McLane Elementary School

McLane Elementary School operates as a reasonably sized K-5 school in OLYMPIA, Washington, overseen by Olympia School District. Current enrollment sits at 407 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.

Olympia School District runs 20 schools in total, collectively educating 9,386 students. McLane Elementary School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, McLane Elementary School records that the largest single group is White, at 59% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school shows 18% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 8% Asian, 3% Black. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 72%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, McLane Elementary School has 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.3:1 average. Roughly 41% of students at McLane Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, McLane Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 52.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 43.2%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Thurston County) shows that median household earnings sit near $96,563, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Thurston County runs 86 public schools (combined enrollment of about 44,412 students), of which McLane Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Julia Butler Hansen Elementary, roughly 1.7 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), McLane Elementary School ranks 7th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 48.5%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Over the past 7-year window. McLane Elementary School's enrollment has climbed 30% since 2018, when it stood at 312 (now 407). The Hispanic share of enrollment climbed from 11% to 18% over that span.

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