Enrollment
136
Elementary
DISTRICT 216 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NINE MILE FALLS SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530564000837
Nine Mile Falls Elementary
10102 W. Charles Rd, Nine Mile Falls, WA 99026 · (509) 340-4010 · Spokane County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL136 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 52% of Washington public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-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
17.0:1
8 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.9:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
29%
40 students
DISTRICT 31% · 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 | 33 | 24% |
| Grade 1 | 12 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 22 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 17 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 27 | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 25 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (33) is 32% larger than its 5th grade class (25).
Student demographics
25%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 27% · 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
Nine Mile Falls Elementary→Lakeside Middle School
Based on grade levels within Nine Mile Falls School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
59.4%
WA avg 58.4% . -10.5pp since 2014
Math
58.0%
WA avg 51.2% . -5.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 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 6 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 59.4% | 58.0% |
| 2023-24 | 56.5% | 58.0% |
| 2022-23 | 62.2% | 47.6% |
| 2021-22 | 48.0% | 44.2% |
| 2018-19 | 59.5% | 53.2% |
| 2017-18 | 57.3% | 62.7% |
| 2016-17 | 57.1% | 58.4% |
| 2015-16 | 70.4% | 60.5% |
| 2014-15 | 69.9% | 63.9% |
% 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
55.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.5%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% 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 Nine Mile Falls Elementary
Nine Mile Falls Elementary's state test result (55.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nine Mile Falls Elementary this school | 136 | 29.4% | 55.8% |
| Green Mountain School WOODLAND | 163 | 23.9% | N/A |
| Carbonado Historical School 19 Carbonado | 176 | 34.7% | 64.3% |
| Almira Elementary School ALMIRA | 129 | 40.3% | 60.9% |
| Columbia Elementary School Bellingham | 187 | 24.6% | 62.4% |
| North Kitsap Options Kingston | 87 | 34.5% | 57.1% |
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 Nine Mile Falls Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Spokane County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.8% | #327 of 936 | #27 of 82 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.0% | #293 of 1,103 ▼ 5 | #20 of 83 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.4% | #315 of 1,102 ▲ 50 | #22 of 83 ▲ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +12.6pp | #47 of 928 | #8 of 81 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 136 | #1,140 of 1,268 | #86 of 92 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 29.4% | #945 of 1,169 | #77 of 86 |
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
136
+19 (+16%) vs 2020
-60% since 1990-91, when it was 337
Student : Teacher
17.0:1
was 14.6:1
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 | 136 | 8 | 17.0:1 | 29% (40) |
| 2023-24 | 122 | 8.8 | 13.9:1 | 36% (44) |
| 2022-23 | 149 | 8.8 | 16.9:1 | 33% (49) |
| 2020-21 | 117 | 8 | 14.6:1 | 23% (27) |
| 2017-18 | 146 | 8.2 | 17.8:1 | 23% (33) |
| 2015-16 | 142 | 8 | 17.8:1 | 18% (26) |
| 2010-11 | 194 | 10 | 19.4:1 | 19% (37) |
| 2000-01 | 150 | 7 | 21.4:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 337 | 15 | 22.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Nine Mile Falls Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (146 to 136); teachers down 3% (8.2 to 8).
About Nine Mile Falls Elementary
As a small elementary school, Nine Mile Falls Elementary serves students in Nine Mile Falls, Washington. The school serves 136 students in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25. The average among elementary schools in Washington is roughly 380 students; this school is 64% smaller than that.
Nine Mile Falls Elementary is part of a district of 6 schools: Nine Mile Falls School District, with 1,440 students.
Nine Mile Falls Elementary's enrollment is 86% White. The remaining shares are 9% multiracial and 4% Hispanic. County-wide, about 83% of residents are White. Nine Mile Falls Elementary's diversity index is 25%, against a US figure of 70%.
Its 8 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 17.0:1. That matches the 17.3:1 average for elementary schools in Washington fairly closely. The school's lunch program data list 29% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That rate is below the 52% average among public schools in Spokane County.
Measured against Washington public elementary schools, Nine Mile Falls 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.
Compared with Washington schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Nine Mile Falls Elementary's results are 4.7 points below predicted: 55.8% against 60.5%.
Among Spokane County residents, the median household income is $78,582, about 33% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Besides Nine Mile Falls Elementary, Spokane County has 186 other public schools.
The nearest public school is Nine Mile Family Partnership Program, at less than a tenth of a mile. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 58.4% proficiency; Nine Mile Falls Elementary posts 55.8%.
Its NCES locale code is Rural: Fringe: the school is in rural territory close to an urban area.
Enrollment has grown by 19 students since 2020-21, to 136. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio rose from 14.6:1 to 17.0:1.
Threads on this page can be about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Spokane County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
549,056
Census ACS
Median income
$78,582
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
187
76,588 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Nine Mile Falls School District
- Lakeside High SchoolHigh · 494 students
- Lake Spokane ElementaryElementary · 461 students
- Lakeside Middle SchoolMiddle · 293 students
- Nine Mile Family Partnership ProgramElementary · 51 students
- Re-Engagement School (Nine Mile Falls)High · 5 students
Other schools in Nine Mile Falls
- Lakeside High SchoolHigh · 494 students
- Lake Spokane ElementaryElementary · 461 students
- Lakeside Middle SchoolMiddle · 293 students
- Nine Mile Family Partnership ProgramElementary · 51 students
- Re-Engagement School (Nine Mile Falls)High · 5 students
Nearby schools
- Nine Mile Family Partnership Program0.0 mi · 51
- Re-Engagement School (Nine Mile Falls)2.0 mi · 5
- Lakeside High School2.0 mi · 494
- Lake Spokane Elementary3.0 mi · 461
- Woodridge Elementary4.0 mi · 369
- Lakeside Middle School4.1 mi · 293
Frequently asked questions
About Nine Mile Falls ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Nine Mile Falls Elementary?
Nine Mile Falls Elementary enrolls approximately 136 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Nine Mile Falls Elementary serve?
Nine Mile Falls Elementary serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Nine Mile Falls Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Nine Mile Falls Elementary is approximately 17.0:1 (8 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Nine Mile Falls Elementary?
At Nine Mile Falls Elementary, the student body is approximately 86% White, 4% Hispanic, 1% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is Nine Mile Falls Elementary in?
Nine Mile Falls Elementary is part of Nine Mile Falls School District.
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