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Monument Elementary

1400 13th Avenue SW, QUINCY, WA 98848 · (509) 787-9826 · Grant County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL289 STUDENTS
Enrollment
289
Elementary
DISTRICT 282 · STATE 380
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
74%
213 students
DISTRICT 78% · STATE 51%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.

Enrollment by grade, 2024-25

GradeStudentsShare
Kindergarten5820%
Grade 14215%
Grade 26121%
Grade 34315%
Grade 44415%
Grade 54114%

This year's kindergarten class (58) is 41% larger than its 5th grade class (41).

Student demographics
27%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 21% · STATE 68% · US 70%
White
4516%
DISTRICT 11% · STATE 47% · US 43%
Hispanic
24384%
DISTRICT 88% · STATE 27% · US 30%
Two+
10%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 9% · US 5%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Male
14651%
Female
14349%

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Test scores

Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded Standard
English Language Arts
30.3%
WA avg 58.4% . +3.3pp since 2014
Math
23.5%
WA avg 51.2% . -5.3pp since 2014

What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Washington schools, those numbers are about 58 and 51. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 5 points.

Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2530.3%23.5%
2023-2429.8%21.4%
2022-2328.8%25.0%
2021-2232.1%15.0%
2018-1932.4%37.5%
2017-1829.5%37.1%
2016-1725.3%33.2%
2015-1625.2%34.0%
2014-1526.9%28.8%
% Met or Exceeded Standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Smarter Balanced + WCAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →

BeatsExpectations

Demographically-adjusted score · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
25.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.8%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.9pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 31% typical for Washington schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Washington's top nor bottom 10%.

BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →

Schools most like Monument Elementary

Monument Elementary's state test result (25.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 3 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Monument Elementary this school28973.7%25.9%
West View Elementary
BURLINGTON
35375.6%28.4%
Rock Island Elementary
Rock Island
28872.9%N/A
Whitstran Elementary
Prosser
26178.5%N/A
Ancient Lakes Elementary
Quincy
38577.4%24.2%
Basin City Elem
Mesa
33079.4%34.2%
Matched among Washington elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.

Where Monument Elementary ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn WashingtonIn Grant County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
25.9%#863 of 936#16 of 24
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
23.5%#986 of 1,103
▲ 22
#16 of 24
no change
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
30.3%#939 of 1,102
▲ 3
#12 of 24
▲ 2
3-year test score change
ranked biggest gain first
+3.3pp#359 of 928#10 of 23
Enrollment
ranked largest first
289#981 of 1,268#18 of 28
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
14.4:1#219 of 1,085#2 of 22
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
26.9%#1,021 of 1,088#18 of 22
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
73.7%#200 of 1,169#14 of 24
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-56.6%#2 of 778#1 of 19
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.

4-year change

SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25
Enrollment
289
+27 (+10%) vs 2020
-22% since 2000-01, when it was 369
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
was 16.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-252892014.4:174% (213)
2023-242952114.1:172% (213)
2022-2326320.113.1:173% (191)
2020-212621616.4:168% (179)
2017-1866636.418.3:188% (587)
2015-166123517.5:189% (543)
2010-116113119.7:188% (536)
2000-013691919.4:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Monument Elementary.

Since 2017-18: students down 57% (666 to 289); teachers down 45% (36.4 to 20).

About Monument Elementary

Monument Elementary is a small elementary school in Washington, located in QUINCY. Enrollment totals 289 students across kindergarten through 5. The school is 24% below the average for elementary schools in Washington.

Monument Elementary falls under Quincy School District, which has 9 schools enrolling 3,162 students.

At Monument Elementary, 84% of students are Hispanic. It is also 16% White. For comparison, the population of Grant County is roughly 44% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Monument Elementary scores 27%.

The school had 20 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 14.4:1. Across elementary schools in Washington, the average ratio is 17.3:1. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 74%.

Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Monument Elementary would be expected to post about 30.8%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 25.9%.

The school is in Grant County, where the median household earns about $73,267 a year, about 18% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 12% of residents are in poverty. Across Grant County, 61 public schools serve about 20,494 students.

Measured in a straight line, Quincy Innovation Academy Big Picture is about 0.2 miles from Monument Elementary. Other public schools within five miles: 7. The nearest schools with test data average 25.6%, lower than Monument Elementary's 25.9%.

Its NCES locale code is Town: Distant: the school is in a town some distance from an urbanized area.

In 2024-25, the school enrolled 289, up from 262 in 2020-21. The number of students per teacher dropped from 16.4 to 14.4 over 4 years.

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Grant County at a glance

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Population
101,799
Census ACS
Median income
$73,267
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
61
20,494 students

Quick facts

School name
Monument Elementary
District
Quincy School District
Address
1400 13th Avenue SW, QUINCY, WA 98848
Phone
(509) 787-9826
County
Grant County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
KG–05
Total enrollment
289
Teachers (FTE)
20
Student–teacher ratio
14.4:1
Free and reduced lunch
213 (74%)
Locale
32-Town: Distant
NCES ID
530708002714
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Other Monument Elementary schools

One other US public school is named Monument Elementary. Monument Elementary is the largest of the 2.

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Frequently asked questions

About Monument Elementary
How many students attend Monument Elementary?
Monument Elementary enrolls approximately 289 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Monument Elementary serve?
Monument Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Monument Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Monument Elementary is approximately 14.4:1 (20 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Monument Elementary?
At Monument Elementary, the student body is approximately 16% White, 84% Hispanic, 0% Two or more.
What district is Monument Elementary in?
Monument Elementary is part of Quincy School District.
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