Enrollment
45
Elementary
STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ONION CREEK SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530627000943
Onion Creek Elementary
2006 Lotze Creek Rd, Colville, WA 99114 · (509) 732-4240 · Stevens County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL45 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 66% 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.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+Three-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
10.1:1
4 FTE teachers
STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
71%
32 students
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 5 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 6 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 5 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 4 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 3 | 7% |
| Grade 4 | 8 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 3 | 7% |
| Grade 6 | 5 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 1 | 2% |
| Grade 8 | 5 | 11% |
Student demographics
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
Test scores
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
60.0%
WA avg 58.4% . +32.7pp since 2014
Math
26.7%
WA avg 51.2% . +0.6pp 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 27 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Washington schools, those numbers are about 58 and 51. Reading and writing scores are up about 33 points since 2014, while math scores have held steady.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 60.0% | 26.7% |
| 2023-24 | 64.0% | 44.0% |
| 2022-23 | 52.2% | 30.4% |
| 2021-22 | 58.6% | 41.4% |
| 2018-19 | 65.0% | 50.0% |
| 2017-18 | 43.8% | 31.3% |
| 2016-17 | 50.0% | 40.9% |
| 2015-16 | 38.5% | 30.8% |
| 2014-15 | 27.3% | 26.1% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of WA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
48.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.5%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 32% typical for Washington schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 16 points, placing it in Washington's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Where Onion Creek Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Stevens County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 45 | #1,217 of 1,268 | #13 of 15 |
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
45
+2 (+5%) vs 2020
+36% since 1990-91, when it was 33
Student : Teacher
10.1:1
was 10.8:1
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 | 45 | 4.5 | 10.1:1 | 71% (32) |
| 2023-24 | 44 | 4 | 11.0:1 | 73% (32) |
| 2022-23 | 46 | 4 | 11.5:1 | 80% (37) |
| 2020-21 | 43 | 4 | 10.8:1 | 56% (24) |
| 2017-18 | 31 | 3.1 | 10.1:1 | 84% (26) |
| 2015-16 | 40 | 3 | 13.3:1 | 85% (34) |
| 2010-11 | 50 | 3 | 16.7:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2000-01 | 53 | 4 | 13.3:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 33 | 3 | 11.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Onion Creek Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 45% (31 to 45); teachers up 46% (3.1 to 4.5).
About Onion Creek Elementary
Onion Creek Elementary is a very small elementary school in Colville, Washington, one of the schools in Onion Creek School District. The school serves pre-K through 8. Enrollment is 45 students. That is 88% below the average of about 380 students for elementary schools in Washington.
Onion Creek Elementary falls under Onion Creek School District.
White students are 82% of those enrolled at Onion Creek Elementary. Next come 9% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 2% Native American. That is in line with Stevens County, where about 85% of residents are White.
Teacher count: 4.5 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 10.1:1. Across elementary schools in Washington, the average ratio is 17.3:1. Roughly 71% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 55% average for public schools in Stevens County, the school's rate is higher.
Among Washington public elementary schools, Onion Creek Elementary outscored 66%, which works out to a B+ on the allk12 Grade.
On BeatsExpectations, which compares test results with what a school's student poverty level would predict, Onion Creek Elementary ranks in the top 10% in Washington. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 48.7%, against a prediction of 32.5%.
For Stevens County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $69,327 a year, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Counting Onion Creek Elementary, Stevens County has 41 public schools.
Northport High School, about 8.9 miles away, is the closest public school. Other public schools within ten miles number 3. On average proficiency, Onion Creek Elementary is 4th of 6 nearby schools with test data.
Onion Creek Elementary falls in the Rural: Remote locale category, used for schools in rural territory far from an urban area.
Enrollment increased 5% over 4 years, reaching 45 in 2024-25.
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Stevens County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
48,067
Census ACS
Median income
$69,327
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
41
7,726 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Colville
- Colville Senior High SchoolHigh · 506 students
- Hofstetter ElementaryElementary · 407 students
- Colville Junior High SchoolMiddle · 401 students
- Fort Colville ElementaryElementary · 355 students
- Panorama SchoolCombined · 68 students
- Colville Fish HatcheryHigh
Nearby schools
- Northport High School8.9 mi · 58
- Northport Elementary School8.9 mi · 105
- Northport Homelink Program8.9 mi · 22
- Kettle Falls Elementary School16.5 mi · 242
- Hofstetter Elementary16.6 mi · 407
- Kettle Falls Early Learning Center16.6 mi · 20
Frequently asked questions
About Onion Creek ElementaryHow large is Onion Creek Elementary?
Onion Creek Elementary enrolls approximately 45 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Onion Creek Elementary serve?
Onion Creek Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Onion Creek Elementary?
Approximately 10.1:1 students per teacher at Onion Creek Elementary.
How diverse is Onion Creek Elementary?
Onion Creek Elementary reports a student body of 82% White, 9% Hispanic, 7% Two or more.
Is Onion Creek Elementary public or private?
Onion Creek Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Onion Creek School District.
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