Enrollment
298
Elementary
DISTRICT 271 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OROVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530642000950
Oroville Elementary
808 Main, Oroville, WA 98844 · (509) 476-3332 · Okanogan County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL298 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 14% of Washington public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C-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
13.9:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.4:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
68%
203 students
DISTRICT 69% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 26 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 45 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 38 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 33 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 41 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 38 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 38 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 39 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (45) is 15% larger than its 6th grade class (39).
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · 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
Oroville Elementary→Oroville Middle-High School
Based on grade levels within Oroville School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
42.1%
WA avg 58.4% . -3.5pp since 2014
Math
22.1%
WA avg 51.2% . -14.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 22 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Washington schools, those numbers are about 58 and 51. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 15 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 42.1% | 22.1% |
| 2023-24 | 39.1% | 20.1% |
| 2022-23 | 45.0% | 32.5% |
| 2021-22 | 43.1% | 31.4% |
| 2018-19 | 40.1% | 40.7% |
| 2017-18 | 43.6% | 44.8% |
| 2016-17 | 41.6% | 41.0% |
| 2015-16 | 50.6% | 40.5% |
| 2014-15 | 45.6% | 36.7% |
% 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
33.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.5%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 Oroville Elementary
Oroville Elementary's state test result (33.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oroville Elementary this school | 298 | 68.1% | 33.3% |
| McDermoth Elementary Aberdeen | 288 | 68.4% | 42.2% |
| Alderwood Elementary School Bellingham | 305 | 65.6% | 28.8% |
| Northlake Elementary School Longview | 315 | 73.7% | N/A |
| Sumas Elementary Sumas | 295 | 62.4% | 42.6% |
| Naval Avenue Elementary School Bremerton | 269 | 69.9% | 32.0% |
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 Oroville Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Okanogan County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.3% | #751 of 936 | #5 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 22.1% | #1,010 of 1,103 ▲ 13 | #7 of 9 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.1% | #692 of 1,102 ▲ 65 | #4 of 9 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -5.2pp | #135 of 928 | #2 of 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 298 | #958 of 1,268 | #8 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #143 of 1,085 | #4 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.1% | #613 of 1,088 | #5 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 68.1% | #296 of 1,169 | #7 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.5% | #543 of 778 | #5 of 7 |
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
298
+24 (+9%) vs 2020
-52% since 1990-91, when it was 618
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
was 13.7:1
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 | 298 | 21.4 | 13.9:1 | 68% (203) |
| 2023-24 | 278 | 21 | 13.2:1 | 74% (205) |
| 2022-23 | 277 | 20.8 | 13.3:1 | 77% (213) |
| 2020-21 | 274 | 20 | 13.7:1 | 80% (218) |
| 2017-18 | 333 | 21.6 | 15.4:1 | 79% (262) |
| 2015-16 | 311 | 21 | 14.8:1 | 73% (227) |
| 2010-11 | 356 | 21 | 16.9:1 | 73% (259) |
| 2000-01 | 456 | 28 | 16.3:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 618 | 27 | 22.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Oroville Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (333 to 298); teachers down 1% (21.6 to 21.4).
About Oroville Elementary
Oroville Elementary runs as a small elementary school in Oroville, Washington. Students in pre-K through 6 attend, and enrollment is 298 students. The school's enrollment is 22% smaller than the 380 average for elementary schools in Washington.
Besides Oroville Elementary, Oroville School District runs 1 other school. The district enrolls 541 students.
White students are the majority at Oroville Elementary, with 56% of enrollment. Other groups make up 35% Hispanic and 8% multiracial. Okanogan County as a whole is about 64% White, so the school's share is lower. The school's diversity index is 56%, meaning two students picked at random have a 56% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Federal data list 21.4 full-time-equivalent teachers at Oroville Elementary in 2024-25, for a ratio of 13.9:1. That is 3.4 students per teacher below the 17.3:1 average for elementary schools in Washington. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 68%.
Oroville Elementary is graded D by allk12, scoring above 14% of Washington public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Oroville Elementary would score about 34.5%. It scores 33.3%, 1.2 points below that figure.
Okanogan County census figures show that the median household income is $63,207, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 13% of people live in poverty. There are 38 public schools in Okanogan County, enrolling about 11,538 students in all.
Oroville Middle-High School is the closest public school, about 0.2 miles away in a straight line. Oroville Elementary places 4th of 6 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Rural: Remote.
The school enrolled 298 students in 2024-25, 24 more than the 274 it had in 2020-21.
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Okanogan County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
43,425
Census ACS
Median income
$63,207
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
38
11,538 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Oroville School District
- Oroville Middle-High SchoolHigh · 243 students
Nearby schools
- Oroville Middle-High School0.2 mi · 243
- Tonasket Elementary School15.9 mi · 476
- Tonasket Choice High School16.0 mi · 22
- Tonasket Outreach School16.0 mi · 105
- Tonasket High School16.0 mi · 280
- Tonasket Middle School16.0 mi · 221
Frequently asked questions
About Oroville ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Oroville Elementary?
Oroville Elementary enrolls approximately 298 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does Oroville Elementary serve?
Oroville Elementary serves grades PK-06.
How many teachers does Oroville Elementary have?
Oroville Elementary employs 21 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.9:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Oroville Elementary?
At Oroville Elementary, the student body is approximately 56% White, 35% Hispanic, 0% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Oroville Elementary public or private?
Oroville Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Oroville School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.