Orient Elementary School

Orient Elementary School is a tiny elementary-level community in ORIENT, Washington, part of Orient School District. The school teaches 42 students in grades K through 8. That puts it 89% below the typical public school in Washington, which averages around 380 students.

Orient Elementary School is a school of Orient School District, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Orient Elementary School records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (81%). Beyond that, the school logs 12% multiracial, 7% Hispanic. By comparison, Ferry County as a whole is about 72% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school employs 3 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.3:1, putting Orient Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 76% of students at Orient Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Ferry County (around 56%), the school's rate is north of typical.

With demographic context factored in, Orient Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 29.1%; this one delivers 39.6%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Ferry County) reports that median household income runs about $55,614, about 15% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Orient Elementary School is one of 11 public schools in Ferry County (combined enrollment of about 1,102 students).

Curlew Elem & High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 18.2 miles from this campus. On composite proficiency, Orient Elementary School comes 5th of 7 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 45.2%.

Orient Elementary School operates from a rural location.

Five-year trend. Orient Elementary School's enrollment has climbed 11% since 2018, when it stood at 38 (now 42). The White share of enrollment ticked down from 97% to 81% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 9.9:1 in 2018 to 12.0:1 today.

On the community side, members of the Orient Elementary School community share and discuss classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.