Napavine Elementary
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 15 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 53 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 47 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 60 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 58 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 56 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 61 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 61 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (53) is 13% smaller than its 6th grade class (61).
School pathway
Test scores
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardWhat this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 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 10 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 18 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 41.6% | 36.9% |
| 2023-24 | 44.2% | 50.2% |
| 2022-23 | 41.9% | 41.0% |
| 2021-22 | 45.7% | 47.1% |
| 2018-19 | 58.7% | 55.8% |
| 2017-18 | 66.4% | 57.7% |
| 2016-17 | 53.3% | 53.5% |
| 2015-16 | 61.4% | 59.3% |
| 2014-15 | 51.9% | 54.6% |
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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%.
Schools most like Napavine Elementary
Napavine Elementary's state test result (44.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Napavine Elementary this school | 411 | 45.0% | 44.6% |
| Eatonville Elementary School Eatonville | 406 | 44.1% | 47.5% |
| Simpson Avenue Elementary Montesano | 402 | 41.3% | 57.6% |
| Elger Bay Elementary CAMANO ISLAND | 376 | 41.2% | 41.7% |
| Burley Glenwood Elementary PORT ORCHARD | 452 | 42.0% | 53.5% |
| North Fork Elementary School Woodland | 473 | 41.4% | N/A |
Where Napavine Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Lewis County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.6% | #526 of 936 | #4 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.9% | #731 of 1,103 ▼ 300 | #7 of 14 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.6% | #701 of 1,102 ▼ 76 | #6 of 14 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -7.1pp | #87 of 928 | #2 of 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 411 | #597 of 1,268 | #7 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.0:1 | #589 of 1,085 | #5 of 14 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.9% | #902 of 1,088 | #8 of 14 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 45.0% | #722 of 1,169 | #14 of 15 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.5% | #569 of 778 | N/A |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 411 | 25.7 | 16.0:1 | 45% (185) |
| 2023-24 | 396 | 24.4 | 16.2:1 | 48% (191) |
| 2022-23 | 389 | 26.5 | 14.7:1 | 50% (193) |
| 2020-21 | 394 | 28 | 14.1:1 | 43% (168) |
| 2017-18 | 454 | 25.6 | 17.7:1 | 49% (223) |
| 2015-16 | 424 | 25 | 17.0:1 | 55% (235) |
| 2010-11 | 434 | 23 | 18.9:1 | 48% (208) |
| 2000-01 | 371 | 20 | 18.6:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 328 | 17 | 19.3:1 | N/A |
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (454 to 411); teachers unchanged (25.6 to 25.7).
About Napavine Elementary
Napavine Elementary is an elementary school in Napavine, Washington, reachable at (360) 262-3345. A federal count lists 411 students at the school, in pre-K through 6.
Napavine School District serves 821 students across 2 schools.
At 75%, White students outnumber all other groups at Napavine Elementary combined. Other students are 16% Hispanic and 7% multiracial. Napavine Elementary has a diversity index of 41%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Napavine Elementary counts 25.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 16.0 students for each one. The 17.3:1 average for elementary schools in Washington is higher than this school's figure. About 45% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. On average, public schools in Lewis County report 57%.
Test results at Napavine Elementary are 5.4 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (44.6% actual, 50.0% predicted).
Across Lewis County, median household income is about $74,796, roughly 22% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. The public schools of Lewis County number 45 and enroll about 12,548.
Napavine Jr Sr High School is the closest public school, about 0.1 miles away in a straight line. There are 5 more public schools inside five miles. Of the 6 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Napavine Elementary is 4th on average proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Town: Distant, meaning it is in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
Napavine Elementary had 394 students in 2020-21 and 411 in 2024-25, a 4% increase. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 14.1:1 to 16.0:1.
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