Orchards Elementary School

Set in Vancouver, Washington, Orchards Elementary School is a moderately sized K-5 school, one of the schools within Evergreen School District (Clark). It hosts 433 students across grades pre-K through 5.

Evergreen School District (Clark) runs 39 schools in total, collectively educating 21,603 students. Orchards Elementary School is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Orchards Elementary School reports that 45% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 33% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 6% Pacific Islander, 5% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 75% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.3:1 average. Around 60% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Clark County runs at roughly 43%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Clark County) records that median household earnings sit near $97,536, 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Clark County's 151 public schools (combined enrollment of about 74,406 students), Orchards Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Covington Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Orchards Elementary School.

Orchards Elementary School operates from a residential location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Orchards Elementary School has ticked down 22%, going from 555 students in 2018 to 433 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 50% to 45% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 14.7:1 in 2018 to 13.3:1 today.

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