Enrollment
322
Elementary
DISTRICT 329 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OLYMPIA SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530618001210
McKenny Elementary
3250 MORSE MERRYMAN RD SE, OLYMPIA, WA 98501 · (360) 596-8400 · Thurston County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL322 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.9:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.0:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
30%
96 students
DISTRICT 35% · 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 | 50 | 16% |
| Kindergarten | 41 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 44 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 46 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 53 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 47 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 41 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (41) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (41).
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · 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
60.0%
WA avg 58.4% . -5.8pp since 2014
Math
55.0%
WA avg 51.2% . -14.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 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 6 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 15 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 60.0% | 55.0% |
| 2023-24 | 59.7% | 64.2% |
| 2022-23 | 64.7% | 63.4% |
| 2021-22 | 63.8% | 60.9% |
| 2018-19 | 70.6% | 63.9% |
| 2017-18 | 65.5% | 64.6% |
| 2016-17 | 68.8% | 68.5% |
| 2015-16 | 71.7% | 71.2% |
| 2014-15 | 65.8% | 69.6% |
% 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
61.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.2%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% 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 McKenny Elementary
McKenny Elementary's state test result (61.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| McKenny Elementary this school | 322 | 29.8% | 61.9% |
| Arrowhead Elementary Kenmore | 332 | 31.6% | 72.0% |
| Illahee Elementary School Camas | 367 | 27.2% | N/A |
| Grass Lake Elementary School Kent | 337 | 34.4% | 64.0% |
| Helen Keller Elementary Kirkland | 300 | 31.3% | 55.5% |
| Terrace Park Elementary MTLK TERRACE | 295 | 30.8% | 57.8% |
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 McKenny Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Thurston County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.9% | #232 of 936 | #4 of 39 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.0% | #341 of 1,103 ▼ 147 | #7 of 39 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.0% | #304 of 1,102 ▲ 5 | #8 of 39 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -4.8pp | #152 of 928 | #9 of 39 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 322 | #890 of 1,268 | #34 of 43 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.9:1 | #797 of 1,085 | #25 of 40 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.9% | #383 of 1,088 | #14 of 39 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 29.8% | #936 of 1,169 | #39 of 43 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.4% | #450 of 778 | #13 of 27 |
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
322
-20 (-6%) vs 2020
-23% since 2000-01, when it was 420
Student : Teacher
16.9:1
was 14.9:1
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 | 322 | 19 | 16.9:1 | 30% (96) |
| 2023-24 | 332 | 17.8 | 18.6:1 | 30% (101) |
| 2022-23 | 393 | 23.9 | 16.4:1 | 31% (121) |
| 2020-21 | 342 | 23 | 14.9:1 | 26% (89) |
| 2017-18 | 376 | 21 | 17.9:1 | 33% (123) |
| 2015-16 | 364 | 18 | 20.2:1 | 32% (118) |
| 2010-11 | 382 | 21 | 18.2:1 | 27% (102) |
| 2000-01 | 420 | 21 | 20.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for McKenny Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (376 to 322); teachers down 9% (21 to 19).
About McKenny Elementary
This page covers McKenny Elementary, a low-enrollment elementary school in OLYMPIA, Washington. It has an enrollment of 322 students in pre-K through 5.
Olympia School District runs McKenny Elementary along with 19 other schools, enrolling 9,386 students in total.
No group is above 50% at McKenny Elementary; the largest is White, at 49%. After that, the student body is 19% Hispanic, 13% multiracial, and 10% Asian. Among all residents of Thurston County, the White share is about 72%. The diversity index for McKenny Elementary is 66%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
McKenny Elementary has 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 16.9:1. The average for elementary schools in Washington is about 17.3:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 30%. For comparison, public schools in Thurston County average 43%.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 60.2% at McKenny Elementary; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 61.9%.
Census data for Thurston County show median household income comes to about $96,563, about 39% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. There are 86 public schools in the county, enrolling about 44,412, McKenny Elementary among them.
Washington Middle School sits about 0.6 miles from McKenny Elementary. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 7 nearby schools with scores, including this one, McKenny Elementary is 3rd on average proficiency.
Federal data place McKenny Elementary in the City: Small locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
The school's enrollment decreased 6% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio increased to 16.9:1, from 14.9:1.
Anyone can start a thread about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures at McKenny Elementary. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Thurston County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
299,067
Census ACS
Median income
$96,563
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
86
44,412 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Olympia School District
- Olympia High SchoolHigh · 1,901 students
- Capital High SchoolHigh · 1,322 students
- Washington Middle SchoolMiddle · 702 students
- Thurgood Marshall Middle SchoolMiddle · 469 students
- Jefferson Middle SchoolMiddle · 462 students
- Centennial ElementaryElementary · 434 students
Other schools in OLYMPIA
- Olympia High SchoolHigh · 1,901 students
- Capital High SchoolHigh · 1,322 students
- Washington Middle SchoolMiddle · 702 students
- Griffin SchoolElementary · 585 students
- East Olympia ElementaryElementary · 579 students
- Thurgood Marshall Middle SchoolMiddle · 469 students
Nearby schools
- Washington Middle School0.6 mi · 702
- Centennial Elementary1.0 mi · 434
- Pioneer Elementary School1.1 mi · 384
- Olympia High School1.3 mi · 1,901
- Olympia Regional Learning Academy1.4 mi · 345
- Komachin Middle School1.6 mi · 640
Frequently asked questions
About McKenny ElementaryHow large is McKenny Elementary?
McKenny Elementary enrolls approximately 322 students in grades PK-05.
Is McKenny Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
McKenny Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at McKenny Elementary?
Approximately 16.9:1 students per teacher at McKenny Elementary.
How diverse is McKenny Elementary?
McKenny Elementary reports a student body of 49% White, 19% Hispanic, 2% Black, 10% Asian, 13% Two or more.
What district is McKenny Elementary in?
McKenny Elementary is part of Olympia School District.
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