Enrollment
291
Elementary
DISTRICT 282 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·QUINCY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530708001054
Pioneer Elementary
224 J ST SE, QUINCY, WA 98848 · (509) 787-1595 · Grant County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL291 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 17% of Washington public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-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
13.9:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
259 students
DISTRICT 78% · STATE 51%
Community
0
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 | 59 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 56 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 40 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 41 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 48 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 47 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (59) is 26% larger than its 5th grade class (47).
Student demographics
10%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 21% · 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
21.8%
WA avg 58.4% . -8.4pp since 2014
Math
22.1%
WA avg 51.2% . -4.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 22 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 22 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 4 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 21.8% | 22.1% |
| 2023-24 | 21.9% | 16.1% |
| 2022-23 | 20.7% | 15.0% |
| 2021-22 | 21.0% | 14.7% |
| 2018-19 | 38.2% | 48.2% |
| 2017-18 | 28.9% | 37.7% |
| 2016-17 | 32.5% | 43.9% |
| 2015-16 | 37.2% | 36.2% |
| 2014-15 | 30.2% | 26.3% |
% 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
21.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
20.5%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 20% 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 Pioneer Elementary
Pioneer Elementary's state test result (21.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pioneer Elementary this school | 291 | 89.0% | 21.4% |
| Mountain View Elementary QUINCY | 280 | 86.8% | 31.3% |
| Longfellow Elementary PASCO | 312 | 91.0% | 14.9% |
| Morris Schott Elementary Mattawa | 317 | 92.4% | 17.3% |
| Bridgeport Elementary BRIDGEPORT | 347 | 89.9% | N/A |
| Lincoln Elementary School TOPPENISH | 244 | 88.9% | 26.2% |
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 Pioneer Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Grant County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.4% | #897 of 936 | #18 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 22.1% | #1,011 of 1,103 ▲ 45 | #17 of 24 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 21.8% | #1,051 of 1,102 ▼ 5 | #18 of 24 ▲ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.0pp | #322 of 928 | #7 of 23 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 291 | #973 of 1,268 | #17 of 28 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #135 of 1,085 | #1 of 22 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 10.4% | #1,077 of 1,088 | #20 of 22 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.0% | #34 of 1,169 | #3 of 24 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -34.3% | #72 of 778 | #7 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
291
-11 (-4%) vs 2020
+10% since 1990-91, when it was 265
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
was 15.9:1
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 | 291 | 21 | 13.9:1 | 89% (259) |
| 2023-24 | 305 | 20.8 | 14.7:1 | 88% (267) |
| 2022-23 | 262 | 20 | 13.1:1 | 92% (241) |
| 2020-21 | 302 | 19 | 15.9:1 | 82% (248) |
| 2017-18 | 443 | 28 | 15.8:1 | 85% (378) |
| 2015-16 | 433 | 27 | 16.0:1 | 86% (371) |
| 2010-11 | 356 | 23 | 15.5:1 | 83% (296) |
| 2000-01 | 377 | 25 | 15.1:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 265 | 18 | 14.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pioneer Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 34% (443 to 291); teachers down 25% (28 to 21).
About Pioneer Elementary
Pioneer Elementary, a small elementary school, is located in QUINCY, Washington. The school enrolls 291 students, from kindergarten through 5. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Washington is about 380, so this school runs 23% smaller than that.
Quincy School District enrolls 3,162 students in 9 schools, including Pioneer Elementary.
The student body at Pioneer Elementary is 94% Hispanic. Other reported shares: 5% White. Grant County's residents are about 44% Hispanic, 50 points below the school's share. Pick two students at random and there is a 10% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 13.9:1, with 21 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is lower than the 17.3:1 average for elementary schools in Washington. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Pioneer Elementary is 89%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Grant County is 69%.
The allk12 Grade for Pioneer Elementary is C-. Compared with Washington public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 17% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Pioneer Elementary would score about 20.5%. It scores 21.4%, within a point of that figure.
Across Grant County, the median household income is $73,267, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 18% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 12%. Grant County is home to 61 public schools and about 20,494 public school students.
Ancient Lakes Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles away. Within five miles of Pioneer Elementary, there are 7 other public schools. Its average proficiency rate of 21.4% is below the 26.4% average for nearby schools.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Town: Distant.
Enrollment at Pioneer Elementary dropped 4% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 302 to 291 students. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 15.9:1; by 2024-25 it was 13.9:1.
Discussions about Pioneer Elementary may include school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. 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 Quincy School District
- Quincy High SchoolHigh · 860 students
- Quincy Middle SchoolMiddle · 717 students
- Ancient Lakes ElementaryElementary · 385 students
- Monument ElementaryElementary · 289 students
- Mountain View ElementaryElementary · 280 students
- George ElementaryElementary · 163 students
Other schools in QUINCY
- Quincy High SchoolHigh · 860 students
- Quincy Middle SchoolMiddle · 717 students
- Ancient Lakes ElementaryElementary · 385 students
- Monument ElementaryElementary · 289 students
- Mountain View ElementaryElementary · 280 students
- George ElementaryElementary · 163 students
Other Pioneer Elementary schools
28 other US public schools in 12 states are named Pioneer Elementary. Pioneer Elementary is the 25th largest of the 29.
- Pioneer Elementary SchoolAUBURN, WA · 621 students
- Pioneer Elementary SchoolSunnyside, WA · 602 students
- Pioneer Elementary SchoolVancouver, WA · 550 students
- Pioneer ElementaryArlington, WA · 501 students
- Pioneer Elementary SchoolSHELTON, WA · 482 students
Nearby schools
- Ancient Lakes Elementary0.4 mi · 385
- Quincy Middle School0.6 mi · 717
- Mountain View Elementary0.9 mi · 280
- Monument Elementary1.2 mi · 289
- Quincy Innovation Academy1.3 mi · 153
- Quincy Innovation Academy Big Picture1.3 mi · 24
Frequently asked questions
About Pioneer ElementaryHow large is Pioneer Elementary?
Pioneer Elementary enrolls approximately 291 students in grades KG-05.
Is Pioneer Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Pioneer Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Pioneer Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Pioneer Elementary is approximately 13.9:1 (21 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Pioneer Elementary?
At Pioneer Elementary, the student body is approximately 5% White, 94% Hispanic, 0% Asian.
What district is Pioneer Elementary in?
Pioneer Elementary is part of Quincy School District.
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