. Census estimates put the White share of Spokane County's population at about 83%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, McDonald Elementary School scores 47%.
There are 21.8 full-time-equivalent teachers at McDonald Elementary School, giving a ratio of 12.9:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Washington is 17.3:1. A total of 158 students, or 56%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
BeatsExpectations places McDonald Elementary School in the top 10% of Washington schools. The measure fits a line through proficiency and free or reduced-price lunch share for each state, and this school sits 14.9 points above it (57.5% actual, 42.6% predicted).
Spokane County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $78,582, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 33%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Spokane County's 187 public schools enroll about 76,588 students and include McDonald Elementary School.
The closest school to McDonald Elementary School is Evergreen Middle School, located about 0.8 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Its average proficiency rate of 57.5% is above the 48.1% average for nearby schools.
Locale data from NCES put McDonald Elementary School inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000 (City: Mid-size).
Compared with 2020-21, when it had 282 students, enrollment in 2024-25 was about the same at 282.
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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 Central Valley School District
- Ridgeline High SchoolHigh · 1,575 students
- University High SchoolHigh · 1,410 students
- Central Valley High SchoolHigh · 1,380 students
- Evergreen Middle SchoolMiddle · 668 students
- Sunrise ElementaryElementary · 644 students
- Greenacres ElementaryElementary · 637 students
Other schools in Spokane Valley
- University High SchoolHigh · 1,410 students
- Central Valley High SchoolHigh · 1,380 students
- East Valley High SchoolHigh · 912 students
- Evergreen Middle SchoolMiddle · 668 students
- Sunrise ElementaryElementary · 644 students
- Greenacres ElementaryElementary · 637 students
Other McDonald Elementary schools
6 other US public schools in 7 states are named McDonald Elementary. McDonald Elementary School is the 5th largest of the 7.
- McDonald Elementary SchoolWarminster, PA · 837 students
- MCDONALD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLSEFFNER, FL · 526 students
- McDonald ElementaryGeorgetown, SC · 389 students
- McDonald Elementary SchoolDEARBORN, MI · 357 students
- MCDONALD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLNORTH PLATTE, NE · 247 students
Nearby schools
- Evergreen Middle School0.8 mi · 668
- South Pines Elementary0.8 mi · 288
- Opportunity Elementary0.9 mi · 631
- Central Valley Virtual Learning High School1.0 mi · 108
- Sunrise Elementary1.1 mi · 644
- Bowdish Middle School1.1 mi · 359
Frequently asked questions
About McDonald Elementary SchoolHow many students attend McDonald Elementary School?
McDonald Elementary School enrolls approximately 282 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does McDonald Elementary School serve?
McDonald Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at McDonald Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at McDonald Elementary School is approximately 12.9:1 (22 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at McDonald Elementary School?
At McDonald Elementary School, the student body is approximately 71% White, 11% Hispanic, 4% Black, 0% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is McDonald Elementary School public or private?
McDonald Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Central Valley School District.
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