Enrollment
327
Elementary
DISTRICT 289 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ANACORTES SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530015000019
Mount Erie Elementary
1313 41st Street, Anacortes, WA 98221 · (360) 503-1500 · Skagit County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL327 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 72% of Washington public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Washington public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.4:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
153 students
DISTRICT 32% · 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
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 51 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 57 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 52 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 57 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 57 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 53 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (51) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (53).
Student demographics
42%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 41% · STATE 68% · US 70%
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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Mount Erie Elementary→Anacortes Middle School
Based on grade levels within Anacortes School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
60.5%
WA avg 58.4% . -6.3pp since 2014
Math
54.8%
WA avg 51.2% . -1.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Washington schools, those numbers are about 58 and 51. Reading and writing scores are down about 6 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 1 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 60.5% | 54.8% |
| 2023-24 | 57.2% | 59.4% |
| 2022-23 | 61.9% | 65.3% |
| 2021-22 | 62.8% | 66.5% |
| 2018-19 | 68.3% | 69.3% |
| 2017-18 | 62.1% | 63.0% |
| 2016-17 | 67.5% | 64.9% |
| 2015-16 | 65.2% | 54.6% |
| 2014-15 | 66.8% | 56.2% |
% 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 · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
58.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.8%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 Mount Erie Elementary
Mount Erie Elementary's state test result (58.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Erie Elementary this school | 327 | 46.8% | 58.5% |
| Beacon Avenue Elementary School Montesano | 333 | 46.5% | N/A |
| Mccleary Elem McCleary | 332 | 45.2% | 42.4% |
| Vaughn Elementary School Vaughn | 326 | 46.0% | 54.0% |
| Harmony Elementary BELLINGHAM | 288 | 46.5% | 43.1% |
| Columbia River Gorge Elementary School Washougal | 340 | 42.6% | N/A |
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 Mount Erie Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Skagit County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.5% | #280 of 936 | #3 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.8% | #346 of 1,103 ▼ 80 | #4 of 24 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.5% | #290 of 1,102 ▲ 59 | #4 of 24 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -7.0pp | #89 of 928 | #6 of 24 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 327 | #873 of 1,268 | #17 of 28 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.2:1 | #393 of 1,085 | #11 of 21 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.0% | #890 of 1,088 | #13 of 21 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 46.8% | #695 of 1,169 | #18 of 24 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.7% | #475 of 778 | #10 of 16 |
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 2024-25Enrollment
327
+31 (+10%) vs 2020
+30% since 1990-91, when it was 251
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
was 14.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 327 | 21.5 | 15.2:1 | 47% (153) |
| 2023-24 | 353 | 22 | 16.1:1 | 43% (152) |
| 2022-23 | 344 | 22 | 15.6:1 | 40% (137) |
| 2020-21 | 296 | 21 | 14.1:1 | 29% (85) |
| 2017-18 | 379 | 22.7 | 16.7:1 | 29% (111) |
| 2015-16 | 480 | 21 | 22.9:1 | 31% (151) |
| 2010-11 | 401 | 19 | 21.1:1 | 24% (98) |
| 2000-01 | 486 | 23 | 21.1:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 251 | 10 | 25.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mount Erie Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (379 to 327); teachers down 5% (22.7 to 21.5).
About Mount Erie Elementary
Mount Erie Elementary serves students in Anacortes, Washington, as a medium-sized elementary school. Its 327 students are spread across kindergarten through 5.
Anacortes School District is the local district for Mount Erie Elementary. It runs 8 schools with 2,595 students.
At 75%, White students outnumber all other groups at Mount Erie Elementary combined. Other students are 13% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 2% Native American. The county population is about 75% White, within a few points of the school. Mount Erie Elementary has a diversity index of 42%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Teachers at Mount Erie Elementary total 21.5 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 15.2:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Washington average 17.3:1. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 47%. It compares with 56% for public schools in Skagit County.
Measured against Washington public elementary schools, Mount Erie Elementary receives a B+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Mount Erie Elementary's average proficiency rate on state tests of 58.5% is 9.7 points above the 48.8% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Across Skagit County, median household income is about $89,263, roughly 30% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. The public schools of Skagit County number 54 and enroll about 18,298.
The school nearest to Mount Erie Elementary is Island View Elementary, at a distance of about 1.0 miles. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Mount Erie Elementary places 4th of 5 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
For locale, NCES codes Mount Erie Elementary as Town: Fringe.
The student count in 2024-25 was 327, 10% above the 296 of 2020-21. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio rose to 15.2:1, from 14.1:1.
Community posts for Mount Erie Elementary can cover sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Skagit County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
131,328
Census ACS
Median income
$89,263
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
54
18,298 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Anacortes School District
- Anacortes High SchoolHigh · 766 students
- Anacortes Middle SchoolMiddle · 617 students
- Island View ElementaryElementary · 453 students
- Fidalgo ElementaryElementary · 339 students
- Cap Sante High SchoolHigh · 50 students
- Whitney Early Childhood Education CenterElementary · 36 students
Other schools in Anacortes
- Anacortes High SchoolHigh · 766 students
- Anacortes Middle SchoolMiddle · 617 students
- Island View ElementaryElementary · 453 students
- Fidalgo ElementaryElementary · 339 students
- Open Doors - Youth Reengagement ProgramHigh · 63 students
- Cap Sante High SchoolHigh · 50 students
Other Mount Erie Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Mount Erie Elementary. Mount Erie Elementary is the largest of the 2.
- Mount Erie Elementary SchoolMount Erie, IL · 67 students
Nearby schools
- Island View Elementary1.0 mi · 453
- Anacortes Middle School1.1 mi · 617
- Anacortes High School1.4 mi · 766
- Cap Sante High School1.4 mi · 50
- Open Doors1.4 mi · 7
- Open Doors - Youth Reengagement Program1.6 mi · 63
Frequently asked questions
About Mount Erie ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Mount Erie Elementary?
Mount Erie Elementary enrolls approximately 327 students in grades KG-05.
Is Mount Erie Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Mount Erie Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Mount Erie Elementary have?
Mount Erie Elementary employs 22 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.2:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Mount Erie Elementary?
At Mount Erie Elementary, the student body is approximately 75% White, 13% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Mount Erie Elementary?
Mount Erie Elementary is overseen by Anacortes School District in Skagit County.
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