Mount Erie Elementary

Mount Erie Elementary, a medium-sized elementary-level community in Anacortes, Washington, operated by Anacortes School District, caters to 327 students, covering grades K through 5.

Mount Erie Elementary is one of 8 schools operated by Anacortes School District, a district that hosts 2,595 students overall.

On demographics, Mount Erie Elementary shows that the largest single group is White, at 75% of enrollment; the rest consists of 13% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 2% Native American. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Mount Erie Elementary has 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.3:1 average. An estimated 47% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is south of Skagit County's rate of about 56%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Mount Erie Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 48.8%; this one delivers 58.5%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Skagit County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $89,263 per year, roughly 30% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Skagit County runs 54 public schools (combined enrollment of about 18,298 students), of which Mount Erie Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Island View Elementary, around 1.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Mount Erie Elementary comes 4th of 5 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 63.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-center area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 14%: 379 students in 2018 compared to 327 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 82% to 75% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 16.7:1 in 2018 to 15.2:1 today.

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