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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Park Orchard Elementary School administration to hear?
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Enrollment
454
Elementary
DISTRICT 323 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MOSES LAKE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530522003368
Park Orchard Elementary School
417 N Paxson Drive, Moses Lake, WA 98837 · (509) 766-2699 · Grant County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL454 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 49% 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.
- B+Beats 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
18.5:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 34.6:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
64%
292 students
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 51%
Community
1
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 71 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 76 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 74 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 71 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 83 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 79 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (71) is 10% smaller than its 5th grade class (79).
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · 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
Test scores
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
40.5%
WA avg 58.4% . -8.3pp since 2014
Math
35.8%
WA avg 51.2% . -12.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 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 8 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 13 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 40.5% | 35.8% |
| 2023-24 | 42.1% | 39.9% |
| 2022-23 | 41.4% | 41.4% |
| 2021-22 | 39.6% | 37.1% |
| 2018-19 | 47.0% | 47.5% |
| 2017-18 | 44.1% | 45.7% |
| 2016-17 | 49.1% | 53.2% |
| 2015-16 | 49.5% | 50.7% |
| 2014-15 | 48.8% | 48.3% |
% 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
42.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.0%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% 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 Park Orchard Elementary School
Park Orchard Elementary School's state test result (42.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Park Orchard Elementary School this school | 454 | 64.3% | 42.9% |
| Terrace Heights Elementary Yakima | 454 | 66.3% | 41.8% |
| Summitview Elementary Yakima | 475 | 66.5% | 44.0% |
| Wide Hollow Elementary Yakima | 433 | 65.1% | 54.9% |
| Columbia Ridge Elementary EPHRATA | 480 | 62.7% | 43.3% |
| Lee Elementary East Wenatchee | 522 | 63.4% | N/A |
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 Park Orchard Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Grant County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.9% | #559 of 936 | #5 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.8% | #755 of 1,103 ▼ 124 | #9 of 24 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.5% | #734 of 1,102 ▼ 62 | #5 of 24 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.2pp | #370 of 928 | #12 of 23 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 454 | #432 of 1,268 | #5 of 28 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.5:1 | #1,003 of 1,085 | #19 of 22 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.1% | #640 of 1,088 | #4 of 22 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 64.3% | #368 of 1,169 | #18 of 24 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.6% | #702 of 778 | #19 of 19 |
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
454
+6 (+1%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
18.5:1
was 15.4:1
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 | 454 | 24.5 | 18.5:1 | 64% (292) |
| 2023-24 | 451 | 27 | 16.7:1 | 67% (300) |
| 2022-23 | 439 | 27 | 16.2:1 | 73% (319) |
| 2020-21 | 448 | 29 | 15.4:1 | 64% (288) |
| 2017-18 | 471 | 24 | 19.6:1 | 65% (304) |
| 2015-16 | 433 | 22 | 19.7:1 | 65% (281) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Park Orchard Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (471 to 454); teachers up 2% (24 to 24.5).
About Park Orchard Elementary School
Park Orchard Elementary School is classified as an elementary school. It is located in Moses Lake, Washington. The school counts 454 students across kindergarten through 5.
Within Moses Lake School District, Park Orchard Elementary School is one of 20 schools. The district enrolls 8,430 students.
A majority of students at Park Orchard Elementary School, 50%, are Hispanic. The rest of enrollment is 44% White and 2% multiracial. By the diversity index, Park Orchard Elementary School comes in at 55%.
Its 24.5 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 18.5:1. That ratio is over the 17.3:1 average for elementary schools in Washington. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 64%.
allk12 grades Park Orchard Elementary 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, Park Orchard Elementary School would score about 37.0%. It scores 42.9%, 5.8 points above that figure.
Grant County has about 101,799 residents, and median household income is about $73,267, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 18%, and roughly 12% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of Grant County number 61 and enroll about 20,494.
The school nearest to Park Orchard Elementary School is Knolls Vista Elementary, at a distance of about 0.6 miles. Within five miles of Park Orchard Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Park Orchard Elementary School places 1st of 8 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Town: Remote, meaning it is in a town far from an urbanized area.
In 2020-21, Park Orchard Elementary School enrolled 448; in 2024-25, 454. Students per teacher rose from 15.4 in 2020-21 to 18.5 in 2024-25.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at Park Orchard Elementary School. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Grant County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
101,799
Census ACS
Median income
$73,267
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
61
20,494 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Moses Lake School District
- Moses Lake High SchoolHigh · 1,856 students
- Columbia Middle SchoolMiddle · 875 students
- Frontier Middle SchoolMiddle · 690 students
- Vicki I. Groff Elementary SchoolElementary · 413 students
- Vanguard AcademyHigh · 387 students
- Peninsula ElementaryElementary · 383 students
Other schools in Moses Lake
- Moses Lake High SchoolHigh · 1,856 students
- Columbia Middle SchoolMiddle · 875 students
- Frontier Middle SchoolMiddle · 690 students
- Vicki I. Groff Elementary SchoolElementary · 413 students
- Vanguard AcademyHigh · 387 students
- Peninsula ElementaryElementary · 383 students
Other Park Orchard Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Park Orchard Elementary. Park Orchard Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Park Orchard Elementary SchoolKent, WA · 473 students
Nearby schools
- Knolls Vista Elementary0.6 mi · 282
- Frontier Middle School0.8 mi · 690
- Moses Lake Early Learning Center1.0 mi · 221
- Midway Elementary1.0 mi · 222
- Longview Elementary1.4 mi · 368
- Peninsula Elementary1.9 mi · 383
Frequently asked questions
About Park Orchard Elementary SchoolHow large is Park Orchard Elementary School?
Park Orchard Elementary School enrolls approximately 454 students in grades KG-05.
Is Park Orchard Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Park Orchard Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Park Orchard Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Park Orchard Elementary School is approximately 18.5:1 (25 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Park Orchard Elementary School?
At Park Orchard Elementary School, the student body is approximately 44% White, 50% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Park Orchard Elementary School public or private?
Park Orchard Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Moses Lake School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.