Pe Ell School

Pe Ell School operates as a moderately sized K-12 campus in Pe Ell, Washington, one of the schools within Pe Ell School District. Current enrollment sits at 284 students spanning grades pre-K through 12. Compared to the state average of about 204 students per school, that is 39% bigger than typical.

Pe Ell School is a school of Pe Ell School District, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

Looking at the student body, Pe Ell School logs that 81% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school shows 8% multiracial, 7% Hispanic, 3% Native American. That composition is broadly in line with Lewis County as a whole.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 33.2:1 average. Roughly 55% of students at Pe Ell School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Pe Ell School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 43.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 37.0%.

In the surrounding community, Lewis County reports that the typical household earns roughly $74,796 per year, roughly 22% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Pe Ell School is one of 45 public schools in Lewis County (combined enrollment of about 12,548 students).

The closest other public school is BOISTFORT ONLINE SCHOOL, roughly 8.1 miles away. 2 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), Pe Ell School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 44.3%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 12%: 254 students in 2018 compared to 284 in 2025. Class-load math has grew: from 12.7:1 in 2018 to 17.3:1 in 2025.

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