Mill Plain Elementary School
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 1 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 49 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 67 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 51 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 63 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 55 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 68 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (49) is 28% smaller than its 5th grade class (68).
Test scores
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2022-23 . % Met or Exceeded StandardWhat this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Washington schools, those numbers are about 49 and 39. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 7 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | 40.6% | 35.0% |
| 2021-22 | 38.8% | 33.6% |
| 2018-19 | 47.7% | 41.5% |
| 2017-18 | 54.4% | 45.3% |
| 2016-17 | 61.3% | 59.1% |
| 2015-16 | 58.4% | 58.6% |
| 2014-15 | 44.6% | 41.8% |
Schools most like Mill Plain Elementary School
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mill Plain Elementary School this school | 354 | 59.6% | N/A |
| Stewart Elementary Puyallup | 343 | 58.9% | 40.8% |
| Marshall Elementary Marysville | 331 | 58.9% | 25.8% |
| Birchwood Elementary School Bellingham | 335 | 58.5% | 31.8% |
| Orchards Elementary School Vancouver | 433 | 59.6% | N/A |
| Hazel Dell Elementary School VANCOUVER | 370 | 65.4% | N/A |
Where Mill Plain Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Clark County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.0% | #775 of 1,103 ▲ 8 | #41 of 64 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.6% | #732 of 1,102 ▲ 36 | #40 of 64 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 354 | #791 of 1,268 | #48 of 71 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.5:1 | #100 of 1,085 | #3 of 65 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.9% | #254 of 1,088 | #3 of 66 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 59.6% | #454 of 1,169 | #19 of 69 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.6% | #186 of 778 | #18 of 50 |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 354 | 26.3 | 13.5:1 | 60% (211) |
| 2023-24 | 383 | 27.6 | 13.9:1 | 69% (265) |
| 2022-23 | 284 | 23 | 12.3:1 | 70% (200) |
| 2020-21 | 379 | 29 | 13.1:1 | 61% (231) |
| 2017-18 | 476 | 30.4 | 15.7:1 | 59% (279) |
| 2015-16 | 497 | 32 | 15.5:1 | 63% (314) |
| 2010-11 | 478 | 29 | 16.5:1 | 62% (298) |
| 2000-01 | 704 | 37 | 19.0:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 722 | 31 | 23.3:1 | N/A |
Since 2017-18: students down 26% (476 to 354); teachers down 14% (30.4 to 26.3).
About Mill Plain Elementary School
Mill Plain Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school that serves part of Vancouver, Washington. Total enrollment is 354 students, and the grades served are pre-K through 5.
The district, Evergreen School District (Clark), has 21,603 students enrolled across 39 schools.
The largest group at Mill Plain Elementary School is White students, at 37%. Smaller groups are 36% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 10% Pacific Islander, and 4% Asian. For comparison, the population of Clark County is roughly 75% White. The diversity index for Mill Plain Elementary School is 71%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Mill Plain Elementary School reports a ratio of 13.5 students per teacher, from 26.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. The gap from the 17.3:1 average for elementary schools in Washington is 3.8 students per teacher. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Mill Plain Elementary School, 60% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 17 points above the 43% average for public schools in Clark County.
Census data for Clark County show median household income comes to about $97,536, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 33%, and about 6% of people live in poverty. There are 151 public schools in the county, enrolling about 74,406, Mill Plain Elementary School among them.
Mountain View High School sits about 0.7 miles from Mill Plain Elementary School. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools.
The NCES locale for Mill Plain Elementary School is City: Mid-size, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
A 7% decline took enrollment from 379 in 2020-21 to 354 in 2024-25.
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