Opportunity Elementary

As an expansive elementary-level community in Spokane Valley, Washington, Opportunity Elementary works with 631 students from grades pre-K through 5, part of Central Valley School District. That puts it 66% larger than the typical public school in Washington, which averages around 380 students.

Within Central Valley School District, which oversees 33 schools and 15,087 students, Opportunity Elementary is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Opportunity Elementary logs that 66% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school logs 15% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 5% Black. The wider county runs roughly 83% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.3:1, putting Opportunity Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 74% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Spokane County runs at roughly 52%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Opportunity Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 30.6%; this one delivers 39.7%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Spokane County put the typical household earns roughly $78,582 per year, 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Opportunity Elementary is one of 187 public schools in Spokane County (combined enrollment of about 76,588 students).

The closest other public school is Bowdish Middle School, roughly 0.7 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Opportunity Elementary comes 5th of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 52.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Opportunity Elementary has increased 15%, going from 551 students in 2018 to 631 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 76% to 66% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 13.2:1 in 2018 to 14.8:1 today.

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