Midway Elementary

Midway Elementary is one of the medium-sized K-5 schools in COLBERT, Washington, one of the schools within Mead School District, with 418 students on its rolls from grades K through 5.

Mead School District runs 17 schools in total, collectively educating 10,657 students. Midway Elementary is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Midway Elementary shows that White students make up the majority at 79%. Beyond that, the school records 11% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 2% Asian. That composition is broadly in line with Spokane County as a whole.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.4:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 28% of students at Midway Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Spokane County runs at roughly 52%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Midway Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 61.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 70.2%.

Zooming out to the county, Spokane County reports that the typical household earns roughly $78,582 per year, 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Spokane County's 187 public schools (combined enrollment of about 76,588 students), Midway Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Meadow Ridge Elementary, roughly 1.9 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Midway Elementary comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 54.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Midway Elementary has decreased 31%, going from 604 students in 2018 to 418 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 86% to 79% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 20.4:1 in 2018 to 17.4:1 in 2025.

On allk12, the feed for Midway Elementary typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.