Enrollment
160
Elementary
DISTRICT 63 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ORCAS ISLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530630000944
Orcas Island Elementary School
611 SCHOOL RD, EASTSOUND, WA 98245 · (206) 376-2286 · San Juan County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL160 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 31% 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.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-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
13.7:1
12 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.8:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
64 students
DISTRICT 37% · 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 | 19 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 29 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 26 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 28 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 29 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 29 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (19) is 34% smaller than its 5th grade class (29).
Student demographics
47%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · 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
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Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
56.5%
WA avg 58.4% . +1.6pp since 2014
Math
49.4%
WA avg 51.2% . +0.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 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 2 points since 2014, while math scores have held steady.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 56.5% | 49.4% |
| 2023-24 | 42.2% | 26.5% |
| 2022-23 | 39.2% | 39.2% |
| 2021-22 | 48.8% | 40.5% |
| 2018-19 | 50.9% | 45.6% |
| 2017-18 | 65.3% | 46.1% |
| 2016-17 | 51.3% | 44.4% |
| 2015-16 | 58.7% | 45.0% |
| 2014-15 | 54.9% | 48.7% |
% 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
45.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.4%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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 Orcas Island Elementary School
Orcas Island Elementary School's state test result (45.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orcas Island Elementary School this school | 160 | 40.0% | 45.4% |
| Willapa Elementary Raymond | 140 | 45.0% | 55.2% |
| Southside Elementary Shelton | 208 | 44.7% | 47.2% |
| Paterson Elementary School Paterson | 134 | 37.3% | N/A |
| Marysville Coop Program Marysville | 150 | 29.3% | 55.5% |
| Skamania Elementary Skamania | 108 | 46.3% | 45.9% |
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 Orcas Island Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In San Juan County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.4% | #512 of 936 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.4% | #450 of 1,103 ▲ 470 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.5% | #378 of 1,102 ▲ 292 | N/A |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +8.3pp | #123 of 928 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 160 | #1,126 of 1,268 | #2 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 40.0% | #799 of 1,169 | 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
160
+31 (+24%) vs 2020
-47% since 1990-91, when it was 302
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
was 9.9:1
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 | 160 | 11.7 | 13.7:1 | 40% (64) |
| 2023-24 | 161 | 14.1 | 11.4:1 | 43% (69) |
| 2022-23 | 133 | 12.1 | 11.0:1 | 38% (51) |
| 2020-21 | 129 | 13 | 9.9:1 | 37% (48) |
| 2017-18 | 188 | 11.5 | 16.3:1 | 46% (87) |
| 2015-16 | 213 | 13 | 16.4:1 | 50% (106) |
| 2010-11 | 215 | 15 | 14.3:1 | 48% (103) |
| 2000-01 | 240 | 16 | 15.0:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 302 | 17 | 17.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Orcas Island Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (188 to 160); teachers up 1% (11.5 to 11.7).
About Orcas Island Elementary School
Orcas Island Elementary School sits in EASTSOUND, Washington, and is classified as an elementary school. The school's 160 students are in kindergarten through 5. Enrollment is 58% lower than the average for elementary schools in Washington, which is about 380.
The district for Orcas Island Elementary School is Orcas Island School District, with 6 schools and 807 students.
Roughly 69% of students at Orcas Island Elementary School are White. Enrollment also includes 20% Hispanic and 8% multiracial. Among people living in San Juan County, the White share is about 87%. The school's diversity index is 47%, meaning two students picked at random have a 47% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Federal staffing data show 11.7 full-time-equivalent teachers at Orcas Island Elementary School and a ratio of 13.7:1. This ratio sits 3.6 below the 17.3:1 average for elementary schools in Washington. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 40% of students.
Orcas Island Elementary School is graded C by allk12, scoring above 31% of Washington public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Orcas Island Elementary School posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 45.4%, compared with a predicted 53.4%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Washington schools on BeatsExpectations.
Census estimates describe San Juan County this way: the median household income is $84,800, 54% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides Orcas Island Elementary School, San Juan County has 15 other public schools.
The closest public school to Orcas Island Elementary School is Orcas Island Montessori Public, less than a tenth of a mile away. Counting only straight-line distance, 4 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 45.4% is below the 52.0% average for nearby schools.
The NCES locale for Orcas Island Elementary School is Rural: Distant, which covers schools in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
The school enrolled 160 students in 2024-25, 31 more than the 129 it had in 2020-21. Federal data show the ratio rising from 9.9:1 to 13.7:1.
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San Juan County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
18,478
Census ACS
Median income
$84,800
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
54%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
16
1,817 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Orcas Island School District
- OASIS K-12Combined · 331 students
- Orcas Island High SchoolHigh · 177 students
- Orcas Island Middle SchoolMiddle · 110 students
- Orcas Island Montessori PublicElementary · 24 students
- Waldron Island SchoolElementary · 5 students
Other schools in EASTSOUND
- OASIS K-12Combined · 331 students
- Orcas Island High SchoolHigh · 177 students
- Orcas Island Middle SchoolMiddle · 110 students
- Orcas Island Montessori PublicElementary · 24 students
Nearby schools
- Orcas Island Montessori Public0.0 mi · 24
- OASIS K-120.0 mi · 331
- Orcas Island High School0.0 mi · 177
- Orcas Island Middle School0.0 mi · 110
- Waldron Island School5.9 mi · 5
- Shaw Island Elementary School9.2 mi · 8
Frequently asked questions
About Orcas Island Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Orcas Island Elementary School?
Orcas Island Elementary School enrolls approximately 160 students in grades KG-05.
Is Orcas Island Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Orcas Island Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Orcas Island Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Orcas Island Elementary School is approximately 13.7:1 (12 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Orcas Island Elementary School?
At Orcas Island Elementary School, the student body is approximately 69% White, 20% Hispanic, 2% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Orcas Island Elementary School public or private?
Orcas Island Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Orcas Island School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.