Monte Cristo Elementary

Monte Cristo Elementary is an average-sized elementary school in Granite Falls, Washington, operated by Granite Falls School District. The school hosts 502 students in grades 3 through 6. Compared to the state average of about 380 students per school, that is 32% bigger than typical.

Within Granite Falls School District, which oversees 6 schools and 2,355 students, Monte Cristo Elementary is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Monte Cristo Elementary records that 76% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 15% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 64% White, putting the school's mix considerably more White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 44% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Monte Cristo Elementary sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 50.9%; actual is 34.3%, a gap of -16.6 points.

In the surrounding community, census data for Snohomish County shows the typical household earns roughly $111,246 per year, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Snohomish County's 227 public schools (combined enrollment of about 118,688 students), Monte Cristo Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Granite Falls High School, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 5 other public schools. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Monte Cristo Elementary ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 50.5%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Monte Cristo Elementary has climbed 9%, going from 461 students in 2018 to 502 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 80% to 76%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 18.2:1 in 2018 to 16.1:1 today.

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