Paul Rumburg Elementary

Paul Rumburg Elementary serves students in ENTIAT, Washington, as a small elementary school. It had 231 students in 2024-25, spanning pre-K through 5. Elementary schools in Washington have about 380 students on average; enrollment here is 39% lower.

Paul Rumburg Elementary is run by Entiat School District, whose 2 schools enroll 436 students.

More than half of the students at Paul Rumburg Elementary are Hispanic (65%). Beyond that, enrollment is 34% White. In Chelan County overall, about 29% of residents are Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Paul Rumburg Elementary scores 46%.

Teacher count: 15.2 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 15.2:1. Compared with the 17.3:1 average for elementary schools in Washington, this school's ratio is lower. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 70%. That rate is above the 61% average among public schools in Chelan County.

In Chelan County, the median household earns about $82,381 a year, about 31% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Across Chelan County, 43 public schools serve about 12,965 students.

Entiat Middle and High School, less than a tenth of a mile away, is the closest public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes 2 other public schools.

Federal data place Paul Rumburg Elementary in the Rural: Distant locale, which means it is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.

The school's student count increased 35% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. The number of students per teacher dropped from 17.1 to 15.2 over 4 years.

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