Otis Orchards School

Set in OTIS ORCHARDS, Washington, Otis Orchards School is an average-sized elementary campus, one of the schools within East Valley School District (Spokane). It hosts 339 students across grades pre-K through 6.

East Valley School District (Spokane) runs 9 schools in total, collectively educating 3,601 students. Otis Orchards School is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Otis Orchards School shows that nearly all students (81%) are White. Other groups include 12% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.8:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.3:1 average. About 65% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Spokane County runs at roughly 52%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Otis Orchards School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 36.7%, the actual is 41.6%, a residual of +4.9 points.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Spokane County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $78,582 per year, 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Otis Orchards School is one of 187 public schools in Spokane County (combined enrollment of about 76,588 students).

The closest other public school is CVSD Open Doors Programs, roughly 1.7 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Otis Orchards School at 4th of 6; the average score across the group is 48.9%.

Otis Orchards School operates from a bedroom-community location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Otis Orchards School has declined 20%, going from 425 students in 2018 to 339 in 2025.

On allk12, the feed for Otis Orchards School typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.