Enrollment
339
Elementary
DISTRICT 405 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EAST VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT (SPOKANE)·NCES 530228000314
Otis Orchards School
22000 E WELLESLEY AVE, OTIS ORCHARDS, WA 99027 · (509) 924-9823 · Spokane County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL339 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 51% 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.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-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
15.8:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.2:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
65%
220 students
DISTRICT 61% · 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 | 21 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 40 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 45 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 46 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 55 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 41 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 48 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 43 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (40) is 7% smaller than its 6th grade class (43).
Student demographics
33%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · 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
Based on grade levels within East Valley School District (Spokane). Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
39.6%
WA avg 58.4% . -18.8pp since 2014
Math
45.2%
WA avg 51.2% . -7.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 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 19 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 8 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 39.6% | 45.2% |
| 2023-24 | 39.3% | 41.5% |
| 2022-23 | 39.1% | 36.6% |
| 2021-22 | 42.8% | 29.9% |
| 2018-19 | 59.0% | 47.5% |
| 2017-18 | 61.5% | 49.4% |
| 2016-17 | 57.0% | 44.9% |
| 2015-16 | 59.9% | 38.7% |
| 2014-15 | 58.4% | 52.9% |
% 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
41.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.7%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% 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 Otis Orchards School
Otis Orchards School's state test result (41.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Otis Orchards School this school | 339 | 64.9% | 41.6% |
| Creekside Elementary School Mead | 355 | 63.7% | 40.8% |
| Parkway Elementary Clarkston | 330 | 63.0% | N/A |
| Carson Elementary School Carson | 290 | 65.2% | N/A |
| Darrington Elementary School DARRINGTON | 351 | 61.8% | 28.6% |
| Concrete Elementary Concrete | 308 | 66.9% | 32.9% |
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 Otis Orchards School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Spokane County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.6% | #599 of 936 | #58 of 82 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.2% | #529 of 1,103 ▲ 75 | #45 of 83 ▲ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.6% | #763 of 1,102 ▼ 13 | #63 of 83 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +6.0pp | #212 of 928 | #26 of 81 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 339 | #831 of 1,268 | #61 of 92 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.8:1 | #547 of 1,085 | #58 of 83 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 32.8% | #996 of 1,088 | #71 of 83 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 64.9% | #357 of 1,169 | #32 of 86 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.2% | #287 of 778 | #29 of 67 |
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
339
-10 (-3%) vs 2020
-33% since 1990-91, when it was 505
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
was 12.5:1
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 | 339 | 21.4 | 15.8:1 | 65% (220) |
| 2023-24 | 356 | 23.5 | 15.2:1 | 71% (253) |
| 2022-23 | 367 | 27 | 13.6:1 | 76% (278) |
| 2020-21 | 349 | 28 | 12.5:1 | 66% (232) |
| 2017-18 | 425 | 26 | 16.4:1 | 62% (263) |
| 2015-16 | 441 | 26 | 17.0:1 | 55% (243) |
| 2010-11 | 343 | 17 | 20.2:1 | 59% (201) |
| 2000-01 | 337 | 18 | 18.7:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 505 | 25 | 20.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Otis Orchards School.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (425 to 339); teachers down 18% (26 to 21.4).
About Otis Orchards School
Among the schools in OTIS ORCHARDS, Washington, is Otis Orchards School, a medium-sized elementary school. The school counts 339 students across pre-K through 6.
Enrollment across the 9 schools in East Valley School District (Spokane) totals 3,601 students.
White students make up 81% of enrollment at Otis Orchards School. The next largest groups are 12% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. The White share in Spokane County as a whole is similar, at about 83%. Pick two students at random and there is a 33% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
A ratio of 15.8:1 comes from the school's 21.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is 1.5 students per teacher below the 17.3:1 average for elementary schools in Washington. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 65% in 2024-25. That is 13 points above the 52% average for public schools in Spokane County.
allk12 grades Otis Orchards School a B-. The grade compares the school only with Washington public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Otis Orchards School would score about 36.7%. It scores 41.6%, 4.9 points above that figure.
County data help place the school in context: in Spokane County, the median household income is $78,582, about 33% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. In all, Spokane County has 187 public schools and roughly 76,588 students.
CVSD Open Doors Programs is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.7 miles away. Within five miles of Otis Orchards School, there are at least 8 other public schools. On proficiency, Otis Orchards School is behind the 48.9% nearby average, ranking 4th of 6.
Otis Orchards School is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
Enrollment is down 3% from 2020-21, when Otis Orchards School had 349 students, to 2024-25, when it had 339. Students per teacher rose from 12.5 in 2020-21 to 15.8 in 2024-25.
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Spokane County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
549,056
Census ACS
Median income
$78,582
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
187
76,588 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in East Valley School District (Spokane)
- East Valley High SchoolHigh · 912 students
- Trent SchoolElementary · 511 students
- Trentwood SchoolElementary · 402 students
- East Valley Middle SchoolMiddle · 394 students
- East Farms STEAM SchoolElementary · 387 students
- Continuous Curriculum SchoolElementary · 385 students
Nearby schools
- CVSD Open Doors Programs1.7 mi · 102
- Selkirk Middle School2.3 mi · 613
- Liberty Lake Elementary2.5 mi · 524
- Liberty Creek Elementary School2.6 mi · 453
- East Farms STEAM School2.7 mi · 387
- Spokane Valley Learning Academy2.8 mi · 62
Frequently asked questions
About Otis Orchards SchoolHow many students attend Otis Orchards School?
Otis Orchards School enrolls approximately 339 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does Otis Orchards School serve?
Otis Orchards School serves grades PK-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Otis Orchards School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Otis Orchards School is approximately 15.8:1 (21 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Otis Orchards School?
At Otis Orchards School, the student body is approximately 81% White, 12% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Otis Orchards School?
Otis Orchards School is overseen by East Valley School District (Spokane) in Spokane County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.