Minnehaha Elementary School

Minnehaha Elementary School, an average-sized primary school in VANCOUVER, Washington, one of the schools within Vancouver School District, teaches 474 students, covering grades K through 5. By comparison, Washington's public schools average about 380 students each, so Minnehaha Elementary School sits 25% bigger than that benchmark.

Across the 43 schools in Vancouver School District (21,783 students total), Minnehaha Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Minnehaha Elementary School shows that the largest single group is White, at 58% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school shows 18% Hispanic, 14% multiracial, 4% Black, 4% Asian. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 75%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.8:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 63% of students at Minnehaha Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Clark County runs at roughly 43%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Clark County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $97,536 per year, roughly 33% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Clark County's 151 public schools (combined enrollment of about 74,406 students), Minnehaha Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Harry S Truman Elementary School, roughly 0.9 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 11%: 531 students in 2018 compared to 474 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share fell from 22% to 18%.

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