Pateros Elementary

Pateros Elementary operates as an one-room-style K-5 school in PATEROS, Washington, overseen by Pateros School District. Current enrollment sits at 118 students spanning grades K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 380 students per school, that is 69% leaner than typical.

Pateros Elementary is one of 2 schools operated by Pateros School District, a district that educates 231 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Pateros Elementary lists that the largest single group is Hispanic at 49%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest consists of 45% White, 4% multiracial. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 21%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.3:1 average. An estimated 65% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Pateros Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 36.4%; this one delivers 45.4%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Okanogan County indicate median household income runs about $63,207, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. Pateros Elementary is one of 38 public schools in Okanogan County (combined enrollment of about 11,538 students).

Pateros High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Pateros Elementary ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 35.9%.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Pateros Elementary has shrank 33%, going from 176 students in 2018 to 118 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 56% to 49% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 18.5:1 in 2018 to 15.0:1 in 2025.

On the community side, members of the Pateros Elementary community share and discuss classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.