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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Peninsula Elementary administration to hear?
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Enrollment
383
Elementary
DISTRICT 323 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MOSES LAKE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530522000794
Peninsula Elementary
2406 W. TEXAS STREET, MOSES LAKE, WA 98837 · (509) 766-2658 · Grant County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL383 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.2:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 34.6:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
57%
220 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 | 58 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 64 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 62 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 70 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 60 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 69 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (58) is 16% smaller than its 5th grade class (69).
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
38.4%
WA avg 58.4% . +5.1pp since 2014
Math
36.5%
WA avg 51.2% . +11.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 38 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 up about 5 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 11 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 38.4% | 36.5% |
| 2023-24 | 37.8% | 40.1% |
| 2022-23 | 39.9% | 34.3% |
| 2021-22 | 46.7% | 36.3% |
| 2018-19 | 49.4% | 42.3% |
| 2017-18 | 46.5% | 39.9% |
| 2016-17 | 40.4% | 32.0% |
| 2015-16 | 35.1% | 25.7% |
| 2014-15 | 33.3% | 25.4% |
% 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
37.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.7%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 Peninsula Elementary
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peninsula Elementary this school | 383 | 57.4% | 37.5% |
| Canyon View Elementary School KENNEWICK | 347 | 57.6% | N/A |
| Garden Heights Elementary MOSES LAKE | 324 | 56.5% | 37.5% |
| Birchwood Elementary School Bellingham | 335 | 58.5% | 31.8% |
| Morgen Owings Elementary School Chelan | 472 | 58.7% | N/A |
| John Newbery Elementary WENATCHEE | 437 | 58.1% | 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 Peninsula Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Grant County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.5% | #673 of 936 | #7 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.5% | #742 of 1,103 ▼ 113 | #8 of 24 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.4% | #786 of 1,102 ▲ 2 | #6 of 24 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -4.1pp | #178 of 928 | #5 of 23 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 383 | #699 of 1,268 | #9 of 28 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.2:1 | #868 of 1,085 | #11 of 22 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.3% | #638 of 1,088 | #3 of 22 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 57.4% | #493 of 1,169 | #20 of 24 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.5% | #258 of 778 | #10 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
383
-76 (-17%) vs 2020
-14% since 1990-91, when it was 446
Student : Teacher
17.2:1
was 15.3:1
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 | 383 | 22.2 | 17.2:1 | 57% (220) |
| 2023-24 | 395 | 23.9 | 16.5:1 | 55% (218) |
| 2022-23 | 416 | 24 | 17.3:1 | 61% (253) |
| 2020-21 | 459 | 30 | 15.3:1 | 64% (294) |
| 2017-18 | 488 | 25.5 | 19.1:1 | 64% (310) |
| 2015-16 | 439 | 23 | 19.1:1 | 65% (287) |
| 2010-11 | 443 | 22 | 20.1:1 | 72% (318) |
| 2000-01 | 437 | 24 | 18.2:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 446 | 25 | 17.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Peninsula Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (488 to 383); teachers down 13% (25.5 to 22.2).
About Peninsula Elementary
Peninsula Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school with its address in MOSES LAKE, Washington. The student body numbers 383 students, from kindergarten through 5.
Moses Lake School District (20 schools, 8,430 students) runs Peninsula Elementary.
Hispanic students account for 52% of enrollment at Peninsula Elementary. Smaller groups are 41% White and 4% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Grant County is roughly 44% Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at Peninsula Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 55%.
Teachers at Peninsula Elementary total 22.2 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 17.2:1. Across elementary schools in Washington, the average ratio is about 17.3:1. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 57%. It compares with 69% for public schools in Grant County.
Peninsula Elementary's average proficiency rate on state tests of 37.5% is 4.1 points below the 41.7% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Across Grant County, median household income is about $73,267, roughly 18% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 12%. The public schools of Grant County number 61 and enroll about 20,494.
Moses Lake Early Learning Center is located about 1.1 miles from Peninsula Elementary. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. On proficiency, Peninsula Elementary is behind the 38.6% nearby average, ranking 3rd of 7.
Under the NCES locale system, Peninsula Elementary is Town: Remote.
Peninsula Elementary had 459 students in 2020-21 and 383 in 2024-25, a 17% decrease. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 15.3:1 to 17.2:1.
Posts about school safety, transportation, and start times are welcome on this page. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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
- Park Orchard Elementary SchoolElementary · 454 students
- Vicki I. Groff Elementary SchoolElementary · 413 students
- Vanguard AcademyHigh · 387 students
Other schools in MOSES LAKE
- Moses Lake High SchoolHigh · 1,856 students
- Columbia Middle SchoolMiddle · 875 students
- Frontier Middle SchoolMiddle · 690 students
- Park Orchard Elementary SchoolElementary · 454 students
- Vicki I. Groff Elementary SchoolElementary · 413 students
- Vanguard AcademyHigh · 387 students
Other Peninsula Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Peninsula Elementary. Peninsula Elementary is the largest of the 2.
- Peninsula Elementary SchoolPortland, OR · 235 students
Nearby schools
- Moses Lake Early Learning Center1.1 mi · 221
- Midway Elementary1.1 mi · 222
- Sage Point Elementary School1.3 mi · 334
- Frontier Middle School1.7 mi · 690
- Vanguard Academy1.8 mi · 387
- Moses Lake High School1.8 mi · 1,856
Frequently asked questions
About Peninsula ElementaryHow many students attend Peninsula Elementary?
Peninsula Elementary enrolls approximately 383 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Peninsula Elementary serve?
Peninsula Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Peninsula Elementary?
Approximately 17.2:1 students per teacher at Peninsula Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Peninsula Elementary?
At Peninsula Elementary, the student body is approximately 41% White, 52% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Peninsula Elementary public or private?
Peninsula Elementary 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.