Orin C Smith Elementary School

Located at 1240 Bishop Rd, in Chehalis, Washington, Orin C Smith Elementary School is a heavily attended elementary-level community that serves 647 students (grades 3 through 5), operated by Chehalis School District. By comparison, Washington's public schools average about 380 students each, so Orin C Smith Elementary School sits 70% larger than that benchmark.

Within Chehalis School District, which oversees 8 schools and 3,142 students, Orin C Smith Elementary School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Orin C Smith Elementary School reports that White students make up the majority at 72%. Beyond that, the school logs 20% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 82%.

On the income-and-resources front, Orin C Smith Elementary School shows 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.5:1. The state averages around 17.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 53% of students at Orin C Smith Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, Orin C Smith Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 44.7%; this one delivers 45.7%.

In the broader community, Lewis County reports that median household income runs about $74,796, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Lewis County runs 45 public schools (combined enrollment of about 12,548 students), of which Orin C Smith Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: James W Lintott Elementary School, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Orin C Smith Elementary School comes 2nd of 4 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 37.4%.

Orin C Smith Elementary School operates from a town-based location.

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