Morris Schott Elementary

Morris Schott Elementary is a primary school of tight-knit scale in Mattawa, Washington, run under Wahluke School District, enrolling 317 students in grades 4 through 5.

Wahluke School District comprises 8 schools with combined enrollment of 2,455 students; Morris Schott Elementary is among them.

Looking at the student body, Morris Schott Elementary reports that 98% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 44%.

On the resource side, Morris Schott Elementary records 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.3:1, putting Morris Schott Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 92% of students at Morris Schott Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Grant County (around 69%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Morris Schott Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 18.2%; this one delivers 17.3%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Grant County indicate median household income runs about $73,267, roughly 18% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. Morris Schott Elementary is one of 61 public schools in Grant County (combined enrollment of about 20,494 students).

Nearest neighbor: Mattawa Elementary Pre-School, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 7 other public schools cluster around Morris Schott Elementary. On composite proficiency, Morris Schott Elementary comes 5th of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 23.8%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 17%: 272 students in 2018 compared to 317 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 15.9:1 in 2018 to 18.0:1 today.

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