Palisades Elementary School

Palisades Elementary School, an one-room-style elementary-level community in Palisades, Washington, one of the schools within Palisades School District, serves 32 students, covering grades pre-K through 6. By comparison, Washington's public schools average about 380 students each, so Palisades Elementary School sits 92% leaner than that benchmark.

Palisades Elementary School sits inside Palisades School District, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

On demographics, Palisades Elementary School logs that Hispanic students make up the majority at 56%. Other groups include 44% White. The wider county runs roughly 36% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 3 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 75% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Douglas County runs at roughly 63%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Douglas County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $80,363 per year, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Douglas County's 21 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,221 students), Palisades Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Rock Island Elementary, around 11.5 miles off.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Palisades Elementary School has ticked up 33%, going from 24 students in 2018 to 32 in 2025. The White share of enrollment climbed from 33% to 44% over that span. Class-load math has widened: from 8.0:1 in 2018 to 11.2:1 in 2025.

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