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Orchards Elementary School
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 38 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 73 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 68 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 66 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 57 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 51 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 80 | 18% |
Test scores
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2022-23 . % Met or Exceeded StandardWhat this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 25 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 18 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Washington schools, those numbers are about 49 and 39. Reading and writing scores are down about 13 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 19 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | 25.2% | 18.3% |
| 2021-22 | 28.9% | 12.4% |
| 2018-19 | 33.3% | 29.1% |
| 2017-18 | 38.1% | 34.9% |
| 2016-17 | 34.0% | 33.9% |
| 2015-16 | 36.4% | 31.6% |
| 2014-15 | 38.6% | 37.0% |
Where Orchards Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Clark County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.3% | #1,053 of 1,103 | #60 of 64 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 25.2% | #1,016 of 1,102 | #57 of 64 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 433 | #506 of 1,268 | #35 of 71 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.3:1 | #85 of 1,085 | #2 of 65 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.2% | #352 of 1,088 | #9 of 66 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 59.6% | #455 of 1,169 | #20 of 69 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.0% | #246 of 778 | #24 of 50 |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 433 | 32.6 | 13.3:1 | 60% (258) |
| 2023-24 | 452 | 31.9 | 14.2:1 | 71% (320) |
| 2022-23 | 445 | 34.1 | 13.1:1 | 75% (334) |
| 2020-21 | 477 | 35 | 13.6:1 | 69% (330) |
| 2017-18 | 555 | 37.7 | 14.7:1 | 70% (387) |
| 2015-16 | 581 | 38 | 15.3:1 | 78% (453) |
| 2010-11 | 577 | 39 | 14.8:1 | 74% (427) |
| 2000-01 | 609 | 35 | 17.4:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 520 | 24 | 21.7:1 | N/A |
About Orchards Elementary School
Orchards Elementary School is an elementary school with a street address in Vancouver, Washington. The school enrolls 433 students, from pre-K through 5.
Evergreen School District (Clark) operates 39 schools. Combined enrollment is 21,603 students.
Orchards Elementary School's enrollment has no majority group, and White students are the largest at 45%. The school is also 33% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 6% Pacific Islander, and 5% Asian. The White share of the county population is higher, at 75%. The chance that two students picked at random at Orchards Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 67%.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 13.3:1, with 32.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. Among elementary schools in Washington, the typical ratio is 17.3:1. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Orchards Elementary School is 60%. That is higher than the 43% average for public schools in Clark County.
Within Clark County, median household income is about $97,536, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 33% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 6%. Federal data list 151 public schools in Clark County, with a combined enrollment of about 74,406.
The closest public school to Orchards Elementary School is Covington Middle School, about 0.3 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8.
Federal data place Orchards Elementary School in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The student count in 2024-25 was 433, 9% below the 477 of 2020-21.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Orchards Elementary School covering things like enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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