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What's one thing Onalaska Elementary School gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
437
Elementary
DISTRICT 304 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ONALASKA SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530624000941
Onalaska Elementary School
540 Carlisle Ave., Onalaska, WA 98570 · (360) 978-4115 · Lewis County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL437 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.1:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.1:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
231 students
DISTRICT 51% · STATE 51%
Community
1
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 39 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 87 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 57 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 64 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 64 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 59 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 67 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (87) is 30% larger than its 5th grade class (67).
Student demographics
33%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 34% · 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
Based on grade levels within Onalaska School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
46.2%
WA avg 58.4% . -5.3pp since 2014
Math
41.4%
WA avg 51.2% . -21.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 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 5 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 22 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 46.2% | 41.4% |
| 2023-24 | 39.9% | 46.6% |
| 2022-23 | 39.7% | 46.2% |
| 2021-22 | 57.7% | 60.4% |
| 2018-19 | 57.4% | 57.4% |
| 2017-18 | 54.9% | 54.4% |
| 2016-17 | 49.0% | 48.4% |
| 2015-16 | 53.9% | 56.7% |
| 2014-15 | 51.5% | 63.1% |
% 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
47.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.7%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 Onalaska Elementary School
Onalaska Elementary School's state test result (47.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Onalaska Elementary School this school | 437 | 52.9% | 47.2% |
| Robert Gray Elementary Longview | 415 | 50.6% | N/A |
| Arcadia Elementary Deer Park | 455 | 54.1% | 53.2% |
| Toledo Elementary School Toledo | 432 | 48.8% | 43.1% |
| Hallett Elementary School Medical Lake | 496 | 50.0% | 52.6% |
| Deer Park Elementary Deer Park | 400 | 55.8% | 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 Onalaska Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Lewis County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.2% | #481 of 936 | #2 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.4% | #621 of 1,103 ▼ 117 | #4 of 14 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.2% | #592 of 1,102 ▲ 139 | #3 of 14 ▲ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -15.2pp | #8 of 928 | #1 of 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 437 | #494 of 1,268 | #4 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.1:1 | #848 of 1,085 | #8 of 14 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 32.6% | #997 of 1,088 | #11 of 14 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 52.9% | #580 of 1,169 | #11 of 15 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +11.5% | #111 of 257 | N/A |
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
437
+51 (+13%) vs 2020
-31% since 1990-91, when it was 633
Student : Teacher
17.1:1
was 18.4:1
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 | 437 | 25.5 | 17.1:1 | 53% (231) |
| 2023-24 | 413 | 26.4 | 15.7:1 | 59% (245) |
| 2022-23 | 413 | 25.4 | 16.3:1 | 60% (246) |
| 2020-21 | 386 | 21 | 18.4:1 | 58% (224) |
| 2017-18 | 392 | 23.3 | 16.9:1 | 62% (244) |
| 2015-16 | 342 | 20 | 17.1:1 | 66% (227) |
| 2010-11 | 369 | 15 | 24.6:1 | 67% (249) |
| 2000-01 | 560 | 18 | 31.1:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 633 | 32 | 19.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Onalaska Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 11% (392 to 437); teachers up 10% (23.3 to 25.5).
About Onalaska Elementary School
Onalaska Elementary School is one of the public schools in Onalaska, Washington. It is a medium-sized elementary school. The student body numbers 437 students, from pre-K through 5.
Within Onalaska School District, Onalaska Elementary School is one of 3 schools. The district enrolls 913 students.
About 81% of the student body at Onalaska Elementary School is White. Other students are 10% Hispanic and 7% multiracial. The county population is about 82% White, within a few points of the school. Pick two students at random and there is a 33% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school reports 25.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 17.1 students per teacher. For comparison, elementary schools in Washington average 17.3:1. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 53%.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 44.7% for Onalaska Elementary School. The school posts 47.2%, 2.4 points above the prediction.
County data help place the school in context: in Lewis County, the median household income is $74,796, about 22% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. In all, Lewis County has 45 public schools and roughly 12,548 students.
The closest public school to Onalaska Elementary School is Onalaska High School, less than a tenth of a mile away. Onalaska Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with 2 others within five miles. Onalaska Elementary School comes in 3rd of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
For locale, NCES codes Onalaska Elementary School as Rural: Distant.
Federal data show a 13% enrollment gain, from 386 in 2020-21 to 437 in 2024-25. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 17.1:1, from 18.4:1.
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Lewis County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
85,154
Census ACS
Median income
$74,796
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
45
12,548 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Onalaska School District
- Onalaska High SchoolHigh · 281 students
- Onalaska Middle SchoolMiddle · 195 students
Other schools in Onalaska
- Onalaska High SchoolHigh · 281 students
- Onalaska Middle SchoolMiddle · 195 students
Other Onalaska Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Onalaska Elementary. Onalaska Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Onalaska Elementary SchoolONALASKA, TX · 704 students
Nearby schools
- Onalaska High School0.1 mi · 281
- Onalaska Middle School0.1 mi · 195
- Napavine Jr Sr High School8.7 mi · 410
- Napavine Elementary8.8 mi · 411
- Winlock Middle School10.3 mi · 160
- Winlock Senior High10.3 mi · 226
Frequently asked questions
About Onalaska Elementary SchoolHow large is Onalaska Elementary School?
Onalaska Elementary School enrolls approximately 437 students in grades PK-05.
Is Onalaska Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Onalaska Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Onalaska Elementary School have?
Onalaska Elementary School employs 26 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.1:1.
How diverse is Onalaska Elementary School?
Onalaska Elementary School reports a student body of 81% White, 10% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Onalaska Elementary School?
Onalaska Elementary School is overseen by Onalaska School District in Lewis County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.