Nine Mile Falls Elementary

Nine Mile Falls Elementary, a tiny K-5 school in Nine Mile Falls, Washington, run under Nine Mile Falls School District, hosts 136 students, covering grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 380 students per school, that is 64% leaner than typical.

Across the 6 schools in Nine Mile Falls School District (1,440 students total), Nine Mile Falls Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Nine Mile Falls Elementary reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (86%). Beyond that, the school lists 9% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. Compared to Spokane County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.0:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 29% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably below Spokane County's rate of about 52%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Nine Mile Falls Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 60.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 55.8%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Spokane County shows median household income runs about $78,582, about 33% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Spokane County's 187 public schools (combined enrollment of about 76,588 students), Nine Mile Falls Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nine Mile Family Partnership Program is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Nine Mile Falls Elementary comes 4th of 7 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 58.4%.

Nine Mile Falls Elementary operates from an outlying location.

Looking at the recent track record. Nine Mile Falls Elementary's enrollment has contracted 7% since 2018, when it stood at 146 (now 136).

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